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5 Long-Lasting Flowers For Valentine’s Day

Want your flowers to last as long as your love? (Or at least more than a few days?) Check out our list of long-lasting Valentine’s Day flowers that double as affordable alternatives to roses.

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5 Long-Lasting Flowers For Valentine’s Day

Blushing Bride Protea

Perfectly in theme for Valentine’s Day, blushing bride protea offers a delicate mix of soft texture and gentle pink hues like some intricately sown fabric detail. Like other proteas, blushing bride protea can be dried for long term preservation, to keep loving memories alive.

Find out how to make your blushing bride protea last here.

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Rice Flower

A great choice for filling up sparse bouquets, rice flowers work well with roses (a Valentine’s Day staple). They come in many different colors, but we’re partial (especially around this season) to the whites and pinks.

Find out how to make your rice flower last here.

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5 Long-Lasting Flowers For Valentine’s Day

Globe Amaranth

A bright pop of color, globe amaranth works well as a detail flower in small or large arrangements, and can be dried or preserved with an herb press when other flowers in your bouquet start to fade.

Find out how to make your globe amaranth last here.

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Scabiosa

Once you get past the name, scabiosa really is a charming flower. It’s dark color adds an oft needed depth to arrangements and its circular shape ensures it fits in well between stems. Look to pair it with lighter colors to really offset its deep hue.

Find out how to make your scabiosa last here.

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5 Long-Lasting Flowers For Valentine’s Day

Carnations

Before you say or think it– carnations don’t have to be tacky. Carnations have come a long way from the over the top, unnatural colors they’ve long been associated with. We love the new varieties out on the market, whose dusty pinks have an heirloom look about them.

Find out how to make your carnations last here.

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