White Rose of York

Some of you will know how much I love white flowers, so this morning I couldn't resist buying some white roses while I was out shopping. The white rose is a symbol for the house of York and is said to date back to Edmund of Langley in the fourteenth century, the first Duke of York. The symbolism behind the rose has religious connotations as it represents the Virgin Mary, who was often called the Mystical Rose of Heaven. The Yorkist rose is white in colour, because in Christian symbolism, white is the symbol of light, standing for innocence and purity, joy and glory. So much meaning in a single white rose!