Transform your Valentine's Day gifting with living plants that bloom for years, not days. While traditional bouquets wilt within a week, garden plants create lasting memories and enhance your shared space. Whether your partner is an experienced gardener or simply appreciates natural beauty, this guide will help you select the perfect living gift that grows alongside your relationship.
Skip the last-minute flower shop rush and discover how pre-ordering select plants can save money while guaranteeing availability. Your thoughtful choice of a living plant shows both romantic intention and practical understanding - especially when paired with our curated selection of garden-ready varieties suited for every skill level and growing zone.
Give a plant-based gift! Gardeners will always appreciate a living reminder of this particularly special day. Gardening gives your partner joy, so contribute to that happy feeling by putting some thought…and your fingers on that keyboard to ordering that just- right live plant for your sweetheart.
Floral bouquets simply do not last. And the prices just keep going up and up, whereas a living plant may last for decades and is definitely much less expensive when compared to a bouquet, especially in terms of longevity. The two of you can plant your live plants together once they arrive, making you a valuable and welcomed part of your other half’s gardening ventures. Be sure to include a nicely written card, with a hand-written sentiment, and maybe even the meaning of the romantic, live-flowering plant you have decided to gift to him or her. Go out to a romantic dinner (even some fast food places put candles on their tables on Valentine’s Day) and present your thoughtful gift. Then, once your live Valentine’s Day plants arrive, it’s like receiving another gift…just because!
Ladies and Gents—be sure to share this with your partner!
You will actually be preordering these plants, because February is not the ideal time to plant anything, in any area of the country; however, you can print a photo and include it in a card (Shop for that card early, before all the good ones are gone!), with an explanation as to the gift he or she will receive in the spring! For a more immediate and tangible gift, consider purchasing a Gift Certificate so that the two of you can shop together.
ProTip: You can preorder your Valentine plants for delivery when it is planting time in your area. You may pay a discounted price when your preorder and you are guaranteed to receive the plants you want. Preorders will be fulfilled before other orders, so the living Valentine plant you want will not be out of stock. Click here to see when your live plants will be shipped to your state!
Here are some ideas to help you decide which living plant gift will reside in your companion’s garden forever (or at least for a significant number of years)!
Romantic and Symbolic Live Plants
- Red Roses— Red Roses symbolize love. A Red Rose bush will symbolize love that lasts. Yes, the rose bouquet may be impressive (although ridiculously expensive) but think of the lasting presence of a red rose bush in your landscape.
- Red Tulips— Symbolizing perfect love, the black center of the Red Tulip flower is said to represent the lover’s heart, its color deepened by passion. Tulips are one of the most vulnerable cut flowers, their life in a vase only being two or three days; however, Red Tulip plants or bulbs will come back year after year and multiply!
- White Daisies—The snowy white daisy petals symbolize loyal love, as well as patience, simplicity, beauty, purity, and innocence. Daisies last long in vases so having a ready supply of these cheerful live plants will guarantee that your lover’s vases can be filled for the entire growing season, not just a week or so.
- Purple Asters—This wildflower is enchanting and symbolizes patient love. Though called purple, these living wildflowers are now available in many colors, like red, pink, and white, all with a frilly and sunny yellow center. You can mix them up or plant a single color en-masse for a striking exhibition.
- Pink Orchids—This exotic-looking house plant symbolizes pure affection and love. They are not as fragile as their dainty appearance makes them appear. Some varieties will prefer to reside indoors with bright, indirect light, while other varieties of orchids, such as Cymbidium, Oncidium, Cattleya, and Phalaenopsis Orchids can survive outdoors with bright, indirect light, or in some cases, dappled sunlight and high humidity. They will not, however, tolerate temperatures below 60°F, so potting them and moving them in and out of doors may be your best option for the ultimate viewing pleasure.
- Purple Lilacs—These amazingly aromatic bushes symbolize the first emotions of love. They are appropriate for someone you just met, but whom you feel strongly about. The fragrance can be brought indoors to fill vases in the spring or can be dried to fill a potpourri or sachet.
- White Chrysanthemums—Its white petals symbolize loyal love and truth. Mix them up with Red Chrysanthemums, which signify love, just as red roses do. Some varieties of these striking, living, flowering plants make excellent cut flowers as well, a gift that keeps on giving, both in and out of doors.
- Pink Peonies—These gorgeous flowers embody romance, good fortune, and prosperity. Peonies are known to be the flower of honor and riches. Though these beautiful blossoms are available in many colors, red, pink and white are the most appropriate for Valentine’s Day, unless there is a favorite color your significant other cherishes.
- Purple Iris—This romantic flower symbolizes faith and promise. It is said that this flower was popular as far back as ancient Greek times, when the goddess Iris, was the link between heaven and earth. Some Iris beds have been known to exist for more than 100 years! You and your partner can grow old together while your Irises continue to bloom and multiply.
- Sunflowers—These towering blossoms signify adoration, happiness, and warmth. Choose a variety that towers over all other flowers to loudly declare your respect and admiration for your companion.
ProTip: Groups of flowering plants are much more attractive than a single plant. Three is not a crowd in this instance. Create a testimonial to your lover in your landscape by gifting a grouping of live blooming plants.
Aren’t these the best ideas for that gardening enthusiast in your life? In fact, even if your other half is not a particularly avid gardener, doesn’t the idea of giving a gift that keeps on giving make sense, as opposed to the fleeting time a bouquet will bring joy?
Think about it!
