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It matters not what goal you seek Its secret here reposes: You've got to dig from week to week To get Results or Roses. (Edgar Guest)
Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. (Georgia O'Keeffe)
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)
Good taste is the flower of good sense. (A. Poincelot)
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. (Lewis Mumford)
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. (William Shakespeare)
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".
George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.
Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty.
The most popular rose holidays in the U.S. are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Christmas.
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.
Coral roses imply desire.
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.
Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
The rose is native to the United States.
Bridal white means happy love.
Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and admiration.
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.
Dark pink roses say "thank you." In general, pale-colored roses signify friendship.
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