Notable Numbers: Spring flowers

Some thoughts on May flowers that follow April showers:

1 -- Number of roses that means “love at first sight”

1 -- Number of roses that means “I couldn’t afford a dozen”

9 -- Number of roses that symbolizes “forever”

25 -- Number of roses that represents a congratulations

(These figures come from Teleflora)

2500 BC --When Egyptians are known to have decorated with flowers

5,000 -- Number of flowers a bee can visit in one day

16,000 -- Number of florists in the United States

79 -- Percentage of flower sales to women

$27 billion -- Approximate annual spending on flowers in the U.S.

$30 -- Average cost of an arranged bouquet of daisies

$15.8 million -- Value of the Juliet Rose, created by David Austin over a period of 15 years. It is the world’s second most expensive flower.

$15 -- Cost of one Lily of the Valley

$275 -- Cost of a high-end orchid

18 -- Number of inches, in terms of height, that Cleopatra is said to have stacked rose petals in her palace to greet Mark Antony

This story was originally published April 21, 2017 at 7:01 PM with the headline "Notable Numbers: Spring flowers."