Representing the Stages of Love and Romance with Roses

The Red Rose represents deep, passionate love and respect. A single red rose can say, “I love you.” The red rose characterizes Cupid.

Deep Red Roses symbolize bashfulness in love. The sender of this color rose wants to say, “I love you,” but is a little too shy to make this full commitment.

Burgundy Roses represent an unconscious love. Love that is deep down, showing its first appearance to realities surface can be seen by sending this deep hue of burgundy.

Pink Roses in general symbolize perfect happiness. Pink roses are appropriate to send to friends because they also represent friendship and endearment.

Light Pink roses represent gentleness, sweetness, and joy. A perfect color rose for a sweet girl!

Deep Pink roses say, “thank you” from the sender. Someone must have done something very special and wonderful to deserve such a bright, generous thank you!

White roses represent innocence and purity. They are a popular wedding flower for this reason. This color rose also says, “I am Worthy of you” from the sender as he or she tries to gain the love and admiration of someone special. White roses are also associated with secrecy. White roses could be the perfect flowers to send from a secret admirer! In Wales, white roses represent innocence and silence and white roses are placed on the grave sites of children.

Yellow roses are bright and jovial, representing joy and friendship. Sometimes this color rose can represent jealously and a decrease of love, but with its bright, happy color, this rose comes across as more friendly than anything.

Peach roses show modesty and desire. This flower can symbolize a relationship starting out new and fresh, as this flower desires love.

Orange roses show enthusiasm and fascination with a new love attempt.

Lavender roses express love at first sight. The sender sends this color of roses when he or she becomes enchanted with someone new.

Combining two roses together, a red and a white, symbolizes unity, commitment or even an engagement. Presented with an engagement ring, these combined roses could say more than words.