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Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Roses

sakura flower roses -

Roses are probably one of the most prized flowers in a garden. There are so many types of roses that one could plant acres and acres of them and each rosebush could bear a different type of flower. You have several choices to make if you are considering planting and growing roses. Rose breeders are constantly doing research to create hardier plants; roses that can withstand very cold or very hot climates.
Other types of roses give off such a strong scent that they can saturate your entire yard with their sweet rose fragrance.

Symbolism

  • Red Roses: love
  • Pink Roses: grace, gentle feelings of love
  • Dark Pink Roses: gratitude
  • Light Pink Roses: admiration, sympathy
  • White Roses: innocence, purity, secrecy, friendship, reverence and humility.
  • Yellow Roses: Yellow roses generally mean dying love or platonic love. In German-speaking countries, however, they can mean jealousy and infidelity.
  • Yellow with red tips Roses: Friendship, falling in love
  • Orange Roses: passion
  • Burgundy Roses: beauty
  • Blue Roses: mystery
  • Green Roses: calm
  • Black Roses: slavish devotion (as a true black rose is impossible to produce)
  • Purple Roses: protection (paternal/maternal love)

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