What Are Lavender Roses Called?
Lavender roses are prized for their rare color. They are considered to be the most suitable substitute for the unattainable true blue rose. All roses convey their own meanings, and the lavender rose carries significant messages. Does this Spark an idea?
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Meaning
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The primary symbols of a lavender rose are enchantment, mystery or love at first sight. As the closest living relative to the elusive blue rose, lavender roses also share some of the implications behind a blue rose, namely wonder and impossibility. Purple is the color of royalty, and as such, a giver of lavender roses conveys devotion to the recipient.
Cultivars
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Lavender roses are available as hybrid tea roses, floribunda and grandiflora roses. Hybrid tea roses are hybrids created by crossing hybrid perpetual roses with tea roses; these blooms are most often used by florists in cut arrangements. Floribunda roses are hybrids created by crossing hybrid tea roses and polyanthas roses; they present clusters of two to three blooms on compact bushes. Grandiflora roses are hybrids created by crossing floribunda roses and hybrid tea roses; single blooms on longer stems are characteristics of grandiflora roses.
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Bloom Colors
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Lavender roses are available in a wide variety of shades. "Barbra Streisand" is a hybrid tea rose with a rich lavender color. The "World War II Memorial" hybrid tea rose is soft white and tinged with lavender. Blooms of the floribunda "Distant Drums" present tan colors washing to orchid pink. The grandiflora "Fragrant Plum's" petals are tinged from light to dark lavender.
Uses
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Lavender roses are commonly chosen for their romantic meanings. Brides use them in wedding bouquets. A man will send one to a woman to indicate he has fallen in love. Lavender roses can also be sent to graduates to say "Congratulations" and to denote pride in their accomplishments.
Availability
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Lavender roses may be ordered from a florist or online. Flowers ordered online may be available for immediate worldwide delivery, while a florist may need a day or two to obtain the blooms.
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