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Celebrate National Rose Month with Fresh Roses from Penny’s By Plaza Flowers

Penny's By Plaza Flowers provides local same-day and express flower delivery service to Christ Church in Philadelphia Celebrating National Rose Month By Chris Drummond, AAF, PFCI Roses are the most popular flower in the world, with over a billion stems sold annually. Over 250 million are produced for Valentine’s Day alone. They are popular because of their beautiful colors, shape and petal structure, as well as their lovely fragrance. While many landscape roses have 5 petals, hybrid tea roses, those produced for commercial cutting, can have up to 40 petals. Best of all, there are always new varieties to discover with over 150 rose species and thousands of fabulous cultivars. June is National Rose Month, a perfect time for me to share with you some of my favorite varieties, not ranked, because they are simply too beautiful to pick a favorite. Alabaster is a breathtaking, off-white rose with many soft, delicate petals. Catalina warms my soul with creamy yellow petals that reveal sunshine as they open. Ashley is a luscious pink rose that is not too pale and not too bold. Juliet captivates me with a very interesting petal structure and perfect peach color. Miyabi Wabara is a pink rose with a peach heart and wonderfully ruffled petals. Free Spirit combines yellow, [...]

The expert floral designers at Penny’s By Plaza Flowers have prepared exquisite arrangements for National Rose Month and Red Rose Day

Penny's By Plaza Flowers The extremely skilled and professional floral designers at Penny's By Plaza Flowers are ready for National Rose month and Red Rose Day with the freshest and most colorful Roses. Such a beautiful flower and fragrant flower. We welcome you at Penny's By Plaza Flowers to come in to "stop and smell the roses". National Rose Month is dedicated to Roses. June is a great month for Roses as they are typically in full bloom. Multiple weddings take place in June and Roses are a favorite flower for weddings as we all know. There are an impressive 150 plus species of Roses and for many years they have been a favorite flower used by authors, artists and advertisers. In the United States, several states use varieties of both wild and domesticated roses as their state flower. In New York the official flower is any Rose and any color. North Dakota and Iowa named the Prairie Rose as their state flower. The Cherokee Rose is Georgia's state flower and finally the "Oklahoma Rose" is the state flower of Oklahoma. There are numerous facts about the Rose. Below are a few of those: The Black Rose really is a Rose that has such a deep red hue that it appears black. [...]