Multi-color Roses
I have placed this category here if you feel that there is no one dominant color in the rose(s). I have found no information related to a rose with multiple colors. If you know of a website or link, please share with me, thanks!
Mixed Roses
By mixing rose blooms of different colors purposefully, you can create a bouquet of emotions. For example, a bouquet of red and white roses would mean “I love you intensely and my intentions are honorable”. A random mix of roses would convey mixed feelings or send a message: “I don’t know what my feelings are yet but I sure do like you enough to send you roses.” ♥
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Maplewood Rose Garden
in response to “The Rose Family” by Robert Frost
The rose is more than a rose
or an apple a pear a plum
or strawberries on a vine
or raspberries on a bush.
In Maplewood Park
the rose has always been
more than a rose
where the sign reads:
Kelsey’s Landing
freedom was assured
for escaping slaves–
the last stop on the way to freedom
further beyond Niagara Falls.
Rose the house slave
who bore all the master’s
mulatto children
only to see them
sold one by one
on the auction block
was not Rose
but this was the name
she answered to
when boarding
one of those Canadian vessels
here at the end
of the Underground Railroad.
Oh Rose of Carolina
Rosa Carolina
is what they call wild rose
and La France–
which sounds like the name
of a slave ship–
is a hybrid tea rose.
Roses are herbs shrubs flowers
fruits trees abundant crops–
even boysenberries are roses
and not all grow in gardens
like Maplewood.