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ROSES-The Queen of flowers
I love them! I often feel I cannot get enough of them. However, often my budget won’t support my desires and many gardeners may feel the same way. I often suggest to my children to buy me a rose bush for my zone 6 than to bring me a bouquet of flowers.
The rose is the oldest domesticated flower known; fossilized imprints found in Florissant, Colorado, indicate that roses existed around 40 million years ago. Throughout out history roses have been symbols of love beauty, war and politics.
Roses inspire passion even in disagreement. Modern roses come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Stem lengths and blooming habits also differ for each variety. Rose varieties can be vastly different in both appearance and performance.
They will open at different rates and in different ways. Some will open widely (such as Konfetti, Orange Unique and Black Magic) while others will just unfurl (such as Ilio, Gypsy Curiosa and Nicole).
Flowers have also had their own language among the romantics and sent secret messages to lovers in days gone by. I was surprised to lean that the colors of roses mean different things also.
Roses of different colors represent different emotions.
Red rose: Love; I love you
Pink rose: Perfect happiness
Deep pink rose: Thank you
Light pink rose: Admiration
Dark crimson rose: Mourning
White rose: Innocence and purity
White with red roses : Unity
Yellow rose: Friendship
Even the way the Roses are presented symbolize different moods and carry different messages.
Bouquet of roses in full bloom: Gratitude
Garland or crown of roses: Beware of virtue; reward of merit; crown,symbol of superior merit
Single full bloom: I love you
Tea rose: I'll remember always
Thornless Rose: Love at first sight
Dried white rose: Death is preferable to loss of virtue
Withered white rose: Transient impression; fleeting beauty; you made no impression
Rose leaf : You may hope
Rose bud: Beauty and youth; a heart innocent of love
Red rosebud: Pure and lovely
White rosebud: Girlhood
Damask rose: Brilliant complexion
Cabbage rose: Ambassador of love
Christmas rose: Tranquilize my anxiety; anxiety
They next time you want to give someone flowers give then a rose bush or plant then explain the reason for the color.
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Author Bio Box: Arlene Wright Correll
 Resources: Excerpted from “Arlene’s Garden Series” by Arlene Wright-Correll
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