"Mix" rose bouquets in Munich: choosing the colours and the count
"Mix" rose bouquets in Munich follow the same three colour schemes designers use: shades of one colour, neighbours on the wheel, or two opposites set against each other for full contrast. Before the count of stems or the shape of the bouquet, the first choice is simpler: two colours together, or a full multicoloured mix.
How colours are paired in a mixed rose bouquet
A monochrome scheme keeps to shades and tints of one colour. An analogous scheme pulls in a neighbour on the wheel, so one shade still leads, while a complementary scheme sets two colours opposite each other for the strongest contrast.
A rose is what florists call a mass flower: packed together, it gives a bouquet its weight and its centre of attention. So a bouquet made of nothing but roses gets its focal point from colour alone, not from shape.
That is where the section's names split into two groups. White and Pink Roses or Red and White Roses are two-colour pairs, built on contrast or on a gentler pairing depending on the shades chosen. Multi-Colored Julie Roses, the "Carousel" bouquets, and the Mix of 17 or Mix of 55 go further and bring several colours into one head. Which scheme a given bouquet follows is easiest to judge from its photo and its name, rather than from the title alone. Browsing the rose section makes the difference easy to see side by side.
Victorian dictionaries of flowers gave each rose colour its own meaning: red for passionate love, pink for a softer feeling, white for purity, yellow for friendship. The dictionaries did not agree with each other, and the same colour could carry a different sense from one book to the next.
A red and white bouquet, seen against that background, reads as passion softened by purity rather than either meaning on its own. A pink and white pairing works the same way, as warmth without the weight of red. That is an observation about how mixed colours read, not a fixed rule to follow when choosing.
How many roses: from 11 stems to 333
Every count in the mixed rose section is odd: 11, 15, 17, 25, 27, 45, 51, 55, 101, and 333 roses in the largest baskets. In Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and most of the former Soviet Union, an odd number of flowers goes to the living, while an even number is kept for remembrance. All the counts listed in this section are odd, in line with that custom.
Outside that tradition a dozen is the usual gift, and the same logic works in reverse: where the recipient lives decides which count reads as generous rather than odd.
The 101 Tall Imported Rose stands apart on length rather than colour. Ecuadorian roses are grown on stems that run from about seventy centimetres to a metre or more, which is the range a rose this tall would fall into. Nothing here confirms that this particular rose is Ecuadorian.
Wrapped, boxed or in a basket, and how long it lasts
The mixed rose section covers a hand-tied bouquet, a box such as the 25 Mixed Roses in a Box, and a basket like the 333 Roses in a Basket. The same formats, bouquet, box and basket, run across other flowers in the catalogue too. Shape comes into it too, in the 'Heart' Bouquet of 27 Roses.
In a box or a basket the stems stand in wet floral foam rather than water; a hand-tied bouquet goes into a vase at home. Watered daily over its whole surface, foam keeps flowers about as long as a vase does. Left to dry out even once, it stops taking water properly and the flowers wilt faster than they would in water alone. Roses in a vase last around a week, sometimes closer to ten days, with basic care:
- Recut the stems at an angle by a centimetre or two before putting them in water.
- Strip any leaf that would sit below the waterline.
- Change the water daily, or top up the foam over its full surface if the bouquet is in a box or basket.
- Keep the bouquet away from direct sun and from fruit, which speeds up wilting.
Every bouquet is put together to order, and the roses are bought only after the order is paid for. Before the courier sets off, the finished bouquet is photographed and the photo is sent on, so any change to the colours or the wrapping can still be asked for at that point. The full delivery terms cover zones, timing and payment in one place.
That matters most with a mixed bouquet, because a particular shade is not always in stock on the day. When it isn't, the florist substitutes a rose close to it in both colour and price. That substitution is visible in the photo sent before the courier leaves, not left for the recipient to notice first.
Delivery in the centre is free, and most orders go out on the day they are placed. The exact time slot for a given bouquet shows on its own product card. The card that goes with the flowers is free, and can be signed or left anonymous. Payment is taken by Visa or Mastercard before the florist buys anything. For an occasion or a budget that doesn't match anything in the grid, a message to the florist gets a photo and a price back before payment is due.
Start with the full rose section to compare every count and colour side by side, move on to other flowers if roses alone aren't the answer, and check delivery terms before choosing a date.