Roses

The Queen of Flowers

and

The Flower of Queens

There is no flower more beautiful than a rose

And there is no fragrance more pleasant
Than the fragrance of a rose

No garden is one 
Which has no rose

And no lover is one

Who has not loved a rose

Roses exist in different species. In fact, it is said that there may exist hundreds of different types of roses. Rose plants vary from miniature shrubs to climbers that may reach as high as 7 metres. Colours vary: red, pink, yellow, white, cream, violet and sometimes even blue and black. There are also roses of more than one colour like pink and yellow, cream and red and many more.The rose is famous for the fact it is a beautiful and very delicate flower found on the top of a wooden stem full of prickles. It is associated with love and marriage which are compared to either a bed of roses or a bed of thorns. The rose is also referred to when people talk about difficulties in achieving wonderful things. It is said that one has to go through the cruel thorns before reaching the delicate rose.

                     A Rose for all season

Roses are cultivated as ornamental plants but also for the flowers. They are being offered for all occasions. The rose is a flower that has many meanings. It is a flower for all season. Each colour has a symbol and each quantity that one gives has a meaning.

Red rose symbolises love and passion, pink symbolises grace, white is for purity and yellow for friendship. Giving 3 roses is telling someone you love him/ her. Giving or receiving 108 roses is a marriage proposal.