Buying Valentines flowers

Valentines can be the hardest time for any man to go shopping for gifts; it’s not as simple as going to buy a birthday gift for your partner or a Christmas gift. There is less selection and the gift is supposed to have a lot more meaning. Such as how much you love someone, how committed you are to that person and if you get it wrong then the results can be disastrous. The safety option is to buy chocolates, jewellery or teddy bears but nothing says I love you more than a well thought out bunch of flowers. And don’t even think of trying to buy anything clothing related, imagine if you bought a larger or wrong size, your life wouldn’t be worth living.

So it is definitely a safe, yet meaningful bet to go with flowers. The choice of flowers can also show how much she means to you. If you buy a bunch of carnations you’re giving the impression that she doesn’t mean much, orchids are associated with thank you’s and birthdays and Gerberas are a flower you would give someone to make them happy if they are down, and not really associated with romance. Valentines is famous for beautiful red roses as they are ultimately the most romantic flower you can receive as a woman.

If you are a secret admirer it’s always a really sweet idea to send a dozen red roses anonymously with a well thought out note attached. This will always make a woman feel special and loved. Have fun with it, you could add clues in the note to your identity to make it more fun for her to figure out.

Another idea is to send 1 red rose, some people like simplicity and especially if you haven’t been with the person very long, it’s a nice way to show you like them without going overboard, this also saves you money for other gifts such as cards, teddy bears or dinner.

A tip to try if you are a married man is recreating the flowers you had at your wedding, it shows a lot of thought has went into the gift and your wife will obviously like the flowers if they were at the wedding. This is a meaningful gift and could be a nice change from just roses.

Roses come in many colours so if your partner is house proud or has a certain colour scheme it’s nice to match the flowers up with that, that way when they are displayed they go perfectly with the colours in the room.

The main piece of advice if you are buying flowers apart from obviously finding out if she has allergies is ordering early rather than leaving it up until the last minute. A lot of men run around frantic the day before valentines looking for roses and paying a fortune for them. Florists get extremely busy around this time of year and ordering in advance will not only save you money, but it will guarantee you actually get the flowers for the 14th.