Roses for all Occasions

Roses have symbolized love, friendship and beauty across cultures throughout time, making them the most popular of all cut flowers. While red roses continually dominate sales, yellow is the second most purchased color, with peach, pink and white following respectively.

While roses have long been known for their ability to warm someone’s heart or to brighten someone’s day, their scent has recently been shown to induce relaxation and a sense of calm. It has been proven that “stopping to smell the roses” can literally relieve stress, treat insomnia and calm nerves.

Next time you have roses in the house, extend your enjoyment and relaxation by drying them. This will extend their natural life by one to two years. The floral experts at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM recommend air-drying as the easiest way to dry your roses. You will need a dry, warm room that has plenty of circulating air. The flowers can be dried individually or in small bunches. Make sure that they are bunched loosely and there is enough air circulating around each of the stems. When the stems are dry and rigid, the roses are ready to be stored or used in arrangements, wreaths, door swags or as potpourri.