While they may be important to your partner when you give them to her they are actually not that important in the grand scheme of things. There are many plants out there that would be dead without the help of creatures like bees and these include peaches and apricots.
There are so many plants out there that help out both animals and us and here are just two, that without we would certainly die.
Plankton
We know of over 50,000 species and this is just in the lighter parts of the ocean that we can see and although many humans do not see the immediate benefit, animals do. a collection of plankton is known as a boom and one of these booms can sustain billions of creatures. These plankton are mostly found quite near the surface of the water so they can allow light in which of course allows for photosynthesis to occur. Many people will perhaps never see the importance of this plant but I will say that half of the world's oxygen is given to us through these plants. Without this plankton life would not exist, it is as simple as that.
Fungi
There are so many people across the earth that really do dispise fungi as it gets into the home and doesnt do us any favours at all but we wouldnt be around without it. It is this fungi that allowed the plants to move out of the sea and onto land as they formed a symbiotic relationship with the plants that still actually exist today. It also allows a lot of plants to obtain all of the necessary nutrients and water they need from the soil. These fungi will also work to clean up the remains of dead plants and animals and put the nutrients back into the earth, pretty helpful after all.
It is rather amusing that two of plants that people tend not to care about are just two of the most important in the world.
So the next time you are out buying your wife some flower make sure you remember what made those flowers possible. Birthday flowers via flower delivery are a great way to make someone happy on their one day of the year.