Roses are the most common flowers picked for arrangements and bouquets as well as for decorations and other flower compositions. They are universal and they are beauty is unquestionable. Whenever you are not sure what flower to pick, if you get rose you will have the guarantee that you can never go wrong.
No matter how well known and often used, roses can always surprise with something unusual. It can be a shade, a form or a fragrance, but still there is something unique about every flower of this type.
What is the roses’ biggest advantage is that they have been cultivated so long ago that they can be found in every part of the world in every season of the year. They are beautiful in every form – they can be wild, grown in a garden or even climbing. In any case they will catch your eye and create special and pleasant feeling with their sophisticated look.
Contrary to the opinion that for the reason that they are so common roses are originating from Europe or North America, they were at first grown in Asia.
The range of the use of these beautiful flowers is very wide. Except in decoration and flower arrangement it is very important for the cosmetic industry, medicine, food and drinks. The rose water or rose oil is the base for many perfumes and creams. It is known to have very strong positive influence on the skin and purifies it very easily.
Rose hips are used for teas and jellies and besides the fact they are very delicious they are also very good for the digestion and the whole system of the human body.
The rose hips tea is popular in the Chinese medicine. It is very good for stomach problems. It is still under studies and development but there is very convincing information that roses can successfully control cancer growth. The rose hips are very reach in Vitamin C.
The colors of roses can be so many that it is hard to mention all of them. They are several rules to follow for some of them when you are making flower arrangement in a vase at home.
To start with the most popular red roses you have to know that it is not without any difference how you are going to put them in a vase or in any other vessel you have chose for the arrangement. To put just several red roses in one place can be boring. Add several crimsons to make the arrangement interesting and to make accent on the shades of the red.
When your bouquet is composed from pink roses, you should put the faded ones away from the center. They can form somehow the limits of the arrangement and will make the bright roses look even brighter. This kind of bouquet can not go without two or three creamy roses. They will really add special touch to the arrangement.
Yellow roses can be very cheering, but when you add one or two in orange you will add special spark to the rest of the composition. On the other side orange flowers are not so common and they look well with autumn leaves in brown. They add a royal touch to the bouquet and the combination of colors is incredible.
To finish an arrangement of creamy roses, you can pick some white edged ivy and viburnum berries.
If you are growing roses in your garden then you are one of the lucky persons that enjoy the sight of this flower from the moment you have opened your eyes in the morning. This type of roses is very strong-scented and goes very well with geranium leaves, canary grass and licorice plant.
