My 'freemasonry' nose is twitching. The red rose has significant meaning in freemasonry and Kabbalah :

Ryan, Israel Introduce Brucia Stranger Safety Awareness Resolution

Madonna and her Malawi twins..look at what they are wearing: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4722990/Madonna-posts-video-cute-twins-performing-dance.html

The Symbolism of the Rose in Alchemy

If white roses - are feminine, or was it the red roses?

The best reason for the sexing I think, comes from Regardie where he argues that the difference between symbols has to be exaggerated to set up an energy between them, so that they can be worked.... Having a brief look at Rose lore, I am a bit amazed at its importance, of only the obvious such as the RoseCross, the Rosarium, the Romance of the Rose, The rose as a symbol of Paradise in Dante, Rose windows, the Rosery, its role in the regalia of the garter; to the mundane the Wars of the Roses, the language of Flowers etc. Cirlot in his handy grab bag of pre digested symbols writes : "The single Rose is, in essence a symbol of completion, of consumate achievement and perfection... the mystic centre, the heart, the garden of Eros, the paradise of Dante, the beloved, the emblem of Venus and so on. .

And like Bernadette I have heard of the symbolism relating rose's to the female genitals,

'Travelling Templar' blog on the symbolism of the rose : http://www.travelingtemplar.com/2012/04/rose.html

War of the Roses https://warofroses146.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/kabbalah/