Language of Flowers: Roses (By Affi)

The language of flowers, sometimes called floriography, is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Today we are not going to talk about just any flower, we are going to see what Roses tell to us! ^^

Rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. For these different colours there hid different meanings too. Let's see what them are and choose the right rose to give to your most loving people.

Red Rose

Red is one of the most common and popular rose colors. The red rose is a symbol of beauty, passion, desire, and romantic love. The red rose was originally associated with Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Myth holds that when her lover, Adonis, was wounded, she pricked her foot on the thorns of a white rose in her haste to run to him. Her blood stained the roses red, turning the red rose into a symbol of incredible passion and romantic devotion.

A dozen red roses boldly declares, “I love you,” while a single red rose communicates devotion and loyalty.

Beyond their more passionate connotation, red roses are often used outside of romantic contexts to convey congratulations or gratitude.

White Rose

White rose symbolism is somewhat broad. It bears a meaning of innocence, chastity, and purity. It’s also associated with spirituality, reverence, and new beginnings.

In Victorian tradition, the deeper the rose color, the deeper the passion—so a white rose was most appropriate for a young girl or woman who has not yet felt a deep and passionate love. Somewhat contradictorily, the white rose also symbolizes a soul-deep love and can represent marriage.

Yellow Rose

The yellow rose most commonly means friendship—and specifically platonic friendship. Sending yellow roses to someone you may have romantic interest in, then, may not be the best move as it could signal that you are only interested in friendship with that person.

For someone you are friends with, the yellow rose sends a message of cheer, joy, caring, and platonic affection.

Pink Rose

Pink roses have a pretty broad range of symbolic associations. In general, pink roses symbolize admiration, gentleness, dignity, elegance, innocence, and happiness.

Different shades of pink can convey different shades of meaning. Paler pink roses signify grace and sweetness. Deeper pink roses convey gratitude.

Orange Rose

Fiery orange roses send a strong message of fascination, passion, enthusiasm, attraction, and desire. Coral roses in particular signify desire.

Peach Rose

Peach roses communicate sincerity and gratitude. They can also mark the closing of a deal or agreement. They have an alternative meaning of sympathy. Pale peach roses mean modesty.

Burgundy Rose

Burgundy roses have a very specific connotation of unconscious beauty. In the Victorian era, deeper rose colors signified deeper passion. Per this schema, burgundy roses signify a very deep passion, even beyond that of red roses.

Purple Rose

Purple roses are very special and intriguing and have deep symbolic meaning. Purple roses symbolize enchantment and the mystical. Pale purple or lavender-colored roses send a message of “love at first sight.”Deeper purple roses convey majesty and royalty, adoration, and fascination.

Green Rose

Green roses symbolize peace, spiritual rejuvenation, calm, and fertility. It’s a soothing color that connotes close ties to the natural world.

Blue Rose

True blue roses are not found in nature. Natural roses that are considered “blue” are actually a blue-toned purple. However, blue roses can also be obtained by dying white roses. Because they can’t be obtained naturally, blue roses symbolize the unattainable and the mysterious.

Black Rose

Black roses are another color that is not found in nature. Natural roses that are called “black” are actually a very dark red or purple color. True black roses can only be obtained through dyeing. Black roses symbolize death, rebirth, and goodbye.

Not only the colour, there is hidden meaning in number of roses too. I am sure you guys will love to know what they mean too.

One - Devotion, love at first sight

Two - Mutual love

Three - “I love you”

Four - Nothing can do us apart

Six - “I want to be yours,” infatuation

Nine - Eternal love

Ten - You are perfect

Eleven - You are my treasured one

Twelve - Be mine

Thirteen - A secret admirer, or forever friendship

Fifteen - “I’m sorry,” “Please forgive me”

Eighteen - Stay young and beautiful

Twenty - Sincerity

Twenty-one - I’m committed to you

Twenty-four - “I’m yours,” “I’m thinking of you every hour of the day”

Twenty-five - Congratulations

Thirty-six - Remembering romantic moments

Forty - Genuine love

Forty Eight - Unchanging love

Fifty - Unconditional love

Ninety Nine - I will love you till the day I die

100 - Complete devotion

108 - Will you marry me?

365 - I love you every day (of the year)

999 - Eternal and infinite love

Now you guys know which colour of roses and how many to give to your beloved one.

Now let's go to the anime part. Roses and anime? Hmmm...you can see roses in almost every anime. There are anime characters who love roses, they even keep a rose to themselves most of the time too. So here are some characters who love to keep a rose near with them.

Urie Sogami from Dance With Devils

James from Pokémon

Jinguji Ren from Uta no Prince-sama

(He doesn't keep a rose with him all the time but for some reason he come to my mind whenever I think about roses...XD)

When introducing a character or when there is a best situation or conversation is going, anime artists use many kind of backgrounds. Most of them are flower backgrounds with roses. Don't get what I am saying? Then let me show you,

Black Butler

Ouran High School Host Club

Kaichou wa Maid-Sama

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

Now you get it right? Okay, okay, time to stop now. But don't forget to answer the questions guys.

1. Which rose colour do you like most and why?

2. How many roses do you like to give to your beloved person?

3. How many roses do you like to receive from your beloved?

4. Do you remember any anime characters who love roses or love to keep them all the time?

5. Can you post a roses background scene in anime?

6. Are their any people you like to give roses in Disqus?

Okay, that is the end and hope you guys will have a sweet and lovely day today! Ohhh...and I welcome all the new people who came to Elite Anime and hope you guys will continue to love this place more and more! ^^