Best Romantic Plants for Love Making

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You need not wait for Valentine’s Day to romance that particular person in your life. You can courtship your loved one any time of the year. How? You can gift them romantic plants that are way better than a bouquet.

Top-Selling Romantic Plants

The following flowering plants are magical and attract love with joy and prosperity.

Red Aglaonema

red aglaonema

The red aglaonema is one of the greatest love-making plants making a bold color statement. It is a showy plant with streaks in bright red and pink stripes. The plant outlasts cut flowers; the best part is that it is an easy houseplant for you to grow.

Hence, it will symbolize love to enjoy for years. You can grow it anywhere in low to bright light conditions with medium humidity but can tolerate dry air. Water when you feel the top two inches of the soil are dry.

Dove Orchid

dove orchid

The Peristeria elata or dove orchid is another emblem that symbolizes love. The white flowers have small purple spots, with the central section displaying a dove shape. It is the most eye-catching outdoor plant that comprises the Orchidaceae family native to Central America.

Gifting your loved one with these fantastic orchids displays your true love, and the flower is beautiful to see.

Nerve Plant

nerve plant

The nerve plant might not sound romantic, but those red or pink leaf variegations make this beauty colorful for any season. It is a long-lasting plant when grown in the right conditions.

Furthermore, it makes for an ideal terrarium candidate growing in medium to bright light with high humidity. The best is to keep it moist to prevent those gorgeous leaves from drying out.

Flowering Plants Rose Bushes

roses

No one needs an introduction to the well-known roses growing in bushes. The plant can enhance a garden to patio with its striking colors and fragrant flowers. It does not matter how much the rose is discussed or romanticized.

They never fail to impress. While your cut roses are classical and symbolize love, the rose bushes will bring love into a garden.

String of Hearts

string of hearts

A fabulous houseplant to gift that particular person is a string of hearts with heart-shaped leaves.

It looks fabulous in hanging baskets with dainty foliage. Those supple vines hang over the pot for a magical display.

The green leaves have silver markings and a famous trailing cousin, the string of pearls. Both make alluring gifts to place at waterfalls or grow as houseplants.

Polka Dot Plant

polka dot plant

The polka dot plant with dark green leaves with pink, white, and red splashes is a fun living species to show how much you care. They are easy-growing plants but look great with a monthly haircut to keep them compact.

In nature, the polka dot grows in medium to bright sunlight, and it is best to provide them with the exact growing needs. It loves humidity as when the air is too dry, the leaves start showing brown crispy edges.

Another unusual thing is that we discovered it makes a good companion for the nerve plant.

Anthurium

anthurium

Nothing shows courtship more than the Anthurium plant with those bright red heart-shaped leaves. The leaves are as shiny as lipstick and a luscious indoor plant. The bracts act like flowers in the natural rainforest to attract bees and butterflies.

Yet, as the spathes are leaves and not flowers, they are long-lasting for up to three months and are produced throughout the year.

Jade Plant

jade plant

While the jade plant symbolizes good luck, it remains a charming succulent plant that provides a long-lasting relationship. Traditionally, it is more of a tree than a plant, with grey bark around the trunk. It is a slow grower with compact growth and is perfect for any sweetheart’s bedside table or desk.

One thing is sure: it will attract love like a magnet.

Hoya Kerrii

hoya kerrii

The sweetheart plant is a widespread species gifted on Valentine’s Day. Yet, giving any time of the year remains a great gift to show your love. It is a love-themed plant with thick heart-shaped leaves and a romantic appearance to romance that special person on their feet.

Dancing Lady Orchid

dancing lady orchid

As dancing goes hand in hand with courtship, the Dancing Lady Orchid is an exceptional gift. It is native to the subtropical Americas and deserves a nod for heart affairs.

When looking at the flowers, they look like dancing ladies with the arrangement of the petals like colorful skirts.

So, it seems that nature presents us with a lot of romance with different symbols found when you look closer.

Bleeding Heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis)

bleeding heart plant

The bleeding heart displays delicate pink-red flowers shaped like hearts. You must agree it looks like the most romantic-looking plants you have seen. The species is native to Asia and is a Papaveraceae (poppy) family member.

It grows well indoors and has a subtle fragrance while looking exotic.

Desert Gems

desert gems cactus

A new collection on the block with bright colors is these cute cacti. They are available in various colors: green, yellow, orange, and even ruby red. A standout is the amethyst purple one you find; all are in line with love-making.

The cacti are easygoing and only need occasional watering when the soil is arid.

Coral Cactus

Coral Cactus

Why not show your love longevity with the coral cactus? It makes a perfect houseplant gift to give a living place a contemporary look. These exotic plants are crested Euphorbia. Your little plants will thrive without some water, and the green stem is topped with a silvery-gray crest.

All it needs is warmth in a spot with bright light.

Moth Orchid

moth orchids

Nothing is more passionate than the moth orchid to say I am thinking of you. It grows long flowers, remaining in bloom for over three months. It has a graceful shape dancing along the stalks, looking like butterflies.

Gifting your love with this flower will set the right mood for ever-lasting love. When the bark is dry, it needs a bright and sunny day and water.

Basil

basil

While you would not think basil is romantic, it brings wealth, luck, love, and passion into any home. The truth is that we all could do with that. You can grow the herb in a pot to flavor the food as it awakens passion when eaten.

Ooh, la la! Furthermore, it has magical effects as an antidepressant, antibacterial, and antiseptic properties.

Jasmine

jasmine

To attract love, nothing says it better than gifting Jasmine to that person in your life. It also helps encourage prophetic dreams while the oil is a powerful aphrodisiac. So, the jasmine is what you need for single people or anyone wanting to keep the romance alive.

High priestesses wear the flowers you see in tribes, opening up at night, making them look more fabulous.

Lavender

lavender

One of our favorites is lavender; it smells divine and can uplift any mood with calming properties. A dab of lavender oil on your pillow will make you feel relaxed after love-making. The scent even attracts men so that it will warm up things in the bedroom.

You can find different varieties, so take a plunge to find the perfect one for your garden and home.

Miniature Rose

Miniature rose

The rose, as mentioned, remains the symbol of love, and it helps with luck and health while offering protection.

If you have miniature roses growing in your home, you will eventually need to transplant them into a bigger pot to add color to the bedroom or any other space.

Even the color of the flower has a meaning, from white being healing and purifying to positive energy. At the same time, red to pink is romance and love.

Hot Lips

hot lips

When you gift your sweetheart the Psychotria elata, you will tell them they have hot lips you want to keep kissing. The tropical loveliness grows bracts, looking like pouting lips, giving it that hot name.

Carnation

carnation

This lovely flower comes in various colors on 30-inch stems and is ideal for bouquets. It is associated with love and is a perennial that you can grow annually. So, choose a red or pink to show your love and appreciation.

Strawberry

strawberry

Nothing shows passion more than this sweet fruit covered in chocolate- the strawberry.  It has the fragrance, flavor, and sweetness associated with love, and its heart shape tops it off.

Summary

Nothing shows devotion more than these gorgeous plants to bring the sun into your living space with a fragrant flower that shows it is spring and love to joy fills the air.

So, avoid the traditional way of gifting your loved one only on Valentine’s Day. Instead, present your sweetheart with living plants that symbolize love to show how much you care.

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