Moldova flowers delivery: Three roses

6 to 30 inches high Single or multipetalled elegant fragrant flowers with thorny stems, all colors but blue, many bicolors 3 to 10 days vase life Cut stems on diagonal under water, place into deep warm water, change water frequently, submerge for 3 hours if drooped. Plant in full sun in rich, well-drained soil, amended with compost and manure. (more info about other flowers)

Molecular biologists, who use DNA molecules to estimate age, can trace roses back some 200 million years! The legends take root?. Cloris, goddess of flowers, crowned the rose as queen of the flowers. Aphrodite presented a rose to her son Eros, god of love. The rose became a symbol of love and desire. Eros gave the rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to induce him not to gossip about his mother's amorous indiscretions. Thus the rose also became the emblem of silence and secrecy. In the middle ages a rose was suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber, pledging all present to secrecy, or sub Rosa, "under the rose". Clay tablets excavated in the temples of Ur in Iraq speak of the delivery of rose water intended for the sultan of Bagdad. The sultan used no fewer than 30,000 jars of rose water a year, to make his rooms smell nice for his extensive harem. The Saracen general Saladin sent camel caravans loaded with rose water through his empire to cleanse the mosques after 'impure' crusaders had occupied the prayer rooms. Until the early 19th century dried rose petals were believed to have mysterious powers. Napoleon gave his officers bags of rose petals to boil in white wine, to cure lead poisoning from bullet wounds, Even today, rose water is still used to refresh the hands before a feast or festive greeting, from the Middle East to northern India. Cleopatra covered the floors of her palace with a thick layer of rose petals every day. The mattresses and pillows of her bed were stuffed with rose petals. There is a special rose language invented as a secret means of communication between lovers who were not allowed to express their love for one another openly in the harems of the Middle East. In the mid 18th century Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the wife of the British ambassador in Constantinople, described this in her letters, which were published after her death. These letters inspired many books on the language of flowers, each describing the secret message hidden in each flower. A red rose bud stands for budding desire, while an open white rose asks "WIll you love me?". An open red rose means "I'm full of love and desire", while an open yellow rose asks "Don't you love me any more?". The first cultivated roses appeared in Asian gardens more than 5,000 years ago. In ancient Mesopotamia, Sargon I, King of the Akkadians (2684-2630 B.C.) brought "vines, figs and rose trees" back from a military expedition beyond the River Tigris Confucius wrote that during his life (551-479 B.C.), the Emperor of China owned over 600 books about the culture of Roses. The Chinese extracted oil of roses from the plants grown in the Emperor's garden. The oil was only used by nobles and dignitaries of the court. If a commoner were found in possession of even the smallest amount, he was condemned to death! Roses were introduced to Rome by the Greeks. During feasts young men and women in Athens adorned a crown of roses and danced naked around the temple of Hymen to symbolize the innocence of the Golden Age. During Roman public games all the streets were strewn with rose petals. Rich Romans provided for the maintenance of huge rose gardens for their gravesites, believing they were pleasing the Spirits of the Dead. Egyptian wall paintings depicting roses have been found in tombs dating from the fifth century B.C. to Cleopatra?s time. Cleopatra had a passion for everything Roman, and she is said to have scattered rose petals before Mark Anthony's feet. Nero was wild about roses. During lavish Roman dinner parties rose petals rained down from the ceilings of his banquet halls. Roses were introduced to Europe during the Roman Empire, where they were mainly used for ornamental purposes. Early Christians saw the rose as a symbol of paganism, orgy, and lust. Tertullian wrote an entire volume against the flower and about 202 A.D., and Clement of Alexandra forbade Christians to adorn themselves with roses. Slowly the Church absorbed some aspects of paganism by changing them into Christian. In Catholic litanies, the Virgin Mary is called "Rosa mystica" King Childebert I had a rose garden planted for the Queen in Paris. Charlemagne ordered the cultivation of Roses at many. Leo IX, elected Pope in 1084, sent a Golden Rose to favored monarchs? masterpieces created by the goldsmiths. Returning from the Seventh Crusade, Thibaut IV, Count of Brie and Champagne and King of Navarre (1201-1253) brought back rose bushes from Syria for his wife. Thereafter the French embraced the cultivation of roses, especially the town of Rouen. The rose became an important heraldic symbol. During the "War of the Roses," the House of York was symbolized by a white rose, the House of Lancaster by a red rose. Empress Josephine of France started her rose collection at Malmaison in 1804 and within 10 years, she had collected every known species. By 1829 her garden contained 2,562 different roses. Passion for roses spread from France to the British Isles, then throughout Western Europe, and finally to America and Australia. Rose water was successfully used to cure all kinds of ailments, such as trembling, constipation, drunkenness, skin and throat infections and insomnia. Rose hips, the fruit produced after the flowing season, were used for the prevention of scurvy, and today we make rose hips teas. Usually we think first of oranges when we need vitamin C? they contain 49 mgs of vitamin C per 100 grams of pulp. On the other hand, Rose hips from the species, Rosa rugosa, contain 2,275 to 6,977 mgs. of vitamin C per 100 grams of pulp! (hystory of other flowers)

Many legends exist about the rose. In a Greek myth, the rose was created by the goddess of flowers, Chloris. On day, she found the lifeless body of a nymph in the woods and she turned her into a flower. She called upon Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Dionysus, the god of wine. Aphrodite gave the flower beauty as her gift and Dionysus added nectar to give it a sweet fragrance. Zephyrus, god of the West Wind, blew the clouds away so Apollo, the sun god, could shine and make the flower bloom. That is how the rose was created and rightfully crowned "Queen of Flowers". A Roman myth tells how a beautiful woman named Rhodanthe, being persistently pursued by her numerous suitors, sought refuge in the Temple of Diana. Diana, the goddess and protection of maidens, became incensed at this and turned Rhodanthe into a beautiful rose and the suitors into thorns. Thus, the rose has become a symbol for love and beauty. However, the rose has become the symbol of indulgence also when the Romans used roses extravagantly. That's why early Christians would not allow roses in the Church. Yet later, roses signified the early martyrs and their persecutors. Those are the religious aspects of this beautiful flower. Moreover, the rose also plays a part in history, as the wars which racked England during the 14th century gained the name the Wars of the Roses from the white rose of the House of York and the red rose of the House of Lancaster; but the flower was adopted by the Tudor dynasty and became a royal device with peace restored. (myths of other flowers)

(BRIDAL) - Happiness (BURGANDY) - Unconscious Beauty (CHRISTMAS)- Relieve my anxiety (CORAL) - Desire (DAMASK) - Freshness, Persian Ambassador of Love (DARK CRIMSON) - Mourning (DOG) - Pleasure & Pain (GREEN) - I am from Mars (HIBISCUS) - Delicate, Beauty (LEAF) - You may Hope (LAVENDER) - Enchantment (ORANGE) - Fascination (PINK) - Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Grace & Sweetness, Indecision (DARK PINK) - Thankfulness (PALE PINK) - Grace, Joy (PEACH) - Immortality, Modesty (RED) - Love, I love you, Respect, Beauty (DEEP RED) - Bashful, Shame (TEA) - I'll Remember - Always (THORNLESS) - Love at first sight, Early Attachment (WHITE) - Innocence, Purity, Humility, I am Worthy of You, Secrecy, Silence (WHITE & RED TOGETHER) - Unity, Flower Emblem of England (WHITE-DRIED) - Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue (YELLOW) - Joy, Jealousy, Friendship (one yellow rose with 11 red ones means love & passion) (MUSK CLUSTER) - Charming (meaning of other flowers)