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Perhaps the popularity of rose as a love-flower came from a Roman myth of Cupid. According to the myth, Cupid was carrying sweet nectar in a vase when he spilled it on the ground, and roses grew from the spot of spilled nectar. Because Cupid was a God so heavily involved in love, it’s no wonder that roses would also become connected to love.

Roses aren’t the only flower linked to romance. The daisy, for example, is also a popular gift, and today it serves as a fortune teller: by picking off individual petals and saying, “He loves me, he loves me not,” one can supposedly predict another’s feelings. Incidentally, the daisy also originates in Roman mythology. According to the Romans, the daisy was a wood nymph until Vertumnus, the God of the Spring, saw her dancing and fell in love with her. When he went after her she grew frightened and cried out for the Gods to help her, so they saved her by turning her into a daisy.

Nowadays, these stories and legends have given each flower its own individual meaning, making it easy to express ones emotions by sending just the right mix of different kinds of blossoms. While the rose is a symbol for love, different colors of the rose means different things: red is for passionate love, while yellow is for friendship. White lilies symbolize purity, periwinkle signifies early friendship, and forget-me-nots and tulips are symbols of true love.