Long-stemmed roses are still commonly given, ... and while roses may still be the single most popular bloom on Feb. 14, the long-stemmed red ones are past their peak.

Poor roses. So much pressure. Centuries of cultural weight on their puny green stems: Shakespeare, Blake, not to mention Harlequin Romance. I'm not saying I haven't caved to the hype once or twice ...

My pretty roses came from 1-800-Flowers secured in a long box, bunched together and wrapped in a plastic sleeve. The bouquet had tight, deep red buds with long green stems. The box included two ...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that prices of red roses increase right before Valentine’s Day. But Romeos on a budget don’t have to fall prey; they just need to act fast, now that Valentine ...

And he said, 'No, Peter thought the stem was the right length.' So Peter's contribution, God bless him, was to put an extra millimetre on the length of the stem on the Labour Party rose." Twitter Icon ...

It was about a month after Frances Lunsford was murdered that the first red, long-stem, artificial rose appeared on her grave. Five years later, she still is getting roses. There are now 175 of them.

Roses are red, violets are blue and this time of year, they get pretty expensive, too. A dozen long-stem red roses in the U.S. now costs an average of $90, according to FinanceBuzz.That’s 2% ...

Gripping a long-stem rose, Tim Henson inspected the bloom for the telltale sign of rose rosette disease. Stems covered with thorns. Leaves crinkled and puckered. Deformed buds with multiple shoots ...

These long-stemmed red roses were medium-sized and there were 20 of 'em. The second option was R349,80. They were identical to the long-stemmed roses, bar the stem length.