Romantic Flower Gestures: Beyond the Cliché Dozen Red Roses

Giving flowers is an ancient tradition—from Shakespeare to screen. Clichés persist because they work. But you can make the gesture your own. Avoid hackneyed flower-giving; be creative.

Creative Alternatives

• Discover their favorites. Ask a florist to create a custom bouquet tailored to their taste.
• Surprise spontaneously. Not just Valentine's Day—give flowers on an ordinary day for extra impact.
• Break from roses/lilies. Try exotic blooms like flowering kale (purple decorative flower-vegetable hybrid) for unique bouquets. Visit a florist and pick the most eccentric flowers.
• Research unique deliveries. Marks & Spencer's chocolate wrapper grows into candytuft flowers (butterfly-attracting). Or personalize: match their personality, include a photo or poem.

Expert Help

Local florists (Interflora has shops in Liverpool, Birmingham, and many cities) can help create memorable bouquets. Step back from clichés—give a romantic gift truly remembered.

Maricruz Tennill, impressed with Interflora's online service, wrote this as a digital writer about Liverpool florists.