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What Different Colored Roses Mean
If you've just received a bouquet, or you're buying one, you'll want to know what's being communicated.
Any dunce knows to get flowers , but not everybody knows which ones to pick.
Give somebody a lavender rose, for instance, and you're telling them it was love at first site.
A Douglaston flower shop, a crib sheet for picking roses:
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Coral—Desire
Light Pink—Grace and gladnessroses
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Darker Pink—Thankfulness
Red—Love, passion and courage
White—Purity
Yellow—Friendship
Lavender—'I've loved you since the moment I saw you'
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Reporting by Laura Altimari
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