Who invented the idea that “”Red Roses”” meant for “Romance” and “Yellow Roses” for friendship?
Bull: There is no specific inventor, people just started using it from myths. Medieval poets used them a lot in their creation. In Roman mythology when Flora, the goddess of flowers, who, while walking through the woods, came upon the dead body of a young woman. Deeply moved by the death of one so young and lovely, she transformed the body into the most beautiful flower ever created – the white rose. Flora named the flower for Eros, the god of love. Another myth states that Venus created the rose from her tears. A different story claims that when Venus rose from the froth of the sea, the gods celebrated by creating the rose in her honor. Then there is the love story between Aphrodite (Venus) and Adonis. Their love gave the red rose its crimson color. Aphrodite, rushing towards her slain lover, catches herself on the prickly thorns of a rosebush, and her blood gives the flower its deep red color. Roses have been a symbol of love in all of its forms since the Victorian era. Suitors of th
