One of life’s most delightful pleasures is receiving a beautiful bouquet of fragrant, fresh flowers. A colorful arrangement of flowers–any kind, from wild flowers to the most popular, best selling flowers such as roses–will brighten your day, and even better, make a day extra special for someone that you care about when you send flowers to them.

Flowers have always brought us pleasure and intrigued us. We see examples of flowers in art from centuries past. In fact, as far back as 2500 B.C., there are renderings of floral arrangements in pieces of artwork that have been discovered. The allure of flowers is unquestionable and the popularity of best selling flowers has made the floral industry not only a huge success, but also a major industry in the economy all around the world.

And there are so many reasons to send someone flowers! Just think about all the occasions, big and small, that an arrangement of best selling flowers, wild flowers or fresh flowers would enhance. What is the first one that comes to mind?

Most likely, you would think of Valentine’s Day…and you would be correct! Actually, that is the number one holiday for florists, according to the American Society of Florists. An astonishing 40% of their economic business in best selling fresh flowers is done on this day.

If you have ever let your purchase of fresh flowers for Valentine’s Day go until the last minute, you know from experience that flower shops and florists are extremely busy on that day and the selection of flowers is really limited unless you have placed an order ahead of time.

There’s something else that is interesting about Valentine’s Day, too: women aren’t the only ones who like to get flowers! Men enjoy receiving fresh flowers and floral arrangements, too. And 36% women are very happy to send fresh flowers to their husbands on Valentine’s Day, according to the American Society of Florists.

So the next time you are surprised when someone sends you flowers, just remember that the floral business is a ‘blooming’ industry! Anniversary flowers, birthday flowers, sympathy flowers, wedding flowers–the occasions are many and the selections are virtually unlimited.

Filled with emotion, fragrance, science, and of course, artistic expression and sensitivity, floral arrangements spread beauty, making the world a lot happier and brighter for all of us.