Roses are synonymous with romance. We menfolk give them on Valentine’s Day — even though their price shoots through the roof. And, we tend to give them on every anniversary too, assuming that’s the ‘done thing’. Well here’s the news: it isn’t the done thing at all!

If you have always given roses every anniversary then a huge pat on the back for remembering. Your wife surely appreciates it dearly. But, life could be a little more interesting for her, if you gave the specific flower that is symbolic of the major wedding anniversaries.

Take “major wedding anniversaries” to mean the first fifteen, plus the decade and half decades thereafter (so 20th, 25th, 30th 35th, etc). If you’re approaching one of these, checkout our handy list of flowers you should be giving on your anniversary. It might save you some money and really surprise the wife!

Coming to the end of year 8 of your marriage? Got loads of ideas about how to make her 8th wedding anniversary special? Got the flowers and anniversary gift sorted? Oh well, not to worry, because we’ve got all the answers for you on one page here at our year 8 wedding anniversary page!

We are slowly but surely covering all the anniversary years (1 to 100!) and the advice about the 8th anniversary is already online.

On this page you can find lots of ideas about what types of gifts to buy. What sort of flowers you should be giving — that’s right, you shouldn’t be giving roses every year, that would be too simple! If you’re buying or thinking of buying jewellery you should read this page to find out what kind of gemstone should be given, as tradition dictates.

In short, this page has all the answers to your questions about the etiquette of giving an 8th anniversary gift, plus lots of good suggestions about specific kinds of suitable anniversary presents. So, if you’re short on knowledge or ideas, please do take a look!

These pages are just the first step in our plan to help make easier the task of making your anniversaries spectacular. We are in the process of putting together the IT so that we can match each anniversary year with specific (and relevant) gift recommendations. These recommendations will be the “best of the best”, hand-edited ideas from tens of thousands of gifts offered by hundreds of retailers online. So, watch this space – or better still – bookmark it!

If you’re wondering what first anniversary gift to get your wife, check out our 1st Wedding Anniversary Gifts page under “Anniversary Years”.

Like all our Anniversary Year guides, it tells you what are the customary gifts and the conventional contemporary present alternative. Plus, discover the 1st anniversary “gemstone” is freshwater pearl and the flower is the pansy. It’s packed with great ideas to ensure your very first anniversary is the start of an unbroken track record of romantic feats, not failures.

Do take a look!