Roses - Not just for valentines

 

 Fun Facts About Roses - a favourite for Valentines, bouquet deliveries and weddings on the Wirral 

Not just for Valentine’s day! Roses are one of the most popular blooms, and a widely loved flower for deliveries and weddings, with good reason. They come in a wide range of shapes, sizes and shades, making them a favourite in both wedding work, wirral valentines flower deliveries, and our wirral birthday bouquet deliveries.

Roses Are One of the Oldest Known Flowers

Archaeologists have said to have discovered rose fossils that date back as far as 35 million years! 

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, roses are the oldest species of plant to be grown as decoration. Documents dated to AD 50 suggest that ancient Romans roses in huge quantities to ensure a year-round supply of medicinal extracts, cooking ingredients and ornamentation. Ancient Romans used roses to decorate buildings, furniture and people, whilst petals were laid to create rose carpets and walkways.

There is evidence dating back 5,000 years when the Chinese and Japanese created rose gardens, although it is not known if these were for ornamental reasons. 

Rosehips of some rose species are known to be full of vitamin C

Roses also grow a berry-shaped fruit, also known as and referred to as ‘rose hips’. The fruit can be orange, red, dark purple, or even black. Rose hips are packed with vitamin C and can be dried to create a refreshing tea. This is why rosehips are sometimes used to create jam, jelly & marmalade. The hip also has minor medicinal uses, used in food supplements and can be pressed or filtered to make rose hip syrup.

Rose Flower Fragrance is Used to make Perfumes

We all know the saying: Stop and smell the roses, and when you buy your roses delivery on the Wirral, the fresh scent fills your home. Roses weren’t chosen for this phrase by chance; their lovely aroma is a popular floral scent and not just used in your Wirral Valentines Deliveries, but in perfumes too. 

The process of extracting rose oil from flowers requires a huge amount of roses; just one gram of oil is produced from two thousand roses. The rose scent comes from microscopic perfume glands on the petals.

Each Rose Colour Has a Different Meaning

Everyone knows that roses have long been a symbol of love, especially for a valentines bouquet of flowers, but the colour choice also plays a role in what a rose symbolises. Also it is important to emphasise that meanings can vary in different cultures.

The following rose colours in the western world are commonly associated with the following meanings:

Red: Love & Romance

There is no such thing as black rose or blue rose

There is no such thing as naturally grown ‘black’ roses. What might sometimes be referred to as a black rose is actually a dark red rose. A good example is “The Black Rose of Turkey”, is a breed that appears pitch-black to the eye, but in actuality it is a dark red colour.

True-blue pigments don’t occur naturally in Roses. 

If youd like to order roses in your flower delivery to the Wirral, we offer flower delivery for all occasions including sympathy, birthdays, anniversaries, thank you, and Valentines! 

We also offer an affordable wedding floristry service, our wedding flowers are available to all wedding venues across Wirral, Liverpool, Cheshire and North Wales, with no minimum spend. 

To order your Wirral flower delivery from our professional florist, just click here: 

https://goldenafternoon.co.uk/products/15-bouquet

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