Of course, this may have as much to do with the excellence of the flower stall at Marylebone Station and the last-minute impulse buying that counts as planning in most of the male gender as any sweeter feelings stirred by the day itself.
But all those roses. In February. Where could they possibly have come from? Surely there aren't enough glasshouses in the UK to produce them in that quantity. Or gas in the North Sea to heat them to a suitably summer temperature and encourage the early blooming. Clearly not home grown then.
The truth is that these roses and many more like them will have clocked up more air miles than you or I are likely to this year. They'll have come in from huge flower farms and hothouses in Columbia, Ecuador, Kenya and other South American and African countries. Sustained and nourished for the journey halfway round the world by a healthy dose of pesticide and a blast of cold storage, no doubt.
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