Charles E. Farricielli founded a full service wholesale and retail florist business in West Haven, CT in 1975 called Farricielli’s Flower City, and has served as the company’s President since 1975. Mr. Farricielli established Rose’ Express, Inc. in 1989 to operate a Rose Express in New Haven, CT as a retail store specializing in the sale of fresh cut roses, floral bouquets, greeting cards and other gift items available at drive-through and walk-up windows for quick and convenient pick-up. Mr. Farricielli has served as President of Rose Express, Inc since its establishment. Mr. Farricielli has also held the positions of President and Director of the Franchisor, Rose Express Franchise Systems, Inc. since it was incorporated in June of 1990.

Currently, Mr. Farricielli is a member of the National Florist Council, serves on the Board of Directors of Roses International, holds memberships in the West Haven, New Haven and Milford Chambers of Commerce, and belongs to the Society of American Florists Services. He has been nominated to serve on the Board of the Small Business National Association and the International Entrepreneurs Association.

Mr. Farricielli has been honored for outstanding support to the National Leukemia Society , has received the City of West Haven Merit Award, has actively participated in other community and charitable causes such as National Ciabetes Foundation and helped take part in the World Olympics with Mr and Mrs. Shriver. Also working with various senior citizen projects in New Haven and West Haven, CT.

Rosefarm.com Founder and Owner Charles Farricielli has been on a 28 year quest to serve his customers with the highest quality products in the World Rose Market. Mr Farricielli has traveled the abroad to touch and literally live with the rose growers of the world.

Rosefarm.com is completely and passionately dedicated to our customers, quality and price affordability. We demand the best for our continued reputation for it’s owner is solely dedicated to perfection.

The Herdd Live Performance Main Stage
Here is a Clip the Incredible Event and Performance of “The Herdd”!
A total of 33 Bands and Musicians from all over the New Haven Area! Just a GREAT PARTY! a wonderful Tribute to John Parris Celebration!

Charlie Farricielli Performs Desperado with The Herdd
Act One Entertainments is having a 50th Anniversary party, celebrating 50 years in business and still going strong!

The Herdd Live Performance Dersperado Main Stage Charlie Farricielli

Also Rosefarm Farriciellis Jingle…Performed by Charlie Farricielli and The Five Satin Group!

http://www.rosefarm.com/We%20Send%20Love.mp3

Send Love, Send Feelings

Written by Charlie Farricielli  

The Rose.  Nature’s silent messengers of God!

    Just last night I was thinking of ways for individuals to enhance the planet with additional sources of abundant love. Jenny Marie and I continue to learn numerous life secrets and countless blessed lessons concerning love and consecrated relationships. I make sure that Jenny has at least one fresh rose displayed for every special moment of our privileged lives. As I have written before in my blogs, roses are Gods silent messenger of love and feelings. Wow, If only roses could speak I thought! They would reveal to the recipient loving whispers of appreciation, gratefulness and love. They would speak the private expressions from our soul.

    Then I realized roses do speak!  They speak unvoiced!  In forms of feelings and soundless emotions!  They portray visually and vividly our passionate wordless sentiments of “Love and Feelings”!

    I have been successfully and contentedly involved in the business of selling fresh superior roses to lovers and compassionate amorous men and women all over the world. I wanted to demonstrate authentic words that could accurately be silently spoken when giving a miraculous rose. I receive blessings and pleasure, and incredible gratification when I could assist a loving individual lost for words with the silent language of the rose. Fresh cut roses are the ultimate timeless “expressions verbalizing unconditional love, uttering inner unexplainable feelings and whispering silent messages of ones accurate thoughts from nature’s awe-inspiring rose.”

    Single roses are enchanting! They are exceptionally passionate and are the unspoken environmental representation of our pure secret emotions! The magical rose is nature’s demonstration of effortlessness beauty and mysterious inborn divinity and Heaven’s gift to the planet earth. It is God’s Love Flower from Him personality to our humanity! The single rose wordlessly secretly, anxiously, whispers passion, romance, love, honesty, trust, gratitude and every human emotion to “Her” admirable deserving recipient!

    The Single Rose is Nature’s Gift for the Heavens! This magical flower, a wonder of the planet, represents a single uncomplicated symbol of unconditional and unexplainable emotions for us to transmit and bestow. The single rose represents a universal appreciation and power that exploits even the most dominant unseen energy in the universe! The phenomenon of unconditional love!A love so effortlessly concealed by the human soul and yet so powerful it could move mountains of feelings! With the giving of a single rose with love, it can infiltrate the world around us, in us, and in you as well.

  So please allow the rapturous enchantment of the adoring fresh rose to enhance and warm the hearts of the ones that you love for a lifetime. Even better, give them unreservingly with love and appreciation to any unfamiliar person to make their day just a little better. To express the feelings in only a way that God could articulate, let the rose speak your thoughts! Roses do speak!

  Give a rose today! Let them do the talking! I promise you will change the lives of all that surround you.

Thanks so much with Blessed Love and appreciation,

Charlie Farricielli, President,  Rosefarm.Com International

   I also have culminated a wonderful collection of Gratitude quotes. I believe that roses speak in the language of appreciation; in silence they accentuate the universal law of love! Enjoy the quotes below!

If Only Roses could speak it would be all about appreciation gratitude and love!

The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! –Henry Ward Beecher

Grace isn’t a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It’s a way to live. –Jackie Windspear

Who does not thank for little will not thank for much. –Estonian Proverb

You say, ‘If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.’ You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled. –Charles Haddon Spurgeon

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. –G.K. Chesterton

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” –William A. Ward

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! – William Shakespeare

Gratitude consists of being more aware of what you have, than what you don’t. –Unknown

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. –Cynthia Ozick

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. –Harper Lee

To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. –Eugene Cloutier

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things. –Horace

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. –Henry Clay

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child’s personality. A child is resentful, negative—or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people. – Sir John Templeton

Gratitude … goes beyond the “mine” and “thine” and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. –Henri J. M. Nouwen

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. –Thornton Wilder

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it –William Arthur Ward

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. –Melody Beattie

Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. – Basil Carpenter:

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. –Chinese Proverb

Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don’t unravel. –Author Unknown

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. – Aesop Fables

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. –H.U. Westermayer

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? –George Canning

Some complain that roses have thorns—others rejoice that thorns have roses! –Unknown

Would you know who is the greatest saint in the world: It is not he who prays most or fasts most, it is not he who gives most alms or is most eminent for temperance, chastity or justice; but it is he who is always thankful to God, who wills everything that God wills, who receives everything as an instance of God’s goodness and has a heart always ready to praise God for it. –William Law

If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. –Robert Quillen

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. –Kahlil Gibran

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. –John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Thanksgiving to God is an exuberant response to giving me HIS everything . . . by giving Him my everything. –Martha Kilpatrick

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. –W.T. Purkiser

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. – Cicero

The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.— Ezra Taft Benson

The True Meaning and Representational Significance of Roses! “Roses are Gods Messenger of Love and Feelings!”

There have been many overwhelming and numerous posts and articles and so called facts in regards to “The Meaning of Roses” and “The Language of Roses”. I thought since I have dedicated my life to roses, fresh rose growing, retail sales and the wholesale rose business as well as consumer experiences since 1974, which is over 34 years that I would research this subject and hopefully “correct” and clarify the true meanings of the wondrous and most magical fresh rose.
I have been successfully and contentedly involved in the business of selling fresh superior roses to lovers and compassionate amorous men and women all over the world. I wanted to investigate and demonstrate authentic words that could accurately be used to enhance your feelings when giving a miraculous rose. I receive blessings and pleasure, and incredible gratification when I could assist a loving individual lost for words with the secret language of the rose. Fresh cut roses are the ultimate timeless “expressions verbalizing unconditional love, uttering inner unexplainable feelings and whispering silent messages of ones accurate thoughts from natures awe-inspiring rose.”
The language of flowers is a lost art, but some strive to keep the meaning alive through websites. The Victorian era gave rise to “meaning” behind flowers. But just as the Eskimo language has several words for “snow”, the floral language may have several meanings for the same flower. Part of the interpretation of the language of flowers is the powerful emotions between the giver and the recipient. Sometimes even a simple dandelion picked from a lawn by a child can be the most powerful symbol of love to a mother. Buy her what she likes or her favorite rose color or a soft-scented rose and perhaps the emotions behind the gift will give a new meaning in her mind and heart for this flower. Roses send feelings through the gift of nature! They can converse through their astonishing life form without speaking a word. They bring heaven to the planet and sorrow to joy.
Single roses are simple! They are exceptionally passionate and are the unspoken environmental representation of our pure secret emotions! The magical rose is nature’s demonstration of effortlessness beauty and mysterious inborn divinity and Heaven’s gift to the planet earth. It is God’s Love Flower from His personality to our humanity! The single rose wordlessly secretly, anxiously, whispers passion, romance, love, honesty, trust, gratitude and every human emotion to “Her” admirable deserving recipient!
The Single Rose is Nature’s Gift for the Heavens! This magical flower, a wonder of the planet, represents a single uncomplicated symbol of unconditional and unexplainable emotions for us to transmit and bestow. The single rose represents a universal appreciation and power that exploits even the most dominant unseen energy in the universe! The phenomenon of unconditional love! A love so effortlessly concealed by the human soul and yet so powerful it could move mountains of feelings! With the giving of a single rose with love, it can infiltrate the world around us, in us, and in you as well.
This magical rose whispers our love in every conceivable emotion for you. Please accept my gift from the heavens . . . “to you from me”!
For centuries, flowers, herbs and various plants have given much pleasure to people of all nations, because their beauty has the unique ability to bring cheer when someone is ill or downhearted, their fragrances can be used to make lovely perfumes, delicate foliage can be used for certain medicines and foods, and pungent smells can bestir mood.
In fact, they have been so outstanding in this regard, that there is no wonder that mankind has attached significant meanings to them . . . actually going as far as to formulate a language all their own called “fluorography.” This “language” was particularly utilized during the Victorian era; however, flowers well into past generations have had religious and symbolic meanings, and still do today.
For example, there were references given to flowers, herbs and plants in Biblical times, and during the Middle Age, Herbs were even believed by some to have magical powers. Therefore, they were given a place of honor in the royal floral gardens. The use of these floral gardens existed well into the Victorian Era and helped to create the elaborate list of meanings to describe these beloved flowers.
History relates that during the reign of Queen Victoria in England, which lasted from 1837 to 1901, (known as the Victorian era) the language of flowers was as important to people as being “well dressed.” For example, the recognizable scent of a particular flower, plant or perhaps a scented handkerchief sent its own unique message.
Flowers adorned almost everything . . . hair, clothing, jewelry, gowns, men’s lapels, home décor and china, and stationery, to name a few. A young man could either please or displease a lady . . . by his gift of flowers. Flowers would convey messages of love or dislike depending upon which ones were given, their sizes, how they were held or also grouped together. They had a silent meaning of their very own, and could say what was not dared to be spoken. Even the manner in which flowers were sent had a special meaning. A flower presented in an upright position represented a “positive thought; whereas one presented in the opposite direction had a negative meaning”. Also, a person could say “yes” by offering a flower with the right hand – the left hand “no.”
Dictionaries were written to explain this language to all, and were especially used by “lovers.” One could learn that “ROSES” symbolized love, in general, but each variety and color had each, her own meaning. The “LILY,” generally symbolized beauty, but it also has many varieties, thus many diversified meanings. Consider the quandary that could have developed if lover’s used two “different” dictionaries— with each possibly having its own connotation. There could, potentially, be some real misunderstandings! So, we see the importance of acquiring accurate information in this regard.
Those of the Victorian era liked to make up bouquets. “Tussie Mussies” were generally very well-liked gifts. These were small bouquets of flowers wrapped in a lace doily and tied with satin. The intrigue of secret messages sent this way, became a popular pastime.
Today, one may find it difficult to express his true feelings. One may wonder, “How do I say I love you?” or “I want to be your friend” or “You are special.” If one is gifted in such a way, he could compose a song, or write a poem. Or, he could do something much easier and more significant… he could give flowers!
Speak with finesse and bring the Language of Flowers into YOUR modern day romance. Incidentally, be sure to include an accompanying card that explains their meaning!
I have composed a list after much study and diligence of the most popular and more common roses, herbs and flowers and their meanings. However, the list is infinite.
And, of course, the meanings may change with various combinations. Here are the meanings of the most common colors and color combinations:
RED:
Almost everyone in the world knows that the elegant red rose signifies romantic love and affection. More so, it is a classic symbol of everlasting and enduring love and passion. It doesn’t just symbolize love, but also denote beauty, courage and respect. Did you know that a Red Rosebud is a symbol of purity and loveliness, as well?
As you might know, red roses are widely known to be used when proposing marriage and to reaffirm one’s love in a very profound way. Regardless of whether it is given as a single red rose to say “I love you”, or as a group of one dozen or more, it makes a wonderful gift for any romantic occasion!
WHITE:
For many centuries, white has stood for purity, innocence and even divinity. It can also symbolize silence or secrecy. Yet another meaning of the white rose is reverence, humility and serenity.
This color of rose is perfect for events where youth or innocence are celebrated, such as weddings and proms. In a bridal context white roses (and especially white rosebuds) signify innocence and girlhood. A white rose is the ideal rose for young love. A white rose can play a role in commencing a relationship and proposing marriage, indicating a man’s special feelings for his beloved. When giving a white rose to a bride you wish her joyful and impeccable love. Lastly, coming back to the historical meaning of the color white, roses of this color can be used to show feelings like ‘ I am worthy of you,’ or ‘you are heavenly’.
CREAM:
Cream roses have a different meaning than white once, since they are not quite white in color. They indicate charm and thoughtfulness. It is especially appropriate to give them in combination with pink “thank you” roses.
PINK:
Pink roses symbolize grace, gentility, joy and gratitude and are used to express appreciation towards loved ones for loving you. You give pink roses to say “Thank you”, to represent perfect happiness and admiration. They
can be romantic, or not.
If you would like to give pink roses to communicate friendship you want to mix them with yellow roses.
DARK PINK:
If you are thankful for something someone did for you, in appreciation of their support, you may want to give them a dark pink rose since it expresses gratitude, praise and admiration. Another meaning they imply is sympathy and empathy. Therefore, they can also be given to a sick person to say: ‘Get well’.
LIGHT or PALE PINK:
Light pink roses denote liveliness and fun. Light pink s a great color of rose to give to a good friend (use them to express feelings strictly confining to friendship.)
Pale pink roses represent grace, gentleness, admiration and happiness. It’s a great idea to bring pink roses for the hostess of a party or dinner since it also conveys sweetness and gratitude. Or consider dressing up your dinner table with a bouquet of fresh pale pink roses.
PEACH:
Similar to pink roses, the peach colored rose expresses gratefulness and humility.
YELLOW:
Interestingly, yellow roses used to represent jealousy in Victorian times.
These days, however yellow roses express joy, gladness, delight and the reassurance of a new beginning. Yellow roses are often given to congratulate on life events, such as a birth, a wedding, a graduation, or a promotion. It’s a also great color to show affection, friendship and caring.
If you present someone with a yellow rose with red tip you offer friendship or possibly send a message that one is ready to be free and express the feeling of new love. For couples, however, the yellow rose can signify the idea of friendship and freedom within a romantic relationship. With other words you can show your significant other, that you feel free around him or her, and that you value their friendship within a serious relationship or marriage.
ORANGE:
This rose indicates feelings just as passionate as the bright color orange, such as desire, exuberance and enthusiasm.
These intensely colored roses remind us of flames and fire and fascinate us just the same. They are great roses to give when expressing interest in going ahead with a new romantic relationship.
CORAL:
Just like orange roses, coral roses are an perfect for more passionate purposes as they reveal desire and passion.
LAVENDER:
Roses with this color reveal love at first sight, and are a great spontaneous choice to express the fact that you’ve had butterflies in your tummy from the first moment you met your love.
BLACK:
In case you no black roses. Florists actually dry roses and dye them black. Dead roses represent the culmination of a relationship or the end of life. They are used at burials, signifying death and bidding “adieu”. In Gothic culture black roses symbolize tragic romance.
BLUE:
Researchers have finally succeeded in engineering a BLUE rose, a color of rose, which was previously missing from the genetic colors. The blue rose is symbolic of the impossible and stands for love beyond reach.
* ROSE COLOR COMBINATIONS *
Roses of different colors are often used together to enhance their original, single-color, meaning. The number of roses given can add additional significance to the meaning of the color and color combinations. For example, two roses fastened together can celebrate being engaged and heralding marriage. Different color combinations can emphasize your best wishes for the happy couple. Generally, a rose bud in any color suggests youth, beauty and gratitude.
RED AND YELLOW:
A combination of red and yellow roses is a symbol for joy and celebration, delight and happiness.
WHITE AND YELLOW:
White and yellow roses communicate harmony.
PINK and YELLOW:
You want to mix pink roses them with yellow ones to communicate friendship.
RED and WHITE:
The combination of RED and WHITE roses signifies unity or an engagement.
RED and PINK:
Mixed with red roses, pink ones reveal an even deeper meaning to a romantic relationship.
The Symbolic Meanings of Roses:
• Red Roses = Romantic Love, Beauty (And passion)
• Orange Roses = Passion & Energy (Also fascination and desire)
• Lavender Roses = Love at first sight (Adoration)
• Yellow Roses = Friendship & Caring (And mature love)
• Pink Roses = Joy & Thanks (Also sweetness or first love)
• White Roses = Purity or New Beginnings (Perfect for a Wedding Day)
• Green Roses = Harmony & Tranquility (Also Fertility)
• Burgundy Rose = Beauty
• Black Roses = Death of a friendship (Rose can also be a very dark blue shade)
• Striped Roses = A warm heart
Different colored roses can be mixed together in a bouque of emotions to deliver your intentions to your love ! Also consider whether you want to choose to send Roses in full bloom, or Rosebuds or a mixture of both, here’s what they mean:
• Rosebuds = Beauty & youthfulness
• Full-blown Roses = You are beautiful
• A single Rose = Simplicity
• A Bouquet of Roses = Gratitude
• Rose Leaf = Delicate Beauty
• Wreath or Garland of Roses = Beauty
• Wild Roses = Creativity
Note: A girl can never receive too many Roses – don’t just send them on Valentines Day or any day – give them to your love regularly, and you’ll be creating wonderful romantic memories!
This concludes my research and information on the “True meanings of the magical rose!” With much pleasure and dedication I hope that you will appreciate and understand the “Language Of Roses” much more clearly. Please allow the enchantment of the rose to enhance and warm the hearts of the ones you love for a lifetime.

have fun reviewing the list!

Rose (Austrian) You are all that is lovely
Rose (bridal) Happy love
Rose (burgundy) Unconscious beauty
Rose (cabbage) Ambassador of love
Rose (Carolina) Love is dangerous
Rose (China) Beauty always new
Rose (damask) Beauty ever new; Young and brilliant
Rose (deep red) bashful shame
Rose (deep-red) Admiration; Bashful; Embarrassment
Rose (full-blown) Engagement
Rose (guilder) Age; Winter
Rose (half-blown) Timid love
Rose (Jacque Minot) I am true
Rose (Japan) Beauty is your only attraction; Illusion
Rose (marechal niel) Yours; Heart and soul
Rose (montiflora) Grace
Rose (moss) Superior; Confessions of love
Rose (musk) Capricious beauty
Rose (red) Unity; Romantic love, Respect, Courage
Rose (rock) Popular favor
Rose (thorn-less) Love at first sight; Ingratitude
Rose (white) I am worthy of your love; Silence; Innocent love
Rose (white, withered) I am in despair
Rose (wild) Charming simplicity
Rose (yellow) Friendship, Decrease of Love; Jealousy; Try to Care; Let us forget; Love is waning; Joy, Gladness, Freedom
Rose (York and Lancaster) Conflict
Rosebud Beauty; Youth; A heart innocent of Love
Rosebud (red) Inclined to love; Pure and lovely
Rosebud (white) Too young to love, Reverence, Purity, Secrecy
Rose-leaf You may hope

Charles E. Farricielli, President and Director
Charles E. Farricielli founded a full service wholesale and retail florist business in West Haven, CT in 1975 called Farricielli’s Flower City, and has served as the company’s President since 1975. Mr. Farricielli established Rose Express, Inc. in 1989 to operate a Rose Express in New Haven, CT as a retail store specializing in the sale of fresh cut roses, floral bouquets, greeting cards and other gift items available at drive-through and walk-up windows for quick and convenient pick-up. Mr. Farricielli has served as President of Rose Express, Inc since its establishment. Mr. Farricielli has also held the positions of President and Director of the Franchisor, Rose Express Franchise Systems, Inc. since it was incorporated in June of 1990.
Currently, Mr. Farricielli is a member of the National Florist Council, serves on the Board of Directors of Roses International, holds memberships in the West Haven, New Haven and Milford Chambers of Commerce, and belongs to the Society of American Florists Services. He has been nominated to serve on the Board of the Small Business National Association and the International Entrepreneurs Association.
Mr. Farricielli has been honored for outstanding support to the National Leukemia Society, has received the City of West Haven Merit Award, has actively participated in other community and charitable causes such as National Diabetes Foundation and helped take part in the World Special Olympics with Mr. and Mrs. Shriver. Also, he has worked with various senior citizen projects in New Haven and West Haven, CT.
Rosefarm.com Founder and Owner Charles Farricielli has been on a 32 year quest to serve his customers with the highest quality products in the World Rose Market. Mr. Farricielli has traveled abroad to touch and literally live with the rose growers of the world.
Rosefarm.com is completely and passionately dedicated to our customers, quality and price affordability. We demand the best for our continued reputation for its owner is solely dedicated to perfection.

o Rose (Austrian) You are all that is lovely
o Rose (bridal) Happy love
o Rose (burgundy) Unconscious beauty
o Rose (cabbage) Ambassador of love
o Rose (Carolina) Love is dangerous
o Rose (China) Beauty always new
o Rose (damask) Beauty ever new; Young and brilliant
o Rose (deep red) Bashful shame
o Rose (deep-red) Admiration; Bashful; Embarrassment
o Rose (full-blown) Engagement
o Rose (guilder) Age; Winter
o Rose (half-blown) Timid love
o Rose (jacqueminot) I am true
o Rose (Japan) Beauty is your only attraction; Illusion
o Rose (marechal niel) Yours; Heart and soul
o Rose (montiflora) Grace
o Rose (moss) Superior; Confessions of love
o Rose (musk) Capricious beauty
o Rose (red) Unity; Romantic love, Respect, Courage
o Rose (rock) Popular favor
o Rose (thorn-less) Love at first sight; Ingratitude
o Rose (white) I am worthy of your love; Silence; Innocent love
o Rose (white, withered) I am in despair
o Rose (wild) Charming simplicity
o Rose (yellow) Friendship, Decrease of Love; Jealousy; Try to Care; Let us forget; Love is waning; Joy, Gladness, Freedom
o Rose (York and Lancaster) Conflict
o Rosebud Beauty; Youth; A heart innocent of Love
o Rosebud (red) Inclined to love; Pure and lovely
o Rosebud (white) Too young to love, Reverence, Purity, Secrecy
o Rose-leaf You may hope
Two Roses Joined Together – Engagement
Red and White Roses Together – Unity

Here are the meanings of the most common colors and color combinations:
RED:
Almost everyone in the world knows that the elegant red rose signifies romantic love and affection. More so, it is a classic symbol of everlasting and enduring love and passion. It doesn’t just symbolizes love, but also denote beauty, courage and respect. Did you know, that a Red Rosebud is a symbol of purity and loveliness, as well?
As you might know, red roses are widely known to be used when proposing marriage and to reaffirm one’s love in a very profound way. Regardless of whether it is given as a single red rose to say “I love you”, or as a group of one dozen or more, it makes a wonderful gift for any romantic occasion!
WHITE:
For many centuries, white has stood for purity, innocence and even divinity. It can also symbolize silence or secrecy. Yet another meaning of the white rose is reverence, humility and serenity.
This color of rose is perfect for events where youth or innocence are celebrated, such as weddings and proms. In a bridal context white roses (and especially white rosebuds) signify innocence and girlhood. A white rose is the ideal rose for young love. A white rose can play a role in commencing a relationship and proposing marriage, indicating a man’s special feelings for his beloved. When giving a white rose to a bride you wish her joyful and impeccable love. Lastly, coming back to the historical meaning of the color white, roses of this color can be used to show feelings like ‘ I am worthy of you,’ or ‘you are heavenly’.
CREAM:
Cream roses have a different meaning than white once, since they are not quite white in color. They indicate charm and thoughtfulness. It is especially appropriate to give them in combination with pink “thank you” roses.
PINK:
Pink roses symbolize grace, gentility, joy and gratitude and are used to express appreciation towards loved ones for loving you. You give pink roses to say “Thank you”, to represent perfect happiness and admiration. They
can be romantic, or not.
If you would like to give pink roses to communicate friendship you want to mix them with yellow roses.
DARK PINK:
If you are thankful for something someone did for you, in appreciation of their support, you may want to give them a dark pink rose since it expresses gratitude, praise and admiration. Another meaning they imply is sympathy and empathy. Therefore, they can also be given to a sick person to say: ‘Get well’.
LIGHT or PALE PINK:
Light pink roses denote liveliness and fun. Light pink s a great color of rose to give to a good friend (use them to express feelings strictly confining to friendship.)
Pale pink roses represent grace, gentleness, admiration and happiness. It’s a great idea to bring pink roses for the hostess of a party or dinner since it also conveys sweetness and gratitude. Or consider dressing up your dinner table with a bouquet of fresh pale pink roses.
PEACH:
Similar to pink roses, the peach colored rose expresses gratefulness and humility.
YELLOW:
Interestingly, yellow roses used to represent jealousy in Victorian times.
These days, however yellow roses express joy, gladness, delight and the reassurance of a new beginning. Yellow roses are often given to congratulate on life events, such as a birth, a wedding, a graduation, or a promotion. It’s a also great color to show affection, friendship and caring.
If you present someone with a yellow rose with red tip you offer friendship or possibly send a message that one is ready to be free and express the feeling of new love. For couples, however, the yellow rose can signify the idea of friendship and freedom within a romantic relationship. With other words you can show your significant other, that you feel free around him or her, and that you value their friendship within a serious relationship or marriage.
ORANGE:
This rose indicates feelings just as passionate as the bright color orange, such as desire, exuberance and enthusiasm.
These intensely colored roses remind us of flames and fire and fascinate us just the same. They are great roses to give when expressing interest in going ahead with a new romantic relationship.
CORAL:
Just like orange roses, coral roses are an perfect for more passionate purposes as they reveal desire and passion.
LAVENDER:
Roses with this color reveal love at first sight, and are a great spontaneous choice to express the fact that you’ve had butterflies in your tummy from the first moment you met your love.
BLACK:
In case you no black roses. Florists actually dry roses and dye them black. Dead roses represent the culmination of a relationship or the end of life. They are used at burials, signifying death and bidding “adieu”. In Gothic culture black roses symbolize tragic romance.
BLUE:
Researchers have finally succeeded in engineering a BLUE rose, a color of rose, which was previously missing from the genetic colors. The blue rose is symbolic of the impossible and stands for love beyond reach.
* ROSE COLOR COMBINATIONS *
Roses of different colors are often used together to enhance their original, single-color, meaning. The number of roses given can add additional significance to the meaning of the color and color combinations. For example, two roses fastened together can celebrate being engaged and heralding marriage. Different color combinations can emphasize your best wishes for the happy couple. Generally, a rose bud in any color suggests youth, beauty and gratitude.
RED AND YELLOW:
A combination of red and yellow roses is a symbol for joy and celebration, delight and happiness.
WHITE AND YELLOW:
White and yellow roses communicate harmony.
PINK and YELLOW:
You want to mix pink roses them with yellow ones to communicate friendship.
RED and WHITE:
The combination of RED and WHITE roses signifies unity or an engagement.
RED and PINK:
Mixed with red roses, pink ones reveal an even deeper meaning to a romantic relationship.
More Details with The meaning of Fresh Roses
The Red Rose
All roses symbolize love, and each color has a special meaning. You chose red which means you are a passionate person. Whatever you do, you put your whole person into it. You are also respectful of other people and animals. You have an uncommon courage that may take you far beyond others. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am now expressing my strength and joy.”
“I am filled with personal power and it is bringing me more love on a daily basi
The Yellow Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose yellow and yellow is a sign of friendship. You are a wonderful person to be a friend with and many people gravitate towards you. You exhibit joy, which is another reason for your popularity. Your special qualities exhibit the warmth that is at the center of your uniqueness. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am easily expressing the greatness of who I am.” “I am powerful beyond measure.”
The Pink Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose a pink rose which means that you are admired by many. You are a happy person, and show your gratitude in ways that encourage people to appreciate your gifts. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am worthy of love.” ” I am using my amazing inborn gifts for a noble purpose.”
The White Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose a white rose which symbolizes innocence and reverence. You have great faith in yourself and your ability to attract your true love. Feel free to use these affirmations.
“I am thinking peaceful thoughts in my daily life.” ” I surrender any need to control. Love comes to me easily.”
The Lavender Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose a lavender rose which denotes wisdom and elevated spiritual aspirations. You value self-mastery and prosperity. You are a truth seeker and find the greatest truths within. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am productive in focusing my thoughts on love.” “I am a love magnet.”

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• APPLE BLOSSOM – Preference, Better Things to Come, Good Fortune
• ARBUTUS – Thee Only Do I Love
• ARUM – Ardor
• ASPARAGUS FERN – Fascination
• ASPHODEL – My Regrets Follow You to the Grave
• ASTER – Symbol of Love, Daintiness, Talisman of Love
• ASTER (CHINA) – Fidelity, Variety, I Will Think of Thee
• AZALEA – Take Care, Temperance, Fragile, Passion, Chinese Symbols of Womanhood
B
• BABY’S BREATH – Innocence, Pure of Heart
• BACHELOR BUTTON – Single blessedness, Celibacy
• BALM – Sympathy
• BALSAM – Ardent Love
• BEGONIA – Beware, A Fanciful Nature
• BELLS OF IRELAND – Good luck
• BIRD OF PARADISE – Often given today from a woman to man as a symbol of faithfulness
• BITTERSWEET – Truth
• BLACK BRYONT/LADY’S SEAL – Be My Support
• BLUEBELL/BELL FLOWER – Humility, Constancy, Gratitude
• BROOM – Humility, Neatness
• BUCK BEAN – Calm repose
• BUTTERCUP – Childishness, Riches
C
• CACTUS – Endurance, My Heart Burns with Love
• CALYCANTHUS/CAROLINA ALLSPICE/SWEET SHRUB – Benevolence
• CALLA LILY – Magnificent Beauty
• CAMELLIA – Admiration, Perfection, Good Luck Gift for a Man, Gratitude
• CAMELLIA (PINK) – Longing
• CAMELLIA (RED) – You’re a flame in my heart
• CAMELLIA (WHITE) – Adoration, Perfection, Loveliness
• CANDYTUFT – Indifference
• CANTERBURY BELLS/BELL FLOWER – Gratitude
• CARDINAL FLOWER/SCARLET LOBELIA – Distinction
• CARNATION (GENERAL) – Fascination, Devoted Love
• CARNATION (PINK) – I’ll never forget you, Women’s Love
• CARNATION (RED) – My heart aches for you, Admiration
• CARNATION (DEEP RED) – Alas! for my poor heart
• CARNATION (PURPLE) – Capriciousness
• CARNATION (SOLID COLOR) – Yes
• CARNATION (STRIPED) – No, Refusal, Sorry I can’t be with you, Wish I could be with you
• CARNATION (WHITE) – Sweet & Lovely, Innocence, Pure Love, Woman’s Good Luck Gift
• CARNATION (YELLOW) – Disapointment, Rejection
• CATCHFLY (RED) – Youthful Love, I Fall Victim
• CATTAIL – Peace, Prosperity
• CATTLEYA – Mature charms
• CEDAR – I live but for thee, Think of Me
• CELANDINE/PILEWORT/FIGWORT – Future Joy
• CHAMOMILE/GOLDEN MARGUERITE/ANTHEMIS – Energy in Action
• CHERRY BLOSSOM (SINGLE) – Education
• CHICKWEED – I Cling to Thee
• CHICORY – Frugality
• CHRISTMAS ROSE/HELLEBORUS – Relieve My Anxiety
• CHRYSANTHEMUM (GENERAL) – Abundance & Wealth,
• Cheerfulness, You’re a wonderful friend
• CHRYSANTHEMUM (RED) – Love
• CHRYSANTHEMUM (WHITE) – Truth
• CHRYSANTHEMUM (YELLOW) – Slighted Love
• CINQUEFOIL – Beloved Child
• CLEMATIS – Artifice (ingenuity)
• CLOVER (FOUR-LEAF) – Be Mine
• CLOVER (WHITE) – Think of Me
• CLOVER (RED) – Industry
• COLCHICUM (MEADOW SAFFRON) – My Best Days Fled
• COLUMBINE (PURPLE) – Resolved to Win
• COLUMBINE (RED) – Anxious
• COMPASS FLOWER – Faith
• CONVOLVUS MINOR/BINDWEED – Uncertainty
• CORCHORUS – Impatience of Happiness
• COREOPSIOS – Always Cheerful
• CORNFLOWER – Delicacy, refinement,
• CORONILLA/CROWN VETCH – Success to You
• COWSLIP – Rusticity, Winning Grace, Healing, Youth, Pensiveness
• COXCOMB – Foppery, Unfading Love
• CROCUS – Cheerfulness, Abuse not, Gladness
• CROWN IMPERIAL/FRITILLARIA – Majesty
• CYCLAMEN – Resignation and Good-Bye
D
• DAFFODIL – Regard, Unrequited Love, Sunshine, Respect, The sun shines when I’m with you
• DAFFODIL (YELLOW ) – Chivalry
• DAHLIA – Dignity and Elegance, Forever Thine
• DAISY – Innocence, Loyal Love, I’ll Never tell, Purity, Beauty
• DAISY OX-EYE – Patience
• DAISY (RED) – Beauty Unknown to Possessor
• DANDELION – Faithfulness, Happiness, Love’s oracle
• DAPHANE CNEORUM/ROSE DAPHANE – I Desire to Please
• DAPHANE ODORA/WINTER DAPHANE – I Would Not Have You Otherwise
• DRACAENA/DRAGON’S BLOOD/DRAGON LILY – Inner Power
• DEAD LEAVES – Sadness
• DELPHINIUM – Big-Hearted, Fun
• DILL – Lust
• DIOSMA – Your Simple Elegance Charms Me
• DOG ROSE – Pleasure and Pain
• DOGWOOD (FLOWERING) – Am I Indifferent to You?
• DRAGON ROOT/GREEN DRAGON (Arum draconium) – Ardor

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• EDELWEISS/ALPINE CUDWEED – Daring, Courage, Noble Purity
• EGLANTINE/SWEET-BRIAR/ROSA EGLANTARIA – Poetry, I Wound to Heal
• ELDER FLOWER – Zeal
• ENDINE – Frugality
• EPIGAEA, REPENS/MAYFLOWER/TRAILING ARBUTUS – Budding
• EUPATORIUM/HARDY AGERATUM – Delay
• EREMURUS – Endurance
• EUPHORBIA – Persistence
• EVERLASTING – Never Ceasing Memory
F
• FERN – Magic, Fascination, Confidence, Shelter
• FERN (MAIDENHAIR) – Secret bond of love, Discretion
• FERN (ROYAL) – Reverie
• FILBERT – Reconciliation
• FIR – Time
• FLAX – Domestic Symbol
• FLORA’S BELL – Without Pretension
• FLOWERING REED – Confide in Heaven
• FORGET ME NOT – True Love, Memories
• FORSYTHIA – Anticipation
• FOXGLOVE/FAIRY THIMBLES/DEAD MEN’S BELLS – Stateliness, Youth
• FOXTAIL GRASS – Sporting
• FRAXINELLA/CULTIVATED DITTANY/GAS PLANT – Fire
• FREESIA – Innocence, Trust
• FUCHSIA (SCARLET) – Confiding Love, Taste
• FURZE – Love for All Occasions
G
• GARDENIA – You’re lovely, Secret love, Purity, Refinement
• GARLIC – Courage, Strength, Get well, Ward Off Evil & Illness
• GENETIAN (FRINGED) – Intrinsic Worth, I Look to Heaven, Autumn
• GENTIAN (CLOSED) – Sweet Be Thy Dreams
• GERANIUM – True Friend, Stupidity, Folly
• GERANIUM (APPLE) – Present Preference
• GERANIUM (IVY) – Your Hand for Next Dance
• GERANIUM (LEMON) – Unexpected Meeting
• GERANIUM (NUTMEG) – I Expect a Meeting
• GERANIUM (OAK-LEAVED) – True Friendship, Lady, Deign to Smile
• GERANIUM (PENCILED) – Ingenuity
• GERANIUM (ROSE) – Preference
• GERANIUM (SCARLET) – Consolation, Melancholy
• GERANIUM (SILVER-LEAF) – Recall
• GERBERA – Innocence
• GLADIOLI – Generosity, I’m sincere, Flower of the gladiators
• GLOBE AMARANTH – Unfading Love
• GLOXINIA – Love at first sight
• GINGER – Strength
• GOLDEN-ROD – Be cautious, Encouragement
• GOOSEBERRY – Anticipation
• GOOSEFOOT – Goodness
• GORSE – Endearing Affection
• GRASS – Submission
• GRASS/CITRONELLA/CAMEL GRASS/LEMON GRASS/GINGER
• GRASS – Homosexual Love
• GUELDER ROSE/SNOWBALL – Winter
H
• HAREBELL/CAMPANULA – Humility, Grief
• HEART’S EASR/PURPLE/JOHNNY JUMP UP – You Occupy My Thoughts
• HEPATICA (Anemone nobilis) – Confidence
• HEATHER (LAVENDER) – Admiration, Solitude
• HEATHER (WHITE) – Protection, Wishes will come true
• HELIOTROPE – Devotion
• HENBANE – For Males to Attract Love from Females
• HIBISCUS – Consumed by Love, Delicate Beauty
• HOLLY – Defense, Domestic Happiness, Am I forgotten
• HOLLYHOCK – Fruitfulness
• HOLLYHOCK (WHITE) – Female Ambition
• HONESTY/LUNARIA/DOLLAR PLANT/MONEY PLANT – Sincerity
• HONEYFLOWER – Sweet, Secret love, Generous Affection, Sweetness of Disposition
• HONEYSUCKLE – The Bond of Love
• HONEYSUCKLE (CORAL) – I Love You
• HOUSTONIA/BLUET/QUAKER LADIES – Content
• HOYA/WAX PLANT – Sculpture
• HUCKLEBERRY – Faith, Simple Pleasures
• HYACINTH (GENERAL) – Games & Sports, Rashness, Flower dedicated to Apollo
• HYACINTH (BLUE) – Consistency
• HYACINTH (PURPLE) – Sorry, Please forgive me, Sorrow
• HYACINTH (RED OR PINK) – Playful Joy
• HYACINTH (WHITE) – Unobtrusive Loveliness, I’ll pray for you
• HYACINTH (YELLOW) – Jealousy
• HYDRANGEA – Thank you for understanding, frigidity, heartlessness
I
• IPOMACA – I Attach Myself to You
• INDIAN CRESS/NASTURTIUM – Resignation
• IRIS – Faith, Wisdom, Promise in Love, Hope, Wisdom & Valor
• IRIS (YELLOW) – Passion
• IRIS (GERMAN) – Flame
• IVY – Wedded Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Affection
• IVY (SPRIG OF WHITE TENDRILS)- Anxious to please, Affection

J
• JAPONICA – Sincerity, Symbol of Love
• JASMINE (INDIAN) – Attachment
• JASMINE (SPANISH) – Sensuality
• JASMINE (YELLOW) – Modesty, Grace, Elegance
• JASMINE (WHITE) – Amiability
• JERUSALEM OAK – Your Love is Reciprocated
• JONQUIL – Love Me, Affection Returned, Desire, Sympathy
K
• KENNEDIA – Intellectual Beauty
L
• LADY’S SLIPPER – Win me, Capricious Beauty
LANTANA – Rigor
• LARKSPUR – Levity, An Open Heart, Lightness
• LAURISTINUS – Cheerful in Adversity
• LAVENDER – Love, Devotion,
• LEMON BLOSSOM – Fidelity in Love; I Promise to be True
• LILAC (GENERAL) – Beauty, Pride
• LILAC (PURPLE) – First emotions of love
• LILAC (WHITE) – Youthful Innocence
• LILY (GENERAL) – Majesty & Honor, Purity of Heart
• LILY (ORANGE) – Hatred, Dislike
• LILY (WHITE) – Virginity, Purity, Majesty, It’s Heavenly to be with You, Youth
• LILY (YELLOW) – I’m Walking On Air, False, Gay, Gratitude
• LILY (CALLA) – Beauty
• LILY (DAY) – Coquetry, Chinese Emblem For Mother
• LILY (EUCHARIS) – Maiden Charms
• LILY (TIGER) – Wealth, Pride, Prosperity
• LILY OF THE VALLEY – Sweetness, Tears Of The Virgin Mary, Happiness, Humility
• LIVERWORT – Confidence
• LOVE IN A MIST – You Puzzle Me
• LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING/AMARANTHUS – Hopeless, Not Heartless, Desertion
• LOTUS – Estranged love, Forgetful of the Past
• LUCERNE – Life
• LUNGWORT – Thou Art My Life
• LUPINE – Imagination
• LYCHNIS/CAMPION/MALTESE CROSS – Religious Enthusiasm
M
• MAGNOLIA – Nobility, Perseverance, Nobility
• MAGNOLIA (CHINESE) – Love of Nature
• MALLOW – Delicate Beauty, Sweetness
• MARIGOLD (COMMON) – Pretty Love, Sacred,Affection, Caress, Sorrow
• MARJORAM – Joy, Happiness
• MARVEL OF PERU/FOUR O’ CLOCK – Timidity
• MEADOW SAFFRON – My Best Days Are Gone
• MIGNONETTE – Your qualities Surpass your Charms, Health
• MEZEREON – Desire to Please
• MILK VETCH – Your presence softens my pain
• MIMOSA – Secret Love
• MINT – Virtue
• MISTLETOE – Kiss me, Affection, Difficulties, Sacred plant of India,
• MONKSHOOD – Beware, Danger is near
• MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED – Simplicity
• MORNING GLORY – Affection
• MOSS – Maternal Love, Charity
• MOTHERWORT – Secret Love
• MOONWORT/HONESTY – Forgetfulness
• MUGWORT/WORMWOOD – Tranquility, Happiness
• MULLEIN – Good Nature
• MYRTLE – Love, Joy, Hebrew Emblem of marriage
• MYRTLE (WAX) – Discipline, Instruction
N
• NARCISSUS – Formality, Stay As Sweet As You Are
• NASTURTIUM – Conquest, Victory In Battle
• NUTS – Stupidity
O
• OAK LEAVES – Bravery
• OLEANDER – Caution
• OLIVE BRANCH – Peace
• ORANGE BLOSSOM – Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage, Fruitfulness
• ORANGE, MOCK – Deceit
• ORCHID – Love, Beauty, Refinement, Chinese Symbol for Many Children, Thoughtfulness
• ORCHID (CATTLEYA) – Mature Charm
P
• PALM LEAVES – Victory & Success
• PANSY – Merriment, Thoughts (You Occupy My Thoughts)
• PARSLEY – Useful Knowledge
• PASSION FLOWER – Faith, Religious Fervor
• PASQUE FLOWER – Unpretentious, You Have No Claims
• PEAR – Affection
• PEACH BLOSSOM – I am your Captive
• PEONY – Shame, Happy Marriage, Compassion, Bashfulness
• PEPPERMINT – Cordiality
• PERIWINKLE/VINCA/MYRTLE – Early Recollections, Pleasures of Memories, Sweet Memories
• PETUNIA – Your Presence Soothes Me
• PHEASANT’S EYE/ADONIS – Sorrowful Memories
• PHLOX – Our souls are united, Unanimity
• PIMPERNEL/POOR MAN’S WEATHER GLASS – Change
• PINE – Hope, Pity
• PINK- Pure Affection
• PINK (MOUNTAIN) – You Are Aspiring
• POPPY (GENERAL) – Eternal Sleep, Oblivion, Imagination
• POPPY (RED) – Pleasure
• POPPY (WHITE) – Consolation
• POPPY (YELLOW ) – Wealth, Success
• POMEGRANATE FLOWER – Elegance
• PRIDE OF CHINA – Dissension
• PRIMROSE – I Can’t Live Without You, Woman
• PRIMROSE (EVENING) – Inconstancy
• PRIMROSE (RED) – Unpatronized Merit
• PRINCE’S FEATHER – Unfading Love
• PUSSY WILLOW – Motherhood
Q
• QUAKING GRASS – Agitation
R
• RAGGED-ROBIN – Wit
• RANUNCULUS – I am Dazzled by your Charms
• REEDS – Music
• RHUBARB – Advice
• RHODODENDRON – Danger, Beware, I am Dangerous
• ROSE (BRIDAL) – Happiness
• ROSE (BURGANDY) – Unconscious Beauty
• ROSE (CHRISTMAS)- Relieve my anxiety
• ROSE (CORAL) – Desire
• ROSE (DAMASK) – Freshness, Persian Ambassador of Love
• ROSE (DARK CRIMSON) – Mourning
• ROSE (DOG) – Pleasure & Pain
• ROSE (GREEN) – I am from Mars
• ROSE (HIBISCUS) – Delicate, Beauty
• ROSE (LEAF) – You may Hope
• ROSE (LAVENDER) – Enchantment
• ROSE (ORANGE) – Fascination
• ROSE (PINK) – Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Grace & Sweetness, Indecision
• ROSE (DARK PINK) – Thankfulness
• ROSE (PALE PINK) – Grace, Joy
• ROSE (PEACH) – Immortality, Modesty
• ROSE (RED) – Love, I love you, Respect, Beauty
• ROSE (DEEP RED) – Bashful, Shame
• ROSE (TEA) – I’ll Remember – Always
• ROSE (THORNLESS) – Love at first sight, Early Attachment
• ROSE (WHITE) – Innocence, Purity, Humility, I am Worthy of You, Secrecy, Silence
• ROSE (WHITE & RED TOGETHER) – Unity, Flower Emblem of England
• ROSE (WHITE-DRIED) – Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue
• ROSE (YELLOW) – Joy, Jealousy, Friendship (one yellow rose with 11 red ones means love & passion)
• ROSEBUD – Beauty & Youth, A Heart Innocent of Love
• ROSEBUD (RED) – Pure & Lovely
• ROSEBUD (WHITE) – Girlhood, Heart Ignorant of Love
• ROSEBUD (MOSS) – Confessions of Love
• ROSES (Bouquet of full bloom) – Gratitude
• ROSES (Single full bloom) – I truly love you, Simplicity.
• ROSES (GARLAND or CROWN OF) – Beware of Virtue, Reward of Merit, Symbol of Superior Merit
• ROSE (MUSK CLUSTER) – Charming
• ROSE-OF-SHARON – Consumed by Love
• ROSEMARY – Remembrance
• RUSH/HORSE-TAIL – Docility
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• SAGE – Wisdom, Great Respect, Speedwell Female Fidelity
• SATIN-FLOWER – Sincerity
• SENSITIVE PLANT – Timidity
• SHAMROCK – Lightheartedness
• SLOE – Difficulty, AusteritySMILAX – Loveliness
• SNAPDRAGON – Gracious Lady, Strength
• SNOWBALL – Thoughts of Heaven
• SNOWDROP – Hope, Consolation
• SPEARMINT – Warm Sentiment
• SPIDER FLOWER – Elope with me
• SOLIDAGO – Success
• STAR OF BETHLEHEM – Atonement, Reconciliation
• STARWORT – Welcome to a Stranger
• STEPHANOTIS – Marital Happiness, Desire to Travel
• STOCK- Bonds of Affection, Promptness, You’ll Always Be Beautiful to Me
• STONECROP – Tranquility
• STRAW FLOWER – Agreement
• STRAW (BROKEN) – Broken agreement
• SYTINGIA/MOCK ORANGE/LILAC – Memory
• SUNFLOWER (TALL) – False riches, Pride
• SUNFLOWER ( DWARF) – Adoration
• SWEETPEA – Good-by, Departure, Blissful Pleasure, Thank You for a Lovely Time
• SWEET-SULTAN – Felicity, Happiness
• SWEET-WILLIAM – Grant me one smile, Gallantry
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• TEASEL (Dipscaus) – Misanthropy
• THORNAPPLE – I dreamed of thee
• THRIFT (ARMERIA) – Sympathy
• TRAVELER’S JOY – Rest, Safety
• TRUMPET FLOWER/ANGEL’S TRUMPET/DATURA – Separation
• TULIP (GENERAL) – Perfect Lover, Fame, Flower Emblem of Holland
• TULIP (RED) -Believe me, Declaration of Love
• TULIP (VARIEGATED) – Beautiful eyes
• TULIP (YELLOW) – There’s Sunshine In Your Smile
• TURNIP – Charity
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• VALERIAN – Accommodating Disposition
• VENUS FLYTRAP – Caught at Last
• VENUS’ LOOKING GLASS – Flattery
• VERBENA – Pray for me, Sensibility
• VERONICA SPEEDWELL – Fidelity
• VERVAIN – Enchantment
• VINE – Intoxicating
• VIOLET – Modesty, Virtue, Affection
• VIOLET (BLUE) – Watchfulness, Faithfulness, Love
• VIOLET (WHITE) – Let’s Take A Chance On Happiness
• VIRGIN’S BOWER/CLEMATIS – Filial Love (Filial: referring to a son or daughter)
• VISCARIA – Will You Dance With Me?
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• WALL FLOWER/GILLY FLOWER – Faithful in Adversity, Fidelity, Lasting Beauty
• WINDFLOWER – Sincerity, Symbol of Love
• WINTERGREENS – Harmony
• WISTERIA – Welcome
• WITCH HAZEL – A spell
• WOLFBANE/ACONITE/TURK’S CAP/FRIAR’S CAP/BEAR’S FOOT – Misanthropy, Chivalry, Knight
• WOODBINE – Fraternal Love
• WORMWOOD/ARTEMISIA – Absence, Do not be discouraged
Y
• YARROW – Cure for heartache
Z
• ZEPHYR FLOWER- Sincerity, Symbol of Love
• ZINNIA (MAGENTA) – Lasting Affection
• ZINNIA (MIXED) – Thinking (or in memory) of an Absent Friend
• ZINNIA (SCARLET) – Constancy
• ZINNIA (WHITE) – Goodness
• ZINNIA (YELLOW) – Daily Remembrance

Pink roses Ahhh Beautiful aromatic Pink. Pink roses are one of the oldest roses known to us and have a rich history that dates back to some of the most primitive pieces of visual art. In the Talmud, it is written that pink roses are the only flowers allowed to bloom in Jerusalem; thus, they came associated with paradise. Pink roses were the dominant species of wild roses and were the first flowers to evolve into their present-day form. When roses were first cultured in the 18th century for commercial use, most of them existed in shades of pink – from a pale, almost white to a deep crimson.

With the development of hybridization techniques and the discovery of new rose species, flower growers introduced new shades of pink to the public. At around this time, roses were also imbued with the ability to bloom all throughout the year – a significant development since garden roses only blossomed once a year. As more shades and species evolved, each began to have their own meanings, and the meaning of pink roses became even more refined.

Today, pink roses are known as symbols for love and gratitude. These pink flowers also carry undertones of elegance, grace, charm, and poetic romance. Because the pink rose was more prevalent over other garden-variety roses, it became strongly associated with these positive sentiments. Different shades of pink also carry their own meanings. Light pink roses symbolize admiration, gentleness, and can be used to bring messages of sympathy. Fuchsia-toned roses can mean appreciation and gratitude and are traditionally used to express thanks. As a decorative presence in the corner of a room, the aroma, color, and shape of a bouquet of pink roses can make everything look small and shabby in comparison.

Due to the many ways where they can be used to communicate a wide range of meanings and emotions, pink is the most popular rose color, second only to red. The symbolic importance as well as the delicate appearance and sweet fragrance associated to all roses are traced back to the oldest of flowers – the pink rose. Although much has changed about it throughout history, pink roses have held a consistent, prominent place in the world of flowers. Today, pink roses have a unique position that represents refinement and elegance while communicating admiration and thanks. Any recipient of a bouquet of pink roses will not only be taken aback by their beauty; that person is sure to feel special and loved.
Red Roses – The Best Way to Show Your Love!
Roses, which symbolize love and passion, are the best way to express your feelings. There is no better gift than dozen long stem red roses to give to the one who means the world to you. A gorgeous bunch of velvety roses will touch her heart like nothing else can.

Different colors of rose symbolize different feelings and emotions. While pink roses denote gratitude and appreciation, white roses depict purity and true love, and yellow roses stand for friendship. But the most popular and loved of all are red roses. A true symbol of love, passion, and romance, they are the best way to say “I love you.”

There are so many ways to tell a woman that you are head over heels in love with her. Fine chocolates and romantic dinner may make her heart flutter. But without a bunch of red roses all this will be incomplete. So take her breath away with a dozen of the finest red roses beautifully arranged in a bubble bowl or a vase.

Red roses are a classic choice for Love celebrations. What could be better than a dainty red rose bouquet for all you brides out there, looking for the perfect bridal bouquet? Red roses contrast so beautifully against your beautiful white wedding gown and will add that burst of color that you want. Not only will you look stunning, but with a red rose bouquet in your hand you can, in a subtle way, express your love. And as for wedding centerpieces, a simple yet elegant dozen long stem red roses arranged in a vase will be a perfect choice.
It’s almost Valentine’s Day again!
One of the floral gifts most commonly given on this special day is the rose.
But which colors should you choose for your sweetheart, friend or mother? After all, roses come in over a hundred different colors!
Many of the meanings we attribute to those beautiful shades and hues still stem from the Victorian Era. The colors of the roses we give to our loved ones can be used to represent love and gratitude, respect, sympathy, friendship or to express perfect beauty.

* ROSE COLORS *
Here are the meanings of the most common colors and color combinations:
RED:
Almost everyone in the world knows that the elegant red rose signifies romantic love and affection. More so, it is a classic symbol of everlasting and enduring love and passion. It doesn’t just symbolizes love, but also denote beauty, courage and respect. Did you know, that a Red Rosebud is a symbol of purity and loveliness, as well?
As you might know, red roses are widely known to be used when proposing marriage and to reaffirm one’s love in a very profound way. Regardless of whether it is given as a single red rose to say “I love you”, or as a group of one dozen or more, it makes a wonderful gift for any romantic occasion!
WHITE:
For many centuries, white has stood for purity, innocence and even divinity. It can also symbolize silence or secrecy. Yet another meaning of the white rose is reverence, humility and serenity.
This color of rose is perfect for events where youth or innocence are celebrated, such as weddings and proms. In a bridal context white roses (and especially white rosebuds) signify innocence and girlhood. A white rose is the ideal rose for young love. A white rose can play a role in commencing a relationship and proposing marriage, indicating a man’s special feelings for his beloved. When giving a white rose to a bride you wish her joyful and impeccable love. Lastly, coming back to the historical meaning of the color white, roses of this color can be used to show feelings like ‘ I am worthy of you,’ or ‘you are heavenly’.
CREAM:
Cream roses have a different meaning than white once, since they are not quite white in color. They indicate charm and thoughtfulness. It is especially appropriate to give them in combination with pink “thank you” roses.
PINK:
Pink roses symbolize grace, gentility, joy and gratitude and are used to express appreciation towards loved ones for loving you. You give pink roses to say “Thank you”, to represent perfect happiness and admiration. They
can be romantic, or not.
If you would like to give pink roses to communicate friendship you want to mix them with yellow roses.
DARK PINK:
If you are thankful for something someone did for you, in appreciation of their support, you may want to give them a dark pink rose since it expresses gratitude, praise and admiration. Another meaning they imply is sympathy and empathy. Therefore, they can also be given to a sick person to say: ‘Get well’.
LIGHT or PALE PINK:
Light pink roses denote liveliness and fun. Light pink s a great color of rose to give to a good friend (use them to express feelings strictly confining to friendship.)
Pale pink roses represent grace, gentleness, admiration and happiness. It’s a great idea to bring pink roses for the hostess of a party or dinner since it also conveys sweetness and gratitude. Or consider dressing up your dinner table with a bouquet of fresh pale pink roses.
PEACH:
Similar to pink roses, the peach colored rose expresses gratefulness and humility.
YELLOW:
Interestingly, yellow roses used to represent jealousy in Victorian times.
These days, however yellow roses express joy, gladness, delight and the reassurance of a new beginning. Yellow roses are often given to congratulate on life events, such as a birth, a wedding, a graduation, or a promotion. It’s a also great color to show affection, friendship and caring.
If you present someone with a yellow rose with red tip you offer friendship or possibly send a message that one is ready to be free and express the feeling of new love. For couples, however, the yellow rose can signify the idea of friendship and freedom within a romantic relationship. With other words you can show your significant other, that you feel free around him or her, and that you value their friendship within a serious relationship or marriage.
ORANGE:
This rose indicates feelings just as passionate as the bright color orange, such as desire, exuberance and enthusiasm.
These intensely colored roses remind us of flames and fire and fascinate us just the same. They are great roses to give when expressing interest in going ahead with a new romantic relationship.
CORAL:
Just like orange roses, coral roses are an perfect for more passionate purposes as they reveal desire and passion.
LAVENDER:
Roses with this color reveal love at first sight, and are a great spontaneous choice to express the fact that you’ve had butterflies in your tummy from the first moment you met your love.
BLACK:
In case you no black roses. Florists actually dry roses and dye them black. Dead roses represent the culmination of a relationship or the end of life. They are used at burials, signifying death and bidding “adieu”. In Gothic culture black roses symbolize tragic romance.
BLUE:
Researchers have finally succeeded in engineering a BLUE rose, a color of rose, which was previously missing from the genetic colors. The blue rose is symbolic of the impossible and stands for love beyond reach.
* ROSE COLOR COMBINATIONS *
Roses of different colors are often used together to enhance their original, single-color, meaning. The number of roses given can add additional significance to the meaning of the color and color combinations. For example, two roses fastened together can celebrate being engaged and heralding marriage. Different color combinations can emphasize your best wishes for the happy couple. Generally, a rose bud in any color suggests youth, beauty and gratitude.
RED AND YELLOW:
A combination of red and yellow roses is a symbol for joy and celebration, delight and happiness.
WHITE AND YELLOW:
White and yellow roses communicate harmony.
PINK and YELLOW:
You want to mix pink roses them with yellow ones to communicate friendship.
RED and WHITE:
The combination of RED and WHITE roses signifies unity or an engagement.
RED and PINK:
Mixed with red roses, pink ones reveal an even deeper meaning to a romantic relationship.

The Symbolic Meanings Of Roses:
Sending roses is a beautiful gesticulation but before you buy them, you need to know what message you’re sending, because traditionally roses have symbolic meanings. For example, The color of a rose can have a very different meaning from what you intend it to mean. Ensure that your love understands what the roses you present to them mean. Check this guide to rose colors and their symbolic meanings:
• Red Roses = Romantic Love, Beauty (And passion)
• Orange Roses = Passion & Energy (Also fascination and desire)
• Lavender Roses = Love at first sight (Adoration)
• Yellow Roses = Friendship & Caring (And mature love)
• Pink Roses = Joy & Thanks (Also sweetness or first love)
• White Roses = Purity or New Beginnings (Perfect for a Wedding Day)
• Green Roses = Harmony & Tranquility (Also Fertility)
• Burgundy Rose = Beauty
• Black Roses = Death of a friendship (Rose can also be a very dark blue shade)
• Striped Roses = A warm heart
Different colored roses can be mixed together in a bouque of emotions to deliver your intentions to your love ! Also consider whether you want to choose to send Roses in full bloom, or Rosebuds or a mixture of both, here’s what they mean:
• Rosebuds = Beauty & youthfulness
• Full-blown Roses = You are beautiful
• A single Rose = Simplicity
• A Bouquet of Roses = Gratitude
• Rose Leaf = Delicate Beauty
• Wreath or Garland of Roses = Beauty
• Wild Roses = Creativity
Note: A girl can never receive too many Roses – don’t just send them on Valentines Day or any day – give them to your love regularly, and you’ll be creating wonderful romantic memories!

10 Ways to Impress Your Lady this Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s day is right around the corner. And since most guys procrastinate when it comes to planning for this particular holiday (and most holidays, if we’re being honest), I want to issue a friendly wake-up call to all the men out there:
If Valentine’s day is important to your partner, it should be important to you too.
Whenever I say this to a guy, he will generally stare at me, slack jawed, as if I were speaking some foreign language. But every now and then, the guy will actually argue with me, offering up one of these gems:
• Valentine’s Day is a commercial Holiday designed to sell stuff. Case closed.
• Who cares how I treat my wife on one particular day of the year? It’s how I treat her the other 364 days that counts!
• A Valentine’s Day gift doesn’t say anything about how much I love my wife!
And of course, there’s truth in all of these arguments. But unless your partner shares your disdain for Valentine’s Day, these arguments are generally cop-outs for the sort of procrastination that forces you to make a last-minute pit-stop at the local Wal-Mart for a bouquet of silk roses and a box of stale chocolates.
Hey, if you’re really on your game, you might end up with one of those furry toy gorillas that sings “Be My Baby” when you press its foot.
Come on now. How old are you?
Truth be told, I like buying silly toy gifts as much as the next guy, and if you’re lucky, your wife or girlfriend (hopefully you don’t have both!) will like them too. I’m lucky: my wife loves anything I buy her. But that’s not really the point.
The point is that I know Valentine’s Day is important to my wife, so I owe it to her (and to myself) to make sure it’s important to me too.
And as much as I love those singing toy gorillas and giant stuffed frogs, I know my gift would mean so much more to her if it really came from the heart, an honest expression of love and gratitude instead of an obligatory gesture.
If your wife likes corny gifts (or thinks the whole idea of Valentine’s Day is silly), by all means, carry on with your bad self. On the other hand, if you think your lady would appreciate something a little more thoughtful, here are 10 ways to inspire her this Valentine’s Day. While I can’t promise that she’ll love all these ideas, each has been fully endorsed by my own personal Romance Consultant: my wife.

1. Cook dinner for her: The less comfortable you are in the kitchen, the more significant this gesture will seem. The one time I cooked dinner for my wife, she was very impressed! And bless her heart, to this day, she swears it tasted good despite the fact that I know my Alfredo sauce tasted like schoolhouse paste.
2. Cook breakfast in bed with a single rose: In general, breakfast is easier to prepare than dinner. Hey, even I can make pancakes! Put a rose in a little glass vase and place it on the tray next to the food.
3. Do her half of the chores: This one admittedly works a lot better if you’re cohabitating with your significant other because, in most households, the man and woman split the chores in some way or another. Pick a chore-heavy day during the week of Valentine’s Day and, on that day, do all the household chores yourself. If she normally takes out the trash, do it for her. If she normally does laundry, do that too. But remember, you are not allowed to do man-laundry. And yes, you know what I mean. Man laundry is when you throw the darks in with the lights and let the whole mess turn purple. Don’t do it!
4. Run a romantic bath with rose petals and candles: Don’t forget the bubble bath!
5. Treat her to a day at the spa: Does she like back rubs, face packs, and other typical spa trappings? Well then?
6. Go see a movie that she wants to see: Guys, for a lot of you, this one’s going to hurt. But if she really wants to go see Legally Blonde 3 (or whatever), take her. It takes a real man to sit through a chick flick without having a fit!
7. Take her some place she’s always wanted to go: If money is no object, you have a lot more options, including a weekend mini-vacation. But you can do this on the cheap too. Is there a local restaurant she’s always wanted to visit? A show she’s always wanted to see?
8. Send her flowers at work: My wife tells me the primary attraction is the reaction all her female co-workers have. “Oh girl, your man cares enough to send you flowers? My man never sends me anything!” Whatever the attraction, this works.
9. Revisit someplace romantic that’s of historical significance to your relationship: The restaurant where you proposed? The ice rink where you took her on your second date?
10. Become her personal massage therapist: Buy a book that will teach you how to give a real back-rub. Read it. Put the book on her nightstand along with a note that says you’ve spent the last week reading it and are now prepared to give her an all over body massage whenever she likes. At the bottom of your note, attach homemade coupons that she can cash in for a free massage whenever the mood strikes her.
Okay, yes, I’m making some generalizations in this post. I admit it. And yes, I’m sure the world is full of women who hate Valentine’s Day and men who fall all over themselves to celebrate it with style. Furthermore, I’m sure the world is full of men who love chick flicks and who always separate their whites from their colors. So if anyone found this post to be unbearably sexist, please allow me to apologize.
My opinion? I think the generalizations I’ve made here are close enough for government work, as they say. After all, this post is supposed to be fun!
So guys, take a hint. And ladies, if you want more men to read this article, give it a Stumble so more of them will see it!
And above all, “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

More Details with The meaning of Fresh Roses
The Red Rose
All roses symbolize love, and each color has a special meaning. You chose red which means you are a passionate person. Whatever you do, you put your whole person into it. You are also respectful of other people and animals. You have an uncommon courage that may take you far beyond others. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am now expressing my strength and joy.”
“I am filled with personal power and it is bringing me more love on a daily basi
The Yellow Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose yellow and yellow is a sign of friendship. You are a wonderful person to be a friend with and many people gravitate towards you. You exhibit joy, which is another reason for your popularity. Your special qualities exhibit the warmth that is at the center of your uniqueness. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am easily expressing the greatness of who I am.” “I am powerful beyond measure.”
The Pink Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose a pink rose which means that you are admired by many. You are a happy person, and show your gratitude in ways that encourage people to appreciate your gifts. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am worthy of love.” ” I am using my amazing inborn gifts for a noble purpose.”
The White Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose a white rose which symbolizes innocence and reverence. You have great faith in yourself and your ability to attract your true love. Feel free to use these affirmations.
“I am thinking peaceful thoughts in my daily life.” ” I surrender any need to control. Love comes to me easily.”
The Lavender Rose

All roses symbolize love and each one has a special meaning. You chose a lavender rose which denotes wisdom and elevated spiritual aspirations. You value self-mastery and prosperity. You are a truth seeker and find the greatest truths within. Feel free to use these affirmations:
“I am productive in focusing my thoughts on love.” “I am a love magnet.”

Wild roses of many species (Oginiminaga wunj rose berries, in Ojibwe) are abundant on the western prairies, especially when water is anywhere nearby. They like sun. The ones I’ve seen in North and South Dakota all have pinkish blossoms, like this drawing, but I’ve heard there ar white, yellowish, and pale reddish-brown ones also. These roses, blossoming on thorny briar tangles, flower through June and begin to set their haws, hips or berries, which are ripe by early fall.

Rose hips have been an important food for all Native tribes where any kind of roses can be found. They are extremely high in vitamin C, much more so than oranges, for example. Dried, they keep well, and will always be available in winter. Most health food co-ops sell them (for $25/lb or so, another economic opportunity for tribal youth in late summers).
Dried rose hips need to be boiled about 10 minutes to make a tea of them; just pouring hot water over them results in a fairly tasteless brew. Use 2 tablespoons per pint of water, boil covered. The hips must expand, split, and let the water get at the soft seeds within. The resulting tea may be pinkish, depending on the type of roses whose berries are used. The hot tea is acid-tasting, but not as sharp as lemon juice. Some like it sweetened. A half-teaspoon of dried mint may be added to give it a different flavor. Purchased rosehips for tea you’ll find only the hardened dried shell of the berry. Boil that 15 minutes for your tea.

Native women didn’t brew a tea and throw away the cooked berries. These were used in soups and stews. The “leftovers” cooked out in a largish batch of rose-hip tea (the berries expand a lot) are a good dinner vegetable, with butter and salt. There is still a lot of remaining food value in the cooked berries. At $25/lb who wants to throw them away?

During World War II, when the government urged householders to grow food in victory gardens as part of the war effort, rose hips were stressed as a high-C food. At that time, there were plenty of recipes around for eating the actual berries, as “dinner vegetables” and as various kinds of preserves and jams. But they have gone out of fashion now, and the government would prefer you to buy ascorbic acid, for the quite inadequate C that it states as minimum daily requirement. (The body uses or excretes vitamin C; it is not stored. It is water-soluble, and no harm is done by “overdosing” if there is such a thing. All kinds of stresses appareently increase the need. Mega-amounts seem to promote good health and fight many diseases and effects of aging in a great variety of ways.)
It is now known that rose hips contain biologically valuable bioflavinoids. Citrus fruits — usually cited as the best natural source of vitamin C — have them too, but in the bitter white under-peel that is usually not eaten. Of course, you can buy bioflavinoid pills. A curious thing — when I was reading and researching for these plant pages, I looked at both “balanced nutritious meals, not pills” nutritionists’ books and at books by the kind of dieticians who want you to swallow $100-worth of vitamin and mineral diet supplements every day. Both types give long (meals) or short (pills) food lists for foods that are good sources for various dietary requirements. Nobody mentioned rose hips.

Yet they are quite popular among yuppie health co-op food buyers. By hanging around the big herb area at the neighborhood co-op I belong to and questioning people, I found that rose hips among these people are used only for tea — no one considered eating the berries! They were quite surprised when I mentioned it could be done.

Recently, I pulled the following table from the powerful AGIS ethnobotanical database of Native traditional plant food phytochemicals. It’s a chemical analysis, and doesn’t directly compare with USDA food nutrient analyses — no real way to compare the parts-peer-million reported with minimum daily requirements of vitamins and minerals in a certain amount of rose hip tea or cooked rose hips. Too, I think the analysis is old. The table generator does not pull a great manu minerals and compounds that nutritionists have found are important — and that are retrieved for other plants in this database.
What the table below shows is that rosehips are extremely high in vitamin C (ascorbic acid), have some beta carotene (plant form of Vitamin A), bioflavinoids, and considerable pectin — soluble form of fiber, which helps to prevent intestinal cancers. lowers saturated fats and triglycerides, helps to control blood pressure and good for the heart. But this table does not state the biochemical analysis in a way that is readily translatable into human nutrition. Disappointingly, it appears the fantastic phytochemicals database has been prepared more with the needs of the medical/chemical industry — looking for new sources for salable drugs and food supplements — in mind than of people (such as Native groups) interested in these plants for non-technical practical uses.

Phytochemicals of Rosa spp

 
Chemical Part Low (ppm) High (ppm)  ASCORBIC-ACID  Fruit 1,000 12,500  CAROTENOIDS  Fruit 100 500   CATECHINS  Fruit 8,000 9,100   CITRIC-ACID   Fruit   FLAVONOIDS   Fruit 100 3,500   FRUCTOSE  Fruit    GLUCOSE Fruit  ISOQUERCITRIN  Fruit  LEUCOANTHOCYANINS  Fruit 13,500 17,500 MALIC-ACID   Fruit  PECTINS   Fruit 34,000 46,000  POLYPHENOLS  Fruit 20,200 26,400   QUERCETIN  Fruit  RIBOFLAVIN Fruit SUCROSE  Fruit   TILIROSIDE   Fruit

More Studies and Properties of the Magical Rose Hip

 
The rose has always been valued for its beauty and fragrance. Cultivated for thousands of years, roses are an ancient symbol of love and beauty. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love, Aphrodite and Venus. Today, pink and red roses are commonly given as expressions of love and admiration. Rose cultivation took off in Europe in the 1800′s with the introduction of roses from China that had an amazing ability to bloom repeatedly throughout the summer and into late autumn. Rose bushes have become one of the most popular garden shrubs bearing flowers in a variety of colors -red, white, pink, yellow, orange, and burgundy. Currently, there are thousands of rose varieties and hybrids that have been developed for their bloom shape and color, size, fragrance, and some even for their lack of thorns.

Perfumes

Since earliest times roses were important in hand lotions, cosmetics, and perfumes. Today, almost all women’s perfumes and 40 percent of men’s fragrances contain rose oil. Rose perfumes are made by steam-distilling the crushed rose petals. About 60,000 flowers are required to produce 30 grams (1 oz) of rose oil, a yellowish-grey liquid. Damask roses are typically used, and the main fragrant constituents of rose oil are the terpenoids, geraniol and citronellol. Today, about 70 to 80% of rose oil comes from Bulgaria, while the balance is mainly from Iran and Germany.

In the perfume industry in France, the variety of rose used is Rosa. x centifolia. The oil is popular in aromatherapy and is said to have mild sedative activity and is used to treat anxiety and depression. Rose oil also predominates in the anointing oil used in the coronation of British monarchs. Rose water, made from rose oil, is used to flavor candy, desserts, and syrups, and is also used to treat eye irritations.

In addition to producing oil, rose petals are commonly used in potpourris, and can be added to salads, jellies and jams. The dried petals of the rose varieties, Rosa gallica and R. x centifolia, which are rich in astringent tannins, are used in mouth rinses to treat mild inflammations.

Culinary Uses

 
Rose hips are the berry-like fruits of the rose bush left behind after the bloom has died. They are typically red or orange, but may also be dark purple to black in some species. Although nearly all rose bushes produce rose hips, the tastiest for eating purposes come from the Rugusa Rose. Rose hips have a tangy, fruity flavor similar to that of cranberries. The fruits are best harvested after the first frost, which makes them turn bright red and slightly soft.

There are many culinary uses for rose hips. They can be used fresh, dried, or preserved. Rose hips can be used in apple sauce, soups and stews, syrups, puddings, marmalade, tarts, breads, and pie, or made into a jam or jelly. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer which may contain up to 150 seeds embedded in a matrix of fine hairs. The irritating hairs should be removed before using the rose hips in a recipe.

Rich in Vitamin C

 
Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are a rich source of vitamin C. With one to two percent vitamin C, by dry weight, rose hips have a higher content than citrus fruit. During World War II when imports of citrus products to Great Britain were limited, tons of rose hips were harvested there from the wild to make rose hip syrup as a vitamin C supplement for children.

Medicinal Properties

 
In addition to their culinary uses, roses were also valued for their medicinal properties. In AD 77 the Roman writer Pliny recorded 32 disorders that responded to treatment with rose preparations. Medieval herbals contained many entries that tell of the restorative properties of rose preparations.

The anti-inflammatory properties of rose hips have recently been shown to be useful in the treatment of patients suffering from knee or hip osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease affecting over 20 million Americans. It is characterized by the breakdown of cartilage in the joint, allowing bones to rub against each other, causing pain and loss of movement.

Scientists in Denmark reported that patients who daily consumed standardized rose hip powder (made from dog rose) experienced significantly less joint stiffness and pain, and an improved general well-being and mood after 3 to 4 months of treatment. The use of rose hip powder also enabled the patients to considerably reduce their standard pain medication. Rosehips contain high levels of antioxidant flavonoids with known anti-inflammatory properties.

Additional Protection

 
Rose hips also contain carotenoid pigments, plant sterols, tocotrienols and a very high level of anthocyanins, catechins and other polyphenolics, known phytochemicals to protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD). They also contain up to 5 % by weight of pectin, a soluble fiber that protects against CVD. In clinical trials, rose hips were seen to reduce C-reactive protein levels, associated with a lower risk of CVD.

The rose hips of Dog Rose are a traditional diuretic and laxative. The rose hips are useful in the treatment of influenza-like infections, diarrhea, and various urinary tract disorders. No side effects are known when rose hips are used in the normal designated amounts.

Herbal Tea

Rosehips are also commonly used to make herbal teas, by boiling the dried or crushed rose hips for10 minutes. About 2 tablespoons of berries are used per pint of water. A half-teaspoon of dried mint may be added to give a different flavor, or the acid-tasting tea may be sweetened. Rose hip tea may also be improved by blending with hibiscus flowers.

The rose hips or fruits of different species of the rose plant have always had a significant place in natural medicine, as they are very rich in vitamin C content. The color of these rose hips varies from dark red to bright scarlet and their shapes differ too. While some of the rose hips may be ovoid in appearance, there are others that are pear-shaped. Basically, the rose hips are collected from the variety of rose plant called the dog rose or Rosa canina. However, herbalists prefer the larger rose hips of the Japanese rose called R. rugosa. Even other varieties of the rose plant, including R acicularis as well as R. cinnamomea, are also valued greatly. Incidentally, all these different varieties of rose plants belong to the Rosaceae family.

As mentioned earlier, the rose hips or the fruits of the different varieties of the rose plants enclose high quantity of vitamin C and hence are of great value to the practitioners of herbal medicine. In fact, the rose hips are used to prepare teas, purees, extracts, marmalades and even soups and all these are consumed as nourishments as they contain lots of vitamin C. Extracts from the rose hips are generally included in several natural vitamin mixtures like tablets, capsules, syrups and many other similar things. Interestingly, manufacturers of most such vitamin amalgams are always careful about never mentioning the proportion of vitamin obtained from rose hips and from artificial ascorbic acid. The rose hips are known to possess properties that help in preventing as well as healing scurvy (a disease caused by vitamin deficiency). In addition, the rose hips also have gentle laxative and diuretic effects which help in the movement of bowels and increasing the urine outflow from the body respectively.

Chemical analysis of the rose hips has shown that they contain 0.5 to 1.7 per cent vitamin C. However, the real content of vitamin C in the commercially available dried rose fruits varies depending on the accurate botanical source of the plant from which the rose hips have been acquired. For instance, the quantity of vitamin C present in these commercially available dried rose hips is influenced by factors like the place where the rose plant was grown, the time of harvesting the rose hips, the manner in which the fruits were dried, where and how the dehydrated rose hips were stored and other things like these. It has been often found that many commercial varieties of the rose plant material contain little or no traces of vitamin C at all. Even though we may take it for granted that the commercial varieties of the rose hips available in the market possess approximately one per cent of vitamin C on an average and the entire vitamin is available in the end product, at least one proposal does not seem to be convincing. As the present cost of vitamin C acquired from the rose hips is at least 25 times more than the artificial product, it is not feasible for the manufacturers to add enough of the natural substance in their products.

In addition to substantial proportions of vitamin C, the rose hips possess several other chemical amalgams which comprise 11 per cent of pectin and three per cent of a blend of malic and citric acids. Researchers are of the view that the presence of malic acid and citric acid contributes to the rose hips’ laxative and diuretic effects. As a consequence, physicians frequently recommend the use of rose hips or preparations with it to treat constipation and urinary problems.

Over the centuries, gardeners across the globe have admired and loved the rose flowers that are undoubtedly elegant as well as aromatic. At the same time, the gardeners have also held the hips or the fruits of the rose plant in high esteem for its numerous medicinal benefits. The rose hips vary from oval to round to pear-shape in appearance and they appear either in the latter part of summer or during the fall. Interestingly, in reality, the rose hips are not fruits, but receptacles or containers that enclose the actual fruits of the rose plant. The actual rose fruit is known as ‘seeds’ or ‘achenes’.
Long ago, people thought the rose hips to be sacred. This is corroborated from the fact that during the middle Ages, the rosary of the Catholics was made from rose hips and hence they were called rosary. These rosaries were used to count the prayers as they were also being said. Even today, the beads of the rosary used by the Catholics resemble the rose hips and like the fruits of different species of the rose plant, these modern-day beads are also smooth and elongated in appearance.

Here is an important point to note. Compared to the hybrids, it is generally easier to take care of the different original species of the rose plant. In addition, the original species of the rose also generate more tender and fleshy hips that are best for consumption. If you intend to use the rose for culinary as well as decorative purposes, you should go for the original species of the rose and cultivate them in your garden. On the other hand, if you fancy the climbing variety of the rose and also want them to fruit generously, never ever trim or prune the plants soon after their blossoming season in summer.
It may be mentioned here that if not harvested, the rose hips generally remain on the plant all through the early part of the winter or till the birds, rabbits and field rodents have either eaten them up or stored them somewhere for future use. Owing to the high intensity of ascorbic acid present in them, the rose hips stimulating tart taste that is very much fruit-like. In fact, fresh rose hips enclose as much as 60 times the quantity of vitamin C contained in the oranges and the rugosa roses. The rugosa rose bears comparatively large round shaped fruits and are known to contain rich proportions of vitamin C.

In addition to being a beautiful and aromatic flower, the rose is also beneficial as remedies for several disorders. The leaves as well as the petals of the rose plant provide a comforting effect and if ingested as a tea, can diminish body temperature during high fevers. The tea prepared with rose petals and leaves is also effective in cleansing toxins and heat from the body, particularly when they give rise to rashes on the skin and inflammatory (swelling and irritation) problems. Several researched have shown that the rose also possesses properties that increases the body’s immunity and helps to restrict all kinds of infections from becoming larger problems. This is possible owing to the rose’s cleansing or purification properties.

Infusion prepared with rose petals may be used to alleviate cold and flu symptoms. At the same time, the infusion is effective in treating sore throats, runny nose as well as congested bronchial tracts. On the other hand, infusion or syrup prepared with rose hips is beneficial in reinforcing the lungs to combat all kinds of infections and is especially useful for those who suffer from chest problems. At the same time, roses are also effective in combating infections in the digestive system and restoring the normal and essential bacteria in the intestines. The petals and seeds of the rose have a diuretic effect and are beneficial in relieving excessive fluids from the urinary bladder. This way, they also help in getting rid of the waste and toxic substances in the body through the kidneys. Hence, rose is also considered to be an effective cleanser and purifier.

Like the rose hips, the petals of the rose flowers also have numerous remedial uses. For instance, the rose petals are effective in relieving congestion in the female reproductive system. In addition, the rose petals may also be used to treat the excessive accumulation of fluid in the urinary tract and thereby alleviate pains and, in women, heavy periods. Physicians also recommend the use of rose petals to treat erratic menstrual periods, infertility as well as to perk up sexual desire in individuals.

Infusion prepared from the rose petals acts as a useful astringent and is effective for treating diarrhea, enteritis and dysentery. It may be noted here that tea prepared from rose petals may be used as a laxative to clear bowel movement. At the same time, the rose petal tea is also an effective medication for the liver and enhances flow of bile, invigorates as well as purifies the liver and the gallbladder. It also helps in alleviating problems related with lethargic liver like headaches and constipation.
Rose hips as well as the petals of the rose flowers possess inspiring as well as reconditioning affects on the nervous system. They are also capable of alleviating the problems of insomnia, do away with depression, drive out fatigue and also offer comfort in conditions such as tetchiness.

APPLICATIONS

Different parts of the rose plant are useful for different purposes and hence they have different applications. The rose hips or fruits of the rose plant, flowers and even the petals are beneficial in some way or the other and used by people as tincture, syrup, essential oil, cream, lotion, rosewater, massage oil, gargle and decoction.
Rose hips – R. canina:
The rose hips (R.canina) or the fruits of the plant are used as tincture as well as syrup to treat different ailments.

TINCTURE: The tincture prepared from rose hips (R. canina) are ingested as an astringent (a medicine the draws affected tissues closer) to treat diarrhea, alleviate colic or stomach pains and is also blended with cough medicines.

SYRUP: The syrup prepared from the rose hips (R. canina) is used to provide flavor to other medicines, mostly the bitter and bland ones. The syrup is also blended in cough mixtures or may be ingested as a rich source of vitamin C.
Rose hips – R. laevigata:
Medications prepared with rose hips (R. laevigata) are normally ingested to treat stomach disorders. They may be applied as decoction.

DECOCTION: A decoction prepared with rose hips (R. laevigata) may be blended with other herbs like dang shen, bai zhu and Shan Yao and ingested to treat insistent diarrhea that is accompanied with stomach flaw.
Essential oil – R. centifolia / R. damascena:
The essential oil (R. centifolia / R. damascene) extracted from the rose hips or the fruits of the rose plant are basically beneficial to treat skin and stomach conditions. This oil is normally used externally and applied as a cream, lotion, oil and massage oil.

CREAM: A few drops of the oil extracted from rose hips may be added to creams to heal parched or irritating skin.

LOTION: One ml of the tincture prepared with another herb lady’s mantle may be blended with 10 ml of rosewater to treat itching in the vagina. Use the same blend to prepare a cream by following a standard base. Blend the rosewater with equivalent proportion of purified witch hazel and use it as a comforting and moisturizing lotion to treat skin that is inclined to be affected by pimples or acne.

OIL: Bathe with water containing two drops of the oil extracted from the rose hips to get relief from depression or melancholy, grief and/ or insomnia.

MASSAGE OIL: To avail relief from anxiety and fatigue add approximately two ml of rose oil to 20 ml of almond or wheat germ oil and massage the same on the forehead and other parts of the body. The same blend may be used to alleviate lethargic digestion.
Flowers – R. rugosa:
The rose flowers (R. rugosa) are helpful for treating menstrual and liver disorders and may be ingested as a decoction.

DECOCTION: A decoction prepared with rose flowers (R. rugosa) may be blended with another herb motherwort and ingested for treating heavy menstruation. On the other hand, when the decoction is blended with herbs like bai shao yao and xiang fu, it provides an effective medication for liver dysfunction.
Petals – R. gallica:
The petals of the rose flower (R. gallica) are beneficial in treating menstruation and stomach disorders. A tincture prepared with them may be used as a gargle for throat infections.

TINCTURE: Ingesting approximately three ml of a tincture prepared with rose petals thrice daily is helpful in treating diarrhea as well as sluggish absorption of food. When the same tincture is blended with other herbs like the lady’s mantle, white deadnettle or shepherd’s purse, the medication is effectual for treating erratic or intense menstruation.

GARGLE: When the tincture prepared with rose petals is diluted with warm water, it may be used as a gargle to heal aching throats. The tincture may also be blended with another herb sage for similar application.

ROSE BOWL
• 4 cups bone-dry rose petals
• 2 cups dried rose leaves
• 2 Tbs. ground cinnamon
• 3 cups dried lavender buds
• 1/3 cup orris root powder
• 2 Tbs. ground all-spice
• 1/4 cup ground cloves
• 2 ground tonka beans
• 6 drops oil of roses
• 3 drops oil of lavender

Combine all the dry ingredients, mix well, and add the oils, a drop at a time, mixing as you work. Seal into a jar, and cure for 6 weeks in a dry, dark, warm place that is well ventilated. Shake the jar daily. When cured, turn the potpourri into a decorative container with a tightly stopper lid. Open only when the potpourri is in use.

Written and Edited By
Charlie Farricielli

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