What's more clasically romantic than red roses?
Almost everyone knows that a brilliant bouquet of red roses is the perfect way to declare feelings of romantic love. Whether in celebrating of an anniversary, wedding, Valentine's Day or even Nationsl Romance Month(August), there is no mistaking the implication of passion, desire and above all, love associated with red roses.

Symbol of Red Roses
It's probably safe to say there's no prevalant or enduring symbol of love and beauty in Western culture than red roses.
Red roses often appear in poetry, literature, classical artwork, contemporary films and everywhere in between. Renowned Scottish poet, Robert Burns, compared his love to a red rose in the poem Red, Red Rose, and the card "soldiers" in Alice in Wonderland lost their heads for painting white roses red, just to name a few classics.
These fragrant blossoms come in varying shades of red, which also carry different symbolic meanings. For example, a bright red rose signifies romance, while burgundy means love that has yet to be realised.

History of Red Roses
The red rose begsn its illustrious symbolic history in Greek & Roman iconography, where it was tied to Aphrodite, or Venus, the goddess of love. Later, in early Christian times, it became associated with the virtue of Virgin Mary. By the time Shakespeare rolled atound it hand already become a poetic standard that he, and later Gertrude Stein both famously played with in their works. Throughout its long, storied history, the red rose still reigns as the ultimate symbol of passionate affection. The classic red rose is often the best choice for expressing your deepest affection for that special someone.
Whether you send a single red rose, or a grand bouquet of ravishing reds, surprising your one and only for a romantic occassion, or better yet, just because.