Rose Blooming Stages and Their Meaning

One of our best roses comes from this not bush, but rose tree. Its trunk get so big and husky that it takes over whole area. The roses produced from this tree start out light pink, then turns yellow with the edges remaining a light shade of pink. The brighter the sun the more yellow the rose. In this case, the picture was taken during spring time in California, and we already had bright sun.

I've always heard that red roses stand for love, and yellow for friendship, but that was the extent of knowledge I had regarding rose colors and what it signifies. Recently, I came across some quick definitions of what the colors and stages of blooms meant from a garden magazine. It is something to ponder about.

What Does Each Rose Blooming Stages Mean?

A red rose bud stands for budding desire
An open white rose asks, "Will you love me?"
An open red rose means, "I'm full of love and desire,"
An open yellow rose asks, "Don't you love me anymore?"

Roses Versus other Flowers - What Do Roses Stand For?

You should also know that roses signifies romance, even in B.C. times! Many royalties used roses to express love and or bring-on romance for a example, Cleopatra celebrated the rose as an aphrodisiac. Her bed was covered with fresh roses "daily". In 42 B.C. She had the floor carpeted with two feet of rose petals for a banquet held in honor of her lover, Mark Anthony.

Want to do something special for me my love? How about two feet of rose petal carpet in our backyard?

12 Comments

Stephanie VDecember 28, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Interesting info...thanks! And a perfectly beautiful rose.
eileeninmdDecember 28, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Lovely yellow rose! Thanks for the info.
•°°• IcyBC •°°•December 28, 2009 at 1:20 PM
That's a beautiful yellow rose, and great capture!
Diane AZDecember 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Gorgeous rose images! Interesting history about roses and nice to know what an open yellow rose means. Great post. :)
nutsDecember 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
oh, you have the perfect shots of roses here. you'll never go wrong with flowers for photography! beautiful!
Self SagacityDecember 28, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Hi thanks for your comments. I don't know much about photography, just point and shoot- so I really got lucky they came out so vibrant. ;-)
diane bDecember 29, 2009 at 2:23 AM
It has the most beautiful colours. Interesting info too.
Sue McPeakDecember 29, 2009 at 3:59 AM
yellow roses are my favorite and I have a yellow rose in my post on Monday, too....we were thinkin alike, huh? To answer your ? about the pink yolk...I dunno! I have a feeling it was an airbrushed photo artists and not a PeptoBismol Chicken Thingy! I thought it was pretty cool and worked well for my crazy 'Dozen Pink Saturdays'
xinexDecember 29, 2009 at 5:34 AM
I love roses. They smell so good and the yellow ones are one of my favorites.....Christine
SquirrelQueenDecember 29, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Beautiful photos and very interesting information. This looks a lot like the Peace rose I have in my front garden, the pink edges make it even more attractive.
betchaiDecember 29, 2009 at 7:44 PM
wow, never paid enough attention to the changes in colors of roses before, this is very interesting, and you captured the light pink and yellow color in one rose, amazing. love it.
rockokoMay 25, 2017 at 9:20 AM
Interesting theories. I was told that if you're giving roses and they don't bloom, then the love is not true. I actually believed this and told the florist the flowers they sent to me did not open, they sent another bunch of roses and some did open up. :))

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