Roses, romantic red roses, to show love for the couple.
In this approaching new week, thousands of them will pass from hand to hand and end up adorning vases and vases as a symbol of love.
The slogan “say it with flowers” still holds true, and Valentine's Day is a gold mine for florists.
But beyond buying cut flowers, you can also think that a live plant is a good gift.
It will provide flowers for months, and its growth processes recall that marked date on which it entered the house.
Thus, each new flower will be like a flare of that passion and complicity between two people.
In each petal the history of the days shared will beat and we will know that, although this flower is also ephemeral like those bought in a bouquet, more and more will come.
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In this way, giving away a rose bush that grows in a pot will bring great joy to whoever receives it.
Matilde Ferrer, breeder of these flowers at Rosas Ferrer, recommends “patio rose bushes, which are small in size, like the 'Zepeti' variety.
They are easy to maintain, even inside the house, on terraces or balconies."
"During the Roman Empire, roses were the leading flowers as an element of decoration, at parties and in celebrations," recalls this expert.
"As we see in the mosaics, for example, they look like cultivated roses, with many petals and probably scented."
Ferrer also points out that "it is possible that religious-festive festivities such as Saint Valentine's derive from these celebrations from Roman times", which is why they have been perpetuated throughout the centuries.
Patio rose 'Zepeti', perfect for extolling love on a terrace or in a window.
Arnau Garcia Ferrer
Other uses of plants that lovers used for their meetings also come from ancient times.
For example, the well-known nettle (
Urtica
dioica
and
Urtica urens
) was a guest in the bedrooms as part of the game between lovers.
With their stems they were whipped to get nettles and thus activate circulation.
But we can find other more appropriate and kind aphrodisiac plants for this important date, such as the dandelion (
Taraxacum officinale
).
Although perhaps it is better to resort to giving an orchid, one of the most complex and beautiful flowers that exist.
The classic
Phalaenopsis
, in its thousand and one color varieties, is a sure hit and will stain the couple's windows with its cheerful tones.
The nettle was a guest in the bedrooms as it was part of the game between lovers. Massimiliano Finzi (Getty Images)
A few years ago, the wax flower plant, Hoya kerrii
, also became fashionable
, which has the peculiarity of producing heart-shaped leaves.
These are sold rooted in a pot, but the Eurotropicalplants nursery expert, Isabel Claros, recommends “not buying that leaf alone, but better the whole plant, because on rare occasions it will become a specimen with stems and flowers.
The adult plant has all its leaves in the shape of a heart”, so it continues to pay homage to this organ that we associate with love.
A relationship improves when you share likes and hobbies.
Carrying out a gardening workshop is a perfect meeting to open new doors and complicities.
Laura Pinto and Nuria Sáenz-López, members of Rojomenta, an organic gardening company that also gives training classes, tell how the course that most couples attend is
Basic Plant Care
.
“They come with the illusion of filling the house with plants and taking care of them together.
Normally there is always someone who knows a little more and wants to spread the desire to the person with whom he is going to live, thanks to a move or a change of house.
In those cases, we see that the person who knows the least speaks with great respect about his most expert partner, which we love, ”they add.
But not only that.
These gardeners also point out that among these couples come "those who take this learning as a preparatory challenge to care for other living beings in the future."
"Thus, we see that it becomes a common project full of illusions."
Workshop given by Rojomenta at La Casa Encendida, in Madrid.
Sara Navarro / The Lit House
The founders of Rojomenta are also passionate about camellias, which are in full bloom on these dates, something shared by Ignacio Somovilla, creator of Bomarzo Garden Tours, who precisely recommends us to visit "any garden in Galicia full of camellia flowers at this time." ”.
“If I had to choose one, the Pazo de Oca (Pontevedra), which has a special charm, possessing a labyrinth of camellias perfect for letting oneself lose oneself in love, without strings or Ariadnas”, he points out.
If a further journey is sought, Somovilla proposes the magical English countryside: “There we find the Yorkshire gardens, for example.
Also, any place in the always romantic Italy”.
Another idea full of romanticism, perhaps a little melancholic, is to give a plant that reminds the other person of beautiful moments from the past.
It may be a species that grew in that house where unforgettable vacation days were spent or a plant that died suddenly after many years of good care.
After all, any gift in which plants are in the middle is good for extolling the feeling of love, which also flourishes with the seasons, overcoming difficulties to always meet, as roots do in their search. of the water.
