Black rose

Where to find a black rose in nature 

Actually, black roses exist in nature. Everyone probably heard about black rose from one village in Turkey. However, those roses are actually not full black. ONLY bud has the black color of petals but when the rose has blossomed, the color of petals is deep vine red. People of Halfeti do grow roses for sales. Those roses are half black or both black and red vine. So 2 in 1. Definitely, a rare, unique, and interesting rose, which changes its colors.

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Are there black roses for sale

There are many people selling online and offline black rose seeds. But, those are actually not real black roses. Florist tends to color other dark shade roses with black spray paint or soak rosebud in water colored with black ink. So they can appear black. The darkest shade of roses, which is closest to black, is Black Baccara rose. You can buy a Black Baccara in a florist shop or grow for yourself. And you can also buy artificial roses or colored ones. Importing black rose from Halfeti may not be the option. Since those roses don't succeed in other regions. Because the soil there has specific ph and other components, which suit most to that roses, only in that region.

Is it possible to grow black roses?

You can grow only the very darkest shade, such as black baccara, mentioned earlier. To do this, you will need to have a spot in or around your house in which the sun shines almost the whole day. Watering is also very important, especially during the summer months. It is required that roses are watered every second day. But, if you are in a part of the world with a hot climate, above 35 degrees,  you should water your roses every day. It is also important to fertilize the soil in which you will plant your roses. And every spring repeat fertilization. You will also need to prune your roses with scissors and glows if roses have thorns. It is important to cut rose steams between 5cm to 10cm, as they are trying to produce new buds.

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How to arrange them

Once you grow your very darkest shade of roses, you might want to arrange them. You can do it in a vase, bouquet, or in a box if you plan to give it to someone as a gift. You can arrange your roses in a vase by cutting them in a similar size with extra greenery added. It looks more elegant and it helps to hold your roses in a place.

To arrange your roses in a bouquet, you could take around 7 roses cut at the same size and arrange them in a circular shape by firming them with transparent tape. When forming roses into the bouquet, you can youse small flowers, to add extra elegancy to your bouquet. Then you can use longer leaves and place them around the bouquet to cover steams and tape and you can firm those leave in one place. Once you do that, you can youse decorative paper to wrap your bouquet in.

To arrange your roses in a box, you will need a decorative box, roses, foam, and transparent plastic paper. First, you will place your paper in a box on which you will put foam, the foam should be cut in the shape of the box in which you want to arrange your roses, and after that, you should water your foam so that your roses are held in place and to avoid dehydration. Once you do this, you will place each rose until you fill-up the whole box. And then cut the execs of transparent plastic, around the box. And that's it.

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