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| Best Western Ankeny | | Orange say "I am fascinated and | | Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. |
| Days Inn Ankeny | | enthusiastic". | | |
| Holiday Inn Express Ankeny | | | | Just living is not enough, said the Butterfly. |
| Super8 Motels Ankeny | | Yellow roses today signify joy and gladness; | | One must have sunshine, freedom, and a |
| Altoona Florist Listing | | historically, they meant a decrease of love | | little flower. |
| Des Moines Florist Listing | | and infidelity. | | |
| West Des Moines Florist Listing | | | | What's in a name? That which we call a rose |
| | | About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. | | By any other name would smell as sweet. |
| | | are produced in California. | | |
| | | | | God gave us memory that we might have |
| | | Deep red roses imply unconscious beauty. | | roses in December. |
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| | | The rose is the state flower selected by | | Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and |
| | | Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and | | calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense. |
| | | the District of Columbia. | | |
| | | | | Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing |
| | | Light pink roses imply grace, gentility and | | people together, drawing them from their |
| | | admiration. | | homes. |
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| | | Coral roses imply desire. | | Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we |
| | | | | cannot flower and grow without it. |
| | | The rose is native to the United States. | | |
| | | | | In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the |
| | | White roses signify spiritual love and purity. | | sweetness of the rose depends upon the |
| | | | | name it bears. Things are not only what they |
| | | George Washington, our first President, was | | are. They are, in very important respects, |
| | | also our first U.S. rose breeder. | | what they seem to be. |
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| | | The most popular rose holidays in the U.S. | | Good taste is the flower of good sense. |
| | | are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and | | |
| | | Christmas. | | A thorn defends the rose, harming only those |
| | | | | who would steal the blossom. |
| | | Bridal white means happy love. | | |
| | | | | Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it |
| | | | | takes time - we haven't time - and to see |
| | | | | takes time, like to have a friend takes time. |
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