Flower Quiz

Rose

You open big flowers on branches that have been cared for over the years, and welcome those who come close with a deep scent.

One big flowerDraw people near with scentBuild on each year

The rose is a flowering shrub with thorny stems. It has been bred all over the world, and the number of varieties is said to run into the tens of thousands. Its big flowers, made of many layered petals, open at the tips of its stems.

Rose scent has long been used in perfume. You can see the flower from a distance, but only someone who comes close can tell how deep its scent is. You put your energy into one thing, and what's good about it comes through slowly to the people near you.

Roses are said to bloom better the following year when they're pruned every year. It's a flower of building up, the plant growing with every year of care put into it. Because you care so deeply about the details, you can sometimes seem hard to approach. Now and then, try offering the scent beyond the thorns yourself.

Strengths

You can polish one thing over years
You can carefully get your feelings across to the people near you
You don't mind the effort it takes to grow something good

Where you may stumble

You care so much about the details that it's hard to hand things off
Your qualities only reach those near you, so from afar you can be misunderstood
It takes you a long time to decide to let go of what you've built up

Sounds familiar, Rose?

You own more gear for looking after your things than the things themselves
There's one dish you've spent years making into exactly your own version
You only talk passionately about the things you love when someone asks

Where you shine

Times when you take your time to finish one thing, or sit down properly with the people close to you. The depth of the care you've put in comes through.

Tips for “Rose”

Try handing part of what you care about over to someone else
With someone you want to understand what you value, take a step closer and talk
Once a year, set aside a day for letting go of things you no longer use

Matches

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Easy together

Camellia — The Camellia and the Rose are both flowering trees that take years to grow. When it comes to care and building things up, neither of you begrudges the time it takes, so you understand each other without explaining.

Easy together

Lotus — The Lotus also opens big flowers and draws people in with scent. The sight of the Lotus sending up new leaves from the mud every year shows the Rose, who treasures what it's built, how freeing it can be to start fresh.

May clash

Cosmos — The Cosmos grows from seed every year and sways its many flowers in color. Both in how it blooms and how it grows, it's the reverse of the Rose, who polishes one thing over years. To the Rose, the Cosmos's lightness can look unsettled; to the Cosmos, the Rose's attention to detail can look heavy.