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He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower. (Mary Howitt)
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. (Auguste Rodin)
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. (Ziggy)
To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. (William Blake)
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)
Some people get angry because God put thorns on roses, while others praise him for putting roses among thorns. (Anonymous)
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. (Lewis Mumford)
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be. (Hubert H. Humphrey)
Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes. (Clare Ansberry)
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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.
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.
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.
The rose is native to the United States.
Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; historically, they meant a decrease of love and infidelity.
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.
The rose is the state flower selected by Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and the District of Columbia.
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.
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.
Columbus discovered America because of a rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, while becalmed in the Sargasso Sea, one of the crewmen picked a rose branch from the water. This sign of land renewed their hope for survival and gave the seafarers the courage to continue on to the New World.
Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty.
Bridal white means happy love.
Coral roses imply desire.
Orange say "I am fascinated and enthusiastic".
White roses signify spiritual love and purity.
George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.
Red roses of any hue say "I love you".
Coral roses imply desire.
Orange say "I am fascinated and enthusiastic".
White roses signify spiritual love and purity.
George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder.
Red roses of any hue say "I love you".
About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. are produced in California.
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