Red Flowers Print #4: Heart of a Rose

The rose has been revered for centuries as a symbol of love. Some say that the secret of life lies at the center of the rose. This beautiful red rose has been lovingly planted in my friend’s vast rose garden. The crisp contours of its wavy pedals and the yellow glow from within create a mysterious feel to this painting-like image. It is as though this flower came from another dimension, a dimension where ecstatic beauty and the fragrance of exotic perfumes are the language of love.

Inspirational Poems about Red Roses

R.O.S.E
Remember when I would offer you a rose,
you would consider it as the precious gift of love,
When you would smell the rose and fondly smile,
I would be intoxicated with the sweet fragrance of your love.

On those dreary winter days when you would be away,
my heart would be lonely with the misery of separation,
I would feel the like rose bushes stranded in snow,
where all the leaves were parting one by one.

Somewhere in the tenderness and softness of the rose petals,
lies my delicate and innocent love,
sometimes the thorns pick and hurt,
sometime love is full of fear, sometimes it hurts.

Everlasting beauty of the rose remains in my heart,
even when the rose blossoms, fades and withers,
My love is immortal like rose,
which never dies in the heart as I love you so much.

Jay P Narain

About the Rose

If floral orders are a reliable measure of popularity, the rose is America's favorite flower. This beloved bloom is as rich in history as it is in fragrance and beauty. Here are a few interesting facts about the rose:

· 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. The rose is also 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.

· George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder!

· In current years, over 1,200,000,000 roses were purchased by U.S. flower buyers. This works out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 roses per person.

· The rose is native to the United States. 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.

· 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.

· About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. are produced in California.

· The most popular rose holidays in the U.S. are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Christmas.

· 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.