Pick Me: Instead of Red Roses on Valentine's Day, Consider the Language of Flowers

So, what will you end up with this year - flowers or candy? The twin pillars that hold up the holiday of Valentine's Day, flowers are always red roses and candy is always a chocolate sampler in a red foil heart-shaped box. Ho hum.

According to AreYouRomatic.com, women don't have high hopes that their significant others will think out of the box (pun intended) on February 14th:

Women have come to expect that if there are plans for Valentine’s Day, they’ll be last minute and uncreative. 50% of women expect their partner to wait until less than three days before Valentine’s Day to plan anything.

Which means if the man in your life has waited until today to order red roses, chances are it's too late to get a dozen long-stemmed beauties.

Red roses are expected, but what about a bouquet that speaks in the language of flowers? Also at AreYouRomantic.com is the tale of a concierge who helped a soldier propose to his girlfriend using the following meaningful blossoms:

• Black–eyed Susan – encouragement
• Daisy – innocence
• Orchid – delicate beauty
• Violet – faithfulness
• Pink tulip – caring
• Red tulip – declaration of love
• Yellow tulip – hopelessly in love
• White tulip – forgiveness
• Sunflower – adoration
• White rose – purity
• Pink rose – friendship

In the story, the soldier attached a small note explaining the significance of each flower and what it meant to him in the relationship.

Now, in comparison to a dozen red roses, a bouquet of mixed flowers is a small-ticket item. And yet it shows real creativity and thoughtfulness when accompanied by a card or letter explaining the language of flowers selected. I'll bet any woman who receives this on Valentine's Day will treasure the card and remember this gift forever.

And (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) it can probably be pulled it off at the last minute, for all those who wait until the final 24 hours.