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Since the Victorian era, lovers have been expressing their feelings with roses. Bashful Victorian suitors presented gifts of roses to reveal emotions considered too delicate to express out loud.These small rose bouquets were called tussie mussies. Courtships were often carried on from the first blush to the alter with roses as the primary form of communication. Different colors, varieties and arrangements of roses conveyed different messages.
Though the tussie-mussie might no longer be in fashion, the meaning of different rose colors have endured, so it is still possible for lovers to "say it with roses". Here are some of the most accepted meanings...
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Red Roses say "I Love you" and also stand for respect and courage.
White Roses can say "you're heavenly", communicate reverence, innocence and purity, "I'm worthy of you" and secrecy and silence.
Pink Roses generally symbolize grace and gentility. For more subtle shades of meaning, choose deep pink, for gratitude and appreciation, or light pink for admiration and sympathy.
Yellow Roses stand for joy, gladness and friendship, but can also say "try to care".
Coral or Orange Roses speak of desire and enthusiasm.
Deep burgandy roses mean "unconscious beauty".
Red and yellow blends stands for jovial and happy feelings.
Rosebuds symbolize beauty, youth, a heart innocent of love or "you are beautiful". Red rosebuds mean "pure and lovely" and white rosebuds symbolize girlhood.
A single rose stands for simplicity. In full bloom, it means "I love you" or "I still Love you".
Withered white roses have two meanings: fleeting beauty and "you made no impression".
Hybrid tea roses say "I'll remember you always". Sweetheart roses say just what their name implies.
Two roses taped or wired together to form a single stem signal an engagement or coming marriage.
Rose leaves say "You may hope".
A bouquet of roses in full bloom communicate gratitude.
Thornless roses are for love at first sight.
The cabbage rose is the ambassador of love.
And regardless of color or degree of bloom, roses sent every month say " Beauty ever new"
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