THE ROSE is becoming increasingly popular, as men yield to the temptation to buy from the many rose sellers at the road intersections in Kingston,
St. Catherine and no doubt elsewhere in the island.
Be careful, however, as meaning and significance of each bloom differs according to its colour, the number you give, the size of the bloom, whether it's open or not
and what you combine each bouquet with.
Here are some guidelines:
Burgundy:
Unconscious beauty
Cora: Desire
Damask: Freshness
Dark crimson: Mourning
Dog rose: Pleasure and pain
Green: I am from Mars
Hibiscus: Delicate beauty
Leaves of the rose: You may hope
Lavender: Enchantment
Orange: Fascination
Pink: Perfect happiness, secret love, grace and sweetness. Indecision
Dark pink: Thankfulness
Pale pink: Grace and joy
Peach: Immortality. Modesty
Red roses: Love. I love you. Respect. Beauty
Deep red: Bashful. Shame
Tea: I'll remember always
Throttles: Love at first sight and early attachment
White: Innocence, purity, humility, I am worthy of you, secrecy and silence.
Red and white roses
together - Unity.
Dried white roses:
Death is preferable to the loss of virtue
Yellow roses:
Joy, jealousy, friendship
One yellow rose with
11 red ones: love and passion
Red rosebud:
Pure and lovely
White rosebud: Girlhood. Heart ignorant of love
Rosebud with moss: Confessions of love
Rose bouquet in full bloom: Gratitude
Single rose in full bloom: I truly love you. Simplicity.
Outlook Team
