How often do you give flowers?

We prefer growing flowers to giving them

The unromantic reputation of the British is apparently well deserved - if our flower-giving rate is anything to go by.

According to a new survey, half of Britain's adults have never received flowers.

Only 13% of people get a bunch of flowers or a flowering pot plant even once a year.

And that poor record comes in spite of the survey's findings that confirm receiving flowers can help make a person feel loved, appreciated and happy.

On Breakfast we spoke to Sue Carroll, a columnist from the Daily Mirror about why we should give flowers more

Click here to see our interview with Sue Carroll

Sue thought that it was terrible that people don't give flowers more and said that the price of a bunch was not an excuse - it had to be compared to other items.

And she agreed with Dermot that though flowers should really be a symbol of love - they often end up being a get out :

Men rarely use them as anything other than something to get them out of deep trouble

Sue would like to see a national flower-giving day created, to encourage people to give flowers more.

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Other key survey findings found: 32% of women only get flowers on special occasions.

The main reason we give flowers is to say thank you.

More than a third cited this reason to send flowers.

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