14 DAY TRIAL // They say roses best express the language of love, with one being able to choose from various colors depending on the message one is trying to send. Should indecision wreck chaos on a lover’s nerves, however, he should not despair for there is one option available that combines all the others, as the Daily Mail can confirm: rainbow or happy roses.
These roses are exactly what their name says, representing a wonderful combination of several colors. Of course, they’re not naturally like this, an explosion of pastel shades and hues, the publication says, for they start off as regular roses in a neuter cream color. Dye is then injected into their stem and, 12 hours or so later, they become these amazing flowers that you can also see in the attached picture. Given how they look, it’s no wonder they’re becoming ever more popular.
“The multi-colored flowers, known as rainbow roses or happy roses, are the latest thing in quirky gifts. They start life as cream roses, but the heads take on hues from various food dyes placed in their water one at a time and sucked up the stems. We know the process takes between 12 and 24 hours, but not how the different petals turn out different colors,” the Mail writes.
“That remains a trade secret of their creator, Dutch florist Peter van de Werken, who branched out from creating brightly colored chrysanthemums. He buys long-stemmed Vendela roses, dyes them and distributes them around the world. They still have their sweet smell and the flowers will last as long as normal roses, but the leaves may wither sooner,” the publication further says.
As expected, though, these roses don’t come cheap – quite the contrary, actually. A dozen of rainbow / happy roses is more than double the price of 12 stems of regular roses, the Mail says. On the other hand, they more than compensate for that with their unique combination of pastel colors.