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Roses That Say Love
The Krasberg Rose Garden is naturally romantic. As with fine wines, the descriptive words for roses are rich and varied. Among the 5,000-plus rose bushes planted are some that speak the language of love through their names.
鈥楲辞惫别鈥鈥擝ig. Scarlet. Fragrant. The very definition of a romantic rose.
鈥楾颈蹿蹿补苍测鈥鈥擱osy pink, strong fragrance, and the perfect name for a proposal.
鈥楲ove and Peace鈥鈥擜 beautiful combination: yellow, edged in pink. And that fragrance!
Starry Night鈩鈥擣ive pure white petals sparkle like the stars in your true love鈥檚 eyes.
Some roses speak of love through scent. American historian Alice Morse Earle writes the following in : 鈥淭he fragrance of the sweetest rose is beyond any other flower scent, it is irresistible, enthralling; you cannot leave it.鈥 Breathe deeply, and perhaps you鈥檒l detect myrrh, musk, apple, cinnamon, grape, damask, lemon, vanilla, pepper, pine鈥nd, of course, tea, one of the richest of rose scents.
Honey Perfume鈩鈥擳he perfect name for a strongly spicy, apricot-yellow rose
惭辞辞苍诲补苍肠别鈩鈥擳he clusters of clear white flowers give off the scent of raspberries.
鈥楲over鈥檚 Lane鈥鈥擜 rich red cultivar of Rosa&苍产蝉辫;脳&苍产蝉辫;odorata, the genus of all tea-scented Chinese roses
Gertrude Jekyll鈥 The classic scent of old roses is strong in this big, ruffly, old-fashioned rose.
Finally, some roses have romantic stories to tell. The Portland rose (Rosa 鈥楥omte de Chambord鈥) was a gift to the Empress Josephine, who established the greatest rose garden of its time at Malmaison. The cabbage rose (Rosa x centifolia), known as the 鈥100-petaled rose,鈥 is a beloved subject and symbol in Dutch still-life paintings. Autumn Damask rose (Rosa 鈥楢utumn Damask鈥), is an Old Garden Rose with a 3,000-year-old connection to the cult of Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
, and find romance in the Rose Garden.