Yes, one of this year's prominent flower-giving days is just coming up and you know you have to send some flowers and its usually one dozen roses or some other variant of flower The number in the bouquet is usually constant - 12 - or a dozen - you can say it in different ways. Some people may find the idea and the practice confusing. Why go for exactly one dozen roses? What is so special about that number and why won't a number like ten or five suffice for our message of love? In fact people often do things out of habit that they don't know the background to but when it comes to the idea of sending one dozen roses, the idea is usually as a result of something simple which some people aren't aware about.

It's a well understood concept that flowers are about romance or affection. This has been the case for longer than we can remember, the practice of sending loving message in the shape of flowers has been going on for so long that most people have forgotten how it started in the first place. You may hear some kind of story about this but it seems that noone is actually really sure how this idea came about. All we know today is that its the globally accepted way of doing things so we can safely go about sending our twelve red roses knowing very well that the message is going to be understood. One Dozen Roses

Even though this tradition weighs heavily, some people choose to do things differently, Some deliver their flowers in terms of the number of months or years which the relationship has lasted, the age of the person or some other such numerical quantity which is of importance to them and the person they are giving the flowers to.

But to be on the safe side - go for one dozen roses. Red.