Gifts for Her: Love Blooms

Let love bloom and shower her with attention with beautiful flowers on Valentine's Day. In addition to being a calorie-free alternative to candy, many of the options we've featured here benefit worthy causes and can become lasting gifts, given the proper care and maintenance.

These flowers and plantable gifts are an easy and affordable way to bring a smile to her face and let her know you love her.

One Dozen Long Stemmed Roses ~ $39 from California Blooms

California Blooms offers super fresh, boutique-grown roses direct from the West Coast. Available in traditional red, pink and white, as well as beautiful orange, peach, lavender, green and yellow, these roses are delivered directly from the farm to your door within 24 hours of being hand-selected and cut.

Best yet, the roses are grown in an eco-friendly process that reduces energy demands and recycles water and waste products. Pesticide use is kept to a minimum, as well! {shop now}

Pocket Garden Kit - Chocolate Flower ~ $17 from Lavish & Lime

This pocket garden kit is an eco-friendly and adorable gift for any woman who loves chocolate! Packaged inside a recycled steel case are four varieties of seed, four seedling garden stakes and growing information with tips.

The chocolate flowers will add a sweet scent and lovely color to any garden. The seed varieties included are Chocolate Pincushion Flower, Chocolate Cosmidium, Chocolate Sunflowers and Chocolate Drop Rudbeckia. {shop now}

Garden in a Bag - With Love ~ $8 from Cleverly Gifted

The Garden in a Bag is a cool gift for several reasons: 1. You essentially just sit back and watch it grow, with minimal maintenance required, 2. It's eco-friendly, 3. It can grow indoors year round and 4. It blooms vibrant red flowers.

Just add the enclosed seed packet to the leak-proof bag and place it on a windowsill or in another sunny spot. The red Cosmos grow to be about a foot tall in certified organic soil and chips from organic coconut husks for drainage. {shop now}

Annabelle Hydrangea ~ $24.95 from Invincibelle® Spirit & Great Garden Plants

Give her a gift that will bloom again and again to show her your love is ever-lasting. Invincibelle® Spirit is the first-ever pink Annabelle hydrangea - a beautiful and resilient bloom that will produce an abundance of hot pink flowers from early summer to frost.

It's one of the most reliable, hardiest and easiest to grow, requiring minimal maintenance to keep it looking beautiful. Invincibelle® Spirit will donate $1 from each hydrangea sold (and Great Garden Plants will match another $1) to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, with the goal of raising $1 million for the cure. {shop now}

Orchids ~ $29.99 from Rocket Farms

If she likes her flowers a little more exotic than traditional roses, Rocket Farms orchids are a great choice. They offer several full-size varieties, as well as mini orchids.

The orchids are grown in moss, so they only have to be watered once every 3 weeks. They come in myriad colors and patterns and live an average of 3 to 6 months (quite a bit more staying power than a bouquet). Rocket Farms orchids are available online and at many Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Costco locations across the U.S. {shop now}

Personalized Tree Gift ~ $35 from Trees for a Change

If flowers just aren't her thing, how about a meaningful gift that will help heal the planet? With a Personalized Tree Gift, a native species tree will be planted in a U.S. National Forest area in need of reforestation.

She'll receive a personalized tree planting certificate with her name, as well as a matching gift card and envelope (all of which are printed on recycled paper, of course). She can also gain online access to photos and information about where the tree was planted in her honor. E-Tree Gifts are available for last-minute gifts, too. {shop now}

75 Roses ~ $105 from Bridesign

If a single bouquet just won't cut it this Valentine's Day, definitely check out the affordable bulk flowers at Bridesign. Whether you're planning a party, a special event or just going all out to sweep her off her feet, you can order 75 loose stem roses in a variety of colors for way less than you'd pay a florist. Bridesign offers plenty of other flowers in bulk, including carnations, sunflowers, gerberas and more.

Plus, if you become a fan of Bridesign.com on Facebook before February 5, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. PST, you can enter for a chance to win 75 pink roses (valued at over $100). Once you become a fan, just leave a comment saying what you'd do with 75 pink roses if you won. A winner will be selected so the flowers can be shipped just in time for the special day.

Click here to become a fan and enter to win. {shop now}