The Most Popular Roses for Valentine’s Day - Evergreen of Johnson City, TN (2024)
Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular holidays for sending flowers, right up there with Mother’s Day and Christmas, in fact. When your narrow it down to fresh flowers, Valentine’s Day wins big, garnering 36 percent of all holiday sales.
Which flower then is the top choice among those sending them as gifts for Valentine’s Day? Well, there’s the rose and then… well, quite a ways down the line is everything else. The rose, specifically the red rose, is the most popular flower for the February holiday.
The red rose symbolizes love, romance, passion and beauty, which is why the iconic flower is such a hit on Valentine’s Day, not to mention birthdays, anniversaries and other celebrations.
But red isn’t the only color of rose that gets send on Feb. 14. Other favorites are:
Pink roses – may be sent in new relationships or as a sign of great admiration and friendship.
White roses – these flowers could mean true love, purity and marriage
Coral roses – could be a sign of desire
Peach roses – these beauties are thought to mean excitement, appreciation or desire
Yellow roses – sent many times as a sign of friendship or joy
Purple roses – someone is enchanted and could mean it was love at first sight for them
Off-white roses – could indicate someone’s thoughtfulness and charm
Burgundy roses – the sender could be struck by someone’s unconscious beauty
Orange roses – might show desire or excitement for a new relationship
Yellow and Orange roses – supposedly the sender is smitten
Red and Yellow roses – this combination alludes to great happiness and celebrations
Red and White roses – this bouquet indicates bonding
Believe it or not, coming in second behind the red rose in popularity at Valentines Day is a bouquet of mixed colors, followed by purple, peach, yellow and pink.
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The question that arises is: just how many roses are grown to meet the colossal demand on Valentine's Day? Cultivation Around the Globe: Rose cultivation is a global affair, with countries like Ecuador, Colombia, Kenya, and the Netherlands being major players in the rose market.
While on other holidays such as Mother's Day pastel roses are becoming increasingly popular, red remains the most common colored bloom bought for this day of romance. Of all the roses produced and sold each year in the US, the state of California grows an average of 60%.
Instead, cut roses sold in the U.S. primarily come from two places: Colombia and Ecuador. Colombia provides almost 60% of our roses, and Ecuador almost 40%.
Today, Colombia is the dominant producer of U.S. cut flowers, with roses, carnations, spray chrysanthemums and Alstroemeria among its top crops. Ecuador takes a close second.
Nothing says “I love you” like red roses. Red symbolizes love, beauty, courage, respect, romance, and even congratulations. For generations, red roses and other scarlet-colored blooms have captured the hearts of lovers everywhere. Red is the color of passion, desire, and respect.
Customers spent $2.3 billion on flowers for Valentine's Day in 2022, also the highest amount since 2007 (tied with 2020). As for the most popular flower, it will come as no surprise: red roses account for 70% of all Valentine's Day flower purchases.
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