Valentines’ Day is the busiest day in the life of a florist and to help keep the hundreds of roses and other blooms pristine, Helen’s Florist has an 18-wheeler refrigerated truck parked out behind their shop.

Mary Kaylin Gray of Helen’s Florist said the truck is filled with tables loaded down with floral orders set to be delivered today.

“Each table represents a different section of town and so when the (delivery) truck pulls around the back we can take that table and have it ready to go,” Gray said.

Nancy Gray, the owner of the shop, said they keep the truck for a week.

And whether it is a dozen or one long stem, red roses are still the favorite flower for Valentine’s Day.

“This year we have kind of a new one,” Mary Kaylin Gray said. “It is a garden rose and it is called Hearts and the inner blooms look like a heart.”

Nancy Gray said deliveries to businesses began at 7:30 a.m. this morning, and the goal is to be finished delivering by nightfall, unless of course it is to be delivered at a requested time.

A plethora of typical Valentines’ Day orders have been made at Helen’s, Mary Kaylin Gray said, but the flower shop did receive one very unique order this year.

There is an elderly couple that has been patrons of the business for many years, Mary Kaylin Gray said, and because of their health and the chance this may be their last Valentines’ Day together, to delight them their daughter ordered flowers to be delivered every day this week.

“The daughter called and asked us to put flowers all throughout their house. It was so sweet,” Mary Kaylin Gray said.

And for those who may have forgotten today is Valentine’s Day, Nancy Gray said orders can still be placed.

“We will take orders until the flowers run out,” she said.