Rose Gifts
Rose gifts are a popular option when wanting to convey how you feel about someone; giving that special person fresh cut roses is usually the first choice. However, there are alternatives to [fresh] flowers, which, at best, will only last a few days before their scent fades and their blooms wither and die - rose gifts that have been dipped in 24K gold, silver or platinum.
Having a rose that never dies would be the ultimate way to say “I love you.” Real roses can in fact be preserved forever when they are either dipped or trimmed in gold, silver, or platinum. Selected when they reach the peak of their beauty, real roses are preserved in a lacquer shell so their natural loveliness and color can come through. Following a 40-step process, whereby skilled artisans and technicians carefully handcraft each flower, they are finished in a precious metal so they can last a lifetime.
According to scientists, there are more than 270,000 species of flower living in the 21st century, all of which have been documented. While they have been able to identify so many different plants, they are still unsure as how they got to be so diverse or whether or not flowers have changed all that much as the planet has evolved.
Woody-magnolia plants, were the first plant fossils ever found – they date back 93 million years. More recently, small herb-like flower fossils have been discovered by paleonbotanists which date back 120 million years. By the middle of the Cretaceous period (146 million years ago), scientists believe that flowering plants called angiosperms, were already quite diverse and could be found in many places during that time period. Many different fossils of both preserved flowers and flower parts, have been discovered in Portugal, England, Sweden, and along the Gulf and Eastern coast of the United States.
With the use of DNA molecules to estimate how old something is, molecular biologists have been able to trace roses back 200 million years. Then, legends involving the beautiful flower began to take shape; The goddess of flowers, Cloris, was responsible for crowning the rose as “queen of flowers;” a rose was given to Eros – the god of love- by his mother, Aphrodite. As was the case, the rose became a universal symbol of love and desire.
During his life (551-479 B.C.), Confucius wrote that the Emperor of China owned more than 600 books, all about the culture of roses. It's believed roses were first cultivated in gardens in Asia more than 5,000 years ago. From the plants that grew in the Emperor's garden, the Chinese people extracted oil from the rose flowers which went on to only be used by dignitaries and nobles at court; if a commoner were ever caught with smallest amount of rose oil, they were put to death.
There is no denying the true beauty and fragrance of fresh cut roses, but since it's now possible to give rose gifts that can last forever, wouldn't it make more sense to go with that option instead?
Sophia Grace loves rose gifts. You can purchase a rose gift at Plated Gold Roses.