Yellow

In the lead up to the biggest Hallmark Holiday of the year, florists are going nuts in preparation for having enough stock to supply for lovers, potential lovers, romantics, sweet hearts and every kind of best friend. Im talking soft toys, chocolates, bottles of wine, balloons, flowers and more red roses than you can poke a stick at. So I thought I would give you some food for thought in the lead up to Friday the 14th of February. Some of the beautiful roses growing in the gardens, and the meaning behind giving that colour of rose as a gift.

First up, YELLOW. Yellow symbolizes joy, happiness and wisdom. It is actually a common colour used as a get well gift, or a congratulations gift. Its warm tones are associated with friendship and if given for events such a Valentines Day its meaning is focused more on platonic relationships, without the romantic subtext. It honestly is the best rose to send to a true friend who needs a smile on Valentines Day.

Something to be wary of, when yellow roses were first introduced into Europe back in the 1800's, yellow had more negative connotations behind it (for example "Yellow Bellied"). So yellow roses back then were symbols of jealousy and dying love. The friendship and happiness meanings have pretty much taken over in the 200 years since they were introduced, however you can still occasionally find people who still hold true to the very old European meaning. My boyfriend, for example, is one of those people. When we began dating, I sent him a card with a yellow rose and wrote inside the card the friendship meaning of yellow roses and a whole heap of romantic stuff that I wont bore you with right now. When he opened the envelope and saw the picture he panicked and thought that it was a fancy way of me breaking up with him. When he read the inside he calmed down, but I still had to explain that we werent breaking up when I saw him next. So yeah, just be wary of sending yellow roses on romantic occasions, just in case.