Roses are flowers that you can give for any occasion to anyone but you should be aware that every rose has a different meaning. That’s why it is important to know the meaning of roses when you’re making your selection, so that your colour choice can reflect your true feelings and intentions. When choosing roses it’s important to take the help of florist to assist and help you find the right one that holds the most symbolism for your friends, family, and loved ones.
The first words that come to mind when we see a bunch of red roses are love, Valentine’s Day, romance, I love you, passion, desire and so on. But why and how did the red rose gain its undisputed symbol of love? Well, we meet red roses in mythology and the history of mankind – be it to Aphrodite who according to Greek mythology is the goddess of love, beauty, and desire or in literature Shakespeare and later Gertrude Stein, both mention the red rose as a symbol of love and passionate affection. Later in 1794, poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns who compares his love to the beauty of red roses in his poem “A Red, Red Rose”. The symbolism of red roses remained consistent for years – an expression of romance. Although there are many shades of the red rose that have slightly different meanings, they are still used for expressing romantic feelings.
