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One of the most powerful indicators of romance as a whole are flowers. Romantic gestures in fiction will VERY often include a person (generally a dude) giving their Love Interest (generally a girl) flowers, which can range from a single blossom to a huge bouquet. There are even bigger bonus points if the flower giver manages to use the flowers' meanings in floralia to convey a message.
Media of literally EVERYWHERE in the world will use this trope in one or another way. Westerners tend to favor roses, but in practice other blossoms will do; Easterners like a bit more of variety, often including Cherry Blossoms.
One of the most common subtropes of Grand Romantic Gesture. May overlap with Flower From the Mountaintop, if the person who gives the flowers had to search a lot for them.
Anime and Manga[]
Comics[]
Film — Animated[]
- Beauty and The Beast: Although the flower works as a countdown to signify whether Beast has changed, it is contingent on his ability to create a meaningful bond of love with another person.
Film — Live-Action[]
- Big Fish: The giant blossom field that Edward grows of his love's favourite flower.
Literature[]
Live-Action TV[]
- Dawson's Creek: As per the show's wont, Dawson discusses this as he arrives for his and joey's first date, then utilises the trope anyway by spontaneously picking her a flower.
- Gilmore Girls: “There should be a thousand yellow daisies”. And then, there was.
- Jane the Virgin: A variation. The flower symbolises virginity and petals falling off of a flower symbolise having sex for the first time, but as the show plays with the origins and meaning of the metaphor for Jane, it comes to symbolise opening up such as when a flower blooms (as seen in time-lapse videos) and taking risks.
- Supergirl: Lena fills Kara's office with flowers after Kara helps Lena out. Despite not being actively used as part of a romance arc, it is still the show utilising this trope without acting on it.
Music[]
- "Blue Orchid" by The White Stripes
- "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations
- "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal
- "La Vie En Rose" by Édith Piaf