Learn about these timeless beauties, including the meaning of their colors.
Most people associateroseswith love, but these beautiful blooms are more than a Valentines Day staple.
These surprising facts about roses might give you a fresh perspective on this classic flower.
‘Cecile Brunner’ is a variety of climbing rose that produces light pink blooms.Credit: Richard Baer
Roses Are One of the Oldest Flowers
No wonder roses have been referenced in literature and music for centuries.
Roses also grow a berry-shapedfruit called rose hips.
The fruit can be orange, red, dark purple, or black.
Rose hips are packed with vitamin C andcan be used in cocktailsor dried to create a refreshing tea.
Their Fragrance Is Used in Perfumes
You know the saying: Stop and smell the roses.
Specifically, rose oil has been an essential ingredient in the perfume industry for centuries.
Besides red roses symbolizing love and romance, pink roses exude grace and elegance.Vibrant yellowroses represent friendship and cheer.
However, white roses can also represent purity, spirituality, and innocence.
Offer orange roses for your next congratulatory bouquet (maybe for a graduate or new hire).
Julia Childs rose is, appropriately, abutter-yellow colorwith a licorice-tinged aroma.
First Lady Laura Bush selected an orange-cinnamon-hued rose because it reminded her of a Texas sunset.
Even Elvis Presley has a rose named for himan orange-pink hybrid tea rose.
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