Valentine's Day - Roses and Their Meanings

If you've decided on going traditional and giving your ladylove roses this Valentine's Day, keep in mind the different colors and the meanings they convey.

Red roses are also known as Valentine roses, and they are usually for lovers, although close family members may also be given red roses. Unless if you're in love with your friend, do not give red roses to her.

Red Roses

Red roses tell the other person "I love you" in the romantic sense. A red rose is an enduring symbol of love and passion. Not surprisingly, red roses are most in-demand in February, thus making them especially expensive during Valentine's day. Here is a list of rose colors and their different meanings.

White Roses A pure white rose is a symbol of truth and innocence. It also send another person these messages: "I miss you" and "You're heavenly."

Lilac and Purple Roses

If you've fallen love at first sight and have become basically enchanted, send the other person a bouquet of lilac roses or purple roses.

Coral and Orange Roses

If you send someone coral roses, it only means one thing: that you desire the other person. If you are not lesbian or bisexual but would to send your girl friend a rose, do not ever send coral roses, otherwise you might be misconstrued. Send yellow roses instead.

Yellow Roses

Yellow roses have a strictly platonic meaning, and you only send them to friends.

The modern celebration of Valentine's Day can be traced as far back as the 1840s. The writer Leigh Eric Schmidt published an article in the American Monthly in 1849 in which he observed that "Saint Valentine's Day... is becoming, nay it has become, a national holiday.

The practice of sending Valentine cards were first popular in England before they became popular in the United States; Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts - whose father operated a big book and stationery store - was the first person to mass produce greeting cards. Howland was inspired by an English valentine note she received. Every year since 2001, the Greeting Card Association gives the "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary" in honor of the first US mass producer of greeting cards.

Estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association makes it clear that a whopping one billion valentine card are sent yearly around the world, second only to the volume of greeting cards sent on Christmas. It is estimated 85% of all Valentines cards are sent by women.

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