Hay River (Feb 14/05) - For most people, Valentine's Day is a time to give flowers. But, for others, any day is a good day.

One of them is Hay River's Lynette Storoz, who occasionally gives flowers to her husband, Dennis.

"Once in a while, just because," she explains.

Storoz says her husband of 21 years also gives her flowers "just because," and on Valentine's Day.

"So we end up with a lot of flowers," she says.

She gives all kinds of flowers, not just roses. "It depends on the mood."

Storoz says, for her, Valentine's is just another day. "I actually like just because days better than Valentine's Day."

Hay River's Mike Wilgosh gives his wife, Cindy, flowers on Valentine's Day.

And he usually sends her flowers at work once a month, he says. "For no particular reason."

Still, Wilgosh says Valentine's Day is a special day for couples and a great day to give flowers.

"I think it's got a lot to do with the thought behind it and letting her know I'm thinking about her," he explains.

For most people, Valentine's Day is perhaps the only day of the year to give flowers. Florist Gayle Croucher, the owner/operator of The Garden Path in Hay River, describes Valentine's Day as the busiest day of the year - verging on mass hysteria. She says about 90 per cent of people buying flowers are men, although more women are buying flowers than in the past.

For Valentine's Day, roses are the flowers of choice, she says. "Red roses have been thought of as a romantic flower."

However, some men are not too particular about what flowers they buy, she says, noting some say, "I don't care, whatever. You just do it."

Then there are those who forget about Valentine's Day altogether, Croucher noted.

They come in days later looking for flowers to make up for the oversight, she says. "I really have to make something spectacular for them."