What Different Colored Roses Mean

Any dunce knows to get flowers , but not everybody knows which ones to pick.

Give somebody a lavender rose, for instance, and you're telling them it was love at first site.

A Douglaston flower shop, a crib sheet for picking roses:

Coral—Desire

Light Pink—Grace and gladnessroses

Darker Pink—Thankfulness

Red—Love, passion and courage

White—Purity 

Yellow—Friendship

Lavender—'I've loved you since the moment I saw you'

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Reporting by Laura Altimari