White Rose Card
Description
Below is the floral description that will be printed on this product card booklet.
White Rose — “I Am Worthy of You”
(Pure and Lovely · Eternal Love)
In the quiet rituals of chivalry, the white rose— held more than beauty—it carried a vow.
In medieval England, a knight too humble to speak his heart would lay a white rose at the feet of the lady he adored. It was not a confession, but a hope: “I am worthy of you—if not now, then surely one day.” And if she accepted the bloom, it meant she believed in him—believed that love, when true, grows into its own strength.
In Victorian floriography, a white rosebud came to embody this same sentiment: innocence in love, unspoken longing, and devotion not yet awakened. It was the symbol of “a heart unacquainted with love,” radiant with purity, reverence, and youthful grace.
According to Persian legend, the rose was once only white. But when a nightingale fell in love with it, it circled the flower in longing, pressing so close that its heart was wounded by the thorns. As it bled, the rose turned red—touched by love’s ache. The white rose, untouched by such sorrow, remained pure: a symbol of love unawakened, or one that transcends desire.
To wear it is to believe in quiet worth, in love that grows with honor.
May this bloom remind you: the truest love is not hurried nor loud—it waits, lives quietly, above and beyond desire.