Estimated number of roses produced for Valentine's Day in 2010: 198 million 
Holiday Ranking(Based on consumer purchasesof fresh flowers and plants for holidays at all outlets.) | Transactions | Dollar Volume |
| Christmas/Chanukah | 30% | 30% |
| Mother's Day | 24% | 25% |
Valentine's Day
| 20% | 25% |
| Easter/Passover | 13% | 10% |
| Thanksgiving | 6% | 5% |
What are consumers buying?(Multiple Responses Allowed) | Percent |
| Mixed Flowers | 44% |
| Red Roses | 43% |
| Roses (not red) | 29% |
| Other type of flower (not roses) such as all tulips, all carnations, all lilies, etc. | 23% |
| Plants | 20% |
Who's buying for Valentine's Day?
Twenty-five percent of adults purchased flowers or plants as gifts for Valentine's Day 2010; of those, 60% were men and 40% were women.According to the National Retail Federations' 2011 Valentines Day Consumer Intentions & Actions Survey, 34% of consumers planned to celebrate the holiday with flowers.
For whom are they buying?While men buy mostly for romantic reasons, women use Valentine's Day as an opportunity to show they care to mothers, daughters and friends, as well as their sweethearts. Women even treat themselves on Valentine's Day |
| (Multiple responses allowed) | All | Men | Women |
| Spouse | 47% | 57% | 32% |
| Mother | 26% | 21% | 33% |
| Significant other | 20% | 25% | 12% |
| Friend or acquaintance | 11% | 7% | 17% |
| Self | 9% | 0% | 23% |
| Other relative | 7% | 2% | 13% |
| Child | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Grandparent | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Sister | 4% | 2% | 6% |
| Father | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Other | 2% | 3% | 1% |
Data collected by IPSOS-Insight FloralTrends Consumer Tracking Study, 2005; and eNation National On-Line Research, Synovate, 2010.
The above information provided courtesy of The Society Of American Florists
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