Exotic Valentine's Day Flowers Better Than Roses you can get in UK

Regarded as a true symbol of love, roses have been the perfect choice for Valentine’s gift for decades. Portraying passion for love, red rose have, over the years, become the traditional icon for Valentine’s Day. However, if you plan to surprise you valentine this time with a bouquet of red roses, we suggest you to look at the listed flowers. We, The Flower Box offer expert flower delivery in the UK and have attractive offers on flower orders for this love season.     

Tulips

Available in shades of white, yellow, pink, peach, orange, red, lavender and purple, tulips can certainly be the perfect valentine flower for you. With colors like pink or red denoting the couples with a fresh start to their love, yellow tulips signify the condition of a person gone hopelessly crazy in love. Moreover, the vibrant flower can also be associated with passion, respect, courage, forgiveness and apology.

Orchids

With different size and shapes, orchids are prevalently found in white, pink, purple and several bi-colors.  The flower is universally accepted as symbol of love, beauty, wisdom, luxury and strength. As an important feature of Chinese history the flower signifies beauty and charm. Similarly, the Greeks associated the flower with wealth, love, and beauty, whereas, the Aztecs suggested it as a symbol of power and passion.  

Lilies

Believed to have originated from the milk of Hera (the queen of gods), lily is also a symbol to the Virgin Mary’s purity and devotion.  Available in colors like white, yellow, pink, red and orange, lily has a darker shade inside which seem to slowly fade away to the end. Some general meanings associated with the flower are love, birth, unity and growth. Having a traditional importance to different cultures globally, the flower also symbolizes promise, passion, fertility, motherhood and remembrance.

                                                                                                                             Carnations

With a variety of color options available like white, yellow, pink, red, salmon, fuchsia, deep purple, light green, there are several meanings that can be coupled with carnations. For instance, white carnation symbolizes devotion, purity, honesty and innocence, whereas a pink carnation signifies motherhood, joy and simple love. Similar to a red rose, red carnation also represents love, passion and admiration.

 Chrysanthemums

Commonly called as mum, chrysanthemums are considered as the symbol to a life of ease in Chinese culture. Available in shades of yellow, white, red and violet, the flower represents focus, wisdom and the cycles of life. White chrysanthemums are related with truth, honesty or request, whereas shades of red and violet are associated with proposition, new relationship and wish for wellness respectively. 

 Lilac

Stated as the 8^th wedding anniversary flower, lilac was the symbol to the elegance and beauty of a beautiful nymph named Syringa. However, the modern lovers associate the flower with first love and gifted as good luck charm for promising future. Their precise purple shades depict the language of flowers and sometimes as the sign of spirituality. Moreover the flower is associated with humility, charity, innocence and first love.