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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. (Joseph Addison)
Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes. (Clare Ansberry)
If the day and the night are such that you greet them with with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, more elastic, more starry, more immortal--that is your success. (Henry David Thoreau)
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. (Henry Ward Beecher)
Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. (Mark A. Overby)
Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it. (Jess Lair)
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Funerals: Funerals are an emotional time. It has been a long tradition to send flowers at the time of bereavement. White flowers are the most common, typically roses or lilies. Pink or yellow roses are also fairly common. Consult your local florists for more ideas.
Birthday: There is no better way to say happy birthday than with roses in any color. Another great option is an assorted arrangement in a vase or basket combining flowers such as lilies, iris and tulips.
Anniversaries: One of the most popular occasions to celebrate with flowers. A dozen red roses in a vase is the classic anniversary gift. Roses of mixed colors or multi colored mixed bouquets also do the trick.
Red roses of any hue say "I love you".
Lavender roses mean love at first sight.
Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, pale-colored roses signify friendship.
Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and admiration.
About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. are produced in California.
The rose is the state flower selected by Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and the District of Columbia.
George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.
White roses signify spiritual love and purity.
Three separate nationally conducted public opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found the rose to be the number-one choice of over 85% of those individuals surveyed.
Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
The rose is the official National Floral emblem of the United States. This legislation was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1986.
There are nearly 900 acres of greenhouse dedicated to the production of fresh-cut roses in the U.S. One acre of greenhouse rose production in the U.S. is valued at about one million dollars, which includes the value of the plants, greenhouse structure and land.
Coral roses imply desire.
The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million years old.
Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
The rose is the official National Floral emblem of the United States. This legislation was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1986.
There are nearly 900 acres of greenhouse dedicated to the production of fresh-cut roses in the U.S. One acre of greenhouse rose production in the U.S. is valued at about one million dollars, which includes the value of the plants, greenhouse structure and land.
Coral roses imply desire.
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