Story Starter: ROMANCE IN THE GARDEN

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Contact: Judith Brower, jbrower@TesselaarUSA.com, (802) 447-3595
Story Starter: ROMANCE IN THE GARDEN
When you give a live rose instead of a bunch of cut stems, this is what you get year after year –
this is Flower Carpet Scarlet in the garden.
LAWNDALE, CA It’s funny how we all pooh-pooh Valentine’s Day in public, but in private, don’t we secretly
hope a little of its romantic-sparkle will land on us? Chocolates, flowers, a carefully worded note — these
traditional tokens are important ways to confirm how you feel about the people closest to you. In fact, the only
thing wrong with Valentine’s Day is that we tend to use it to pack these expressions of our feelings into just one
day each year. Perhaps we could apply the Valentine approach to other special and spontaneous moments.
Here are a few ideas to get us going . . .
LIVING FLOWERS: a wrapped and beribboned bouquet of flowers is a lovely way to present blooms. It’s the best
practical way to manage flowers which, once cut, have already begun their journey to fading. A good florist will have
de-foliaged, cut and conditioned each stem before making the arrangement. The cluster of finished stems will also
have been given a wet-pack treatment before everything is dressed up in paper, cellophane and ribbon. But imagine
instead that you were given some lovely flowers that were still attached to their roots. Something like a gorgeous, full
of life and long-living rose bush. The flowers on this bush will mark the moment they are given, but also keep the
memory alive with fresh buds year after year. Obviously not every flower in the florists’ buckets can be given as a
living plant but many can, and the rose is probably the best example. Which rose is a good option for a live bush gift?
Easy, the Flower Carpet rose because it’s a good looking plant, it covers itself in flowers for months on end, and there
are enough color options to suit everyone and any sentiment.
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WHAT ROSES SAY: If you didn’t already know it, you can communicate your feelings through the language of flowers. Not only does
the type of flower tell the receiver something, but the color does as
well. Since we’re talking about romance here, roses are the perfect
flower form. As for color, when someone hands you a red rose – it
means love. Pink means they feel like they are falling in love and
hope that you feel the same way too. Yellow is a step back from that –
consider it a friendship that has the potential to go somewhere romantic.
Save the white roses for chaste love and respect – your nanna would
be a good recipient, or forget the meaning altogether because this
white rose is one of the best around and anyone would love to be
given one.
PRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING: As lovely as a living rose
bush may be, it doesn’t hurt to give it the same treatment that the
For those who prefer a rose from a previous age, this is
florist’s bouquet gets. Make sure the plant is well watered and
Flower Carpet Red with its cluster of golden stamens.
drained, and nest the pot into a plastic bag. Then you can get creative
with tissue, paper, and ribbons. Burlap over brown paper is a good look, or try all black or all white. If you plan to
hand your lover a rose bush while out on a date, do the right thing and offer to carry it home for them. You could
even offer to plant it for them right then and there (if the local climate is kind) or arrive with a spade when Spring
arrives in your locale.
This Flower Carpet Yellow rose has been set into a pot with a
few other lovely bits and pieces. If you can be this organized,
the love of your life is a lucky person indeed.
If it’s early days yet and you haven’t quite managed to tell someone how you feel, Flower Carpet Pink Splash is perfect. Apart
from being absolutely lovely, it’s also a little bit luscious.
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Tesselaar undertakes extensive research, development and trialing of each variety for exceptional disease resistance,
outstanding flower production and strong foliage before bringing it to market. The Tesselaar philosophy is to
introduce exceptional plants while “making gardening easy” for everyone.
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