However, anyone who adheres to a few simple basic rules can successfully use flowers to communicate his feelings.

The flowers chosen don’t necessarily have to be the conventional, classic ones: in addition to the meaningful red rose, the paler pink-coloured version is now becoming increasingly popular too.

A good tip for those in love who want to get the message across, while, at the same time, not appearing to be quite so pushy! In Japan, for example, this gentle colour is extremely popular on 14th February: women and girls make presents of chocolate to the opposite sex and the more pink-coloured paper and flower accessories it’s packed in, the stronger the feelings.

By the way, ladies in the land of the rising sun are also presented with gifts, but these are wrapped in white and not given until 14th March!

Although our colour code is perhaps not quite so strict, we do need to follow a few  key rules when buying presents for our loved ones: blue flowers, for example, stand for fidelity, white for purity and a fresh green colour for hope.

Very important: yellow, orange and purple, which stand for jealousy, a happy-go-lucky nature and vanity are taboo on Valentine’s Day!

What’s more, today we have a range of possibilities at our disposal to help flowers get our message across!

What about writing an original declaration of love on a rose petal itself for example?

Or laying a carpet of flowers for your loved one to walk over which show your name or your very own personal message?

With STAEDTLER triplus gel-liners, also available in glittery gold and silver for writing on dark surfaces with, you can write directly on petals and leaves - a more modern method for getting flowers to speak!