The Language of Flowers

Here is a list of the meanings of the rose from the Victorian Language of Flowers.

ROSE (BRIDAL) - Happiness

ROSE (BURGANDY) - Unconscious Beauty

ROSE (CHRISTMAS)- Relieve my anxiety

ROSE (CORAL) - Desire

ROSE (DAMASK) - Freshness, Persian Ambassador of Love

ROSE (DARK CRIMSON) - Mourning

ROSE (DOG) - Pleasure & Pain

ROSE (HIBISCUS) - Delicate, Beauty

ROSE (LEAF) - You may Hope

ROSE (LAVENDER) - Enchantment

ROSE (ORANGE) - Fascination

ROSE (PINK) - Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Grace & Sweetness, Indecision

ROSE (DARK PINK) - Thankfulness

ROSE (PALE PINK) - Grace, Joy

ROSE (PEACH) - Immortality, Modesty

ROSE (RED) - Love, I love you, Respect, Beauty

ROSE (DEEP RED) - Bashful, Shame

ROSE (TEA) - I'll Remember - Always

ROSE (THORNLESS) - Love at first sight, Early Attachment

ROSE (WHITE) - Innocence, Purity, Humility, I am Worthy of You, Secrecy, Silence

ROSE (WHITE & RED TOGETHER) - Unity, Flower Emblem of England

ROSE (WHITE-DRIED) - Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue

ROSE (YELLOW) - Joy, Jealousy, Friendship

ROSEBUD - Beauty & Youth, A Heart Innocent of Love

ROSEBUD (RED) - Pure & Lovely

ROSEBUD (WHITE) - Girlhood, Heart Ignorant of Love

ROSEBUD (MOSS) - Confessions of Love

Crimson roses detail from Image_2547, Boy#1, Boys in a City Park, 2011 © Richard Ansett

Yellow rose detail from Image_2547, Boy#1, Boys in a City Park, 2011 © Richard Ansett