FREE: Beautiful 5 Blue Rose Flower Seeds

The listing, Beautiful 5 Blue Rose Flower Seeds has ended.

Just bought some rose seeds and had more than I could use. Mine are in the refrigerator "chillin". Will send you 25 seeds of your choice (Blue or Black, just let me know after purchase).
Will Include directions on how to grow.
Thanks for looking!

Package included: 5 Seeds Rose Flower (Blue )

Genetically engineered roses

After thirteen years of collaborative research by an Australian company - Florigene, and a Japanese company - Suntory, a blue rose was created in 2004 employing gentic engineering. Years of research resulted in the ability to insert a gene for the plant pigment delphinidin cloned from the petunia and thus inserted into an Old Garden Cardinal de Richelieu rose. Obtaining the exact hue was difficult because amounts of the pigment cyanidin were still present, so the rose was darker in color than "true blue". Recent work using RNAI technology to depress the production of cyanidin has produced a mauve colored flower, with only trace amounts of cyanidin. Genetically modified blue roses are currently being grown in test batches at the Martino Cassanova seed institution in South Hampshire due to its condititons and ability to survive in nature, according to company spokesman Atsuhito Osaka.
Significance
In some cultures, blue roses traditionally signify a mystery, or attaining the impossible, or never ending quest for the impossible. They are believed to be able to grant the owner youth or grant wishes. Historically, this symbolism derives from the rose's meaning in th elanguage of flowers common in Victorian times. Blue roses also convey inner feelings of love at first sight, being enchanted by something or someone. The color blue is also traditionally associated with royal blood, and thus the blue rose can also denote regal majesty and splendor. Elaborate use of this symbolism is adopted by Ken Roberts in his book "A Rich Man's Secret". In Chinese folklore, the blue rose signifies hope against unattainable love.