The rose is a type of flowering shrub, whose name comes from the Latin word Rosa. Today there are over 150 species and thousands of subspecies of roses.
Exactly when roses were first brought into cultivation is uncertain, but they were being grown in China and probably elsewhere c.5000 BC.
The world’s oldest rose bush grows on a wall of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
Documentation verifies that the rose bush that climbs on the wall of the cathedral's eastern apse is approximately 700 years. Slight variations arise in the tale of the establishment of the diocese by Emperor Louis the Pious (778–840), son of Charlemagne, at Hildesheim in 815 but the rose bush is a common theme in all versions.
Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses.
President George Washington was one of the first rose-growers in the USA. The Mary Washington Rose, which he is said to have named after his wife, is still grown today.
In 1986 Ronald Reagan signed legislation making the rose the floral emblem of the USA.
The first blue rose was created by genetic engineering in 2009.
The long cultural history of the rose has led to it being used often as a symbol. They symbolized the Houses of York (badge white rose) and Lancaster (badge red rose) in a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Red roses are considered the flower of love because juggling the letters of the word 'rose' would result in 'EROS', who is the God of Love.
The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
The Codex Manesse illuminated with roses, was illustrated between 1305 and 1340 in Zürich. It contains love songs in Middle High German.
200 million roses will be sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.
In February 2002, Thailand issued the world's first rose-scented stamps for Valentine's Day.
Apples, plums and pears are all a part of the rose family.
The fruit of a rose is called a rose hip.
The rose is one of only three flowers mentioned by name in the Bible. The others are lilies and camphire (also known as henna-plant).
Almost all roses have five petals. The exception is rosa sericea which grows on mountains in Asia.
Technically roses do not have thorns, which are deeply embedded, but prickles, which grow on the stem and can be broken off more easily.
Placing roses in sugar water extends their life for 2.5 days, compared to roses placed in distilled water, a study found.
Ecuador is the world’s third-largest exporter of cut flowers, 73 per cent of which are roses. Zambia's floriculture industry is also vastly dominated by the production of roses, which comprise nearly 95% of the country's flower exports.
Every day of their 55-year marriage, the wife of Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927 – 2014) placed a fresh yellow rose on his desk.
When Jack Benny died in 1974, his will arranged for a single long-stemmed red rose to be delivered to his widow, Mary Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. She lived eight and a half more years, passing away in 1983.
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HISTORY
Exactly when roses were first brought into cultivation is uncertain, but they were being grown in China and probably elsewhere c.5000 BC.
The world’s oldest rose bush grows on a wall of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
Documentation verifies that the rose bush that climbs on the wall of the cathedral's eastern apse is approximately 700 years. Slight variations arise in the tale of the establishment of the diocese by Emperor Louis the Pious (778–840), son of Charlemagne, at Hildesheim in 815 but the rose bush is a common theme in all versions.
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| The Rose of Hildesheim climbs on the wall of Hildesheim Cathedral |
Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses.
President George Washington was one of the first rose-growers in the USA. The Mary Washington Rose, which he is said to have named after his wife, is still grown today.
In 1986 Ronald Reagan signed legislation making the rose the floral emblem of the USA.
The first blue rose was created by genetic engineering in 2009.
SYMBOLISM
The long cultural history of the rose has led to it being used often as a symbol. They symbolized the Houses of York (badge white rose) and Lancaster (badge red rose) in a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Red roses are considered the flower of love because juggling the letters of the word 'rose' would result in 'EROS', who is the God of Love.
The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
The Codex Manesse illuminated with roses, was illustrated between 1305 and 1340 in Zürich. It contains love songs in Middle High German.
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200 million roses will be sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.
In February 2002, Thailand issued the world's first rose-scented stamps for Valentine's Day.
FUN ROSE FACTS
Apples, plums and pears are all a part of the rose family.
The fruit of a rose is called a rose hip.
The rose is one of only three flowers mentioned by name in the Bible. The others are lilies and camphire (also known as henna-plant).
Almost all roses have five petals. The exception is rosa sericea which grows on mountains in Asia.
Technically roses do not have thorns, which are deeply embedded, but prickles, which grow on the stem and can be broken off more easily.
Placing roses in sugar water extends their life for 2.5 days, compared to roses placed in distilled water, a study found.
Ecuador is the world’s third-largest exporter of cut flowers, 73 per cent of which are roses. Zambia's floriculture industry is also vastly dominated by the production of roses, which comprise nearly 95% of the country's flower exports.
Every day of their 55-year marriage, the wife of Nobel prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927 – 2014) placed a fresh yellow rose on his desk.
When Jack Benny died in 1974, his will arranged for a single long-stemmed red rose to be delivered to his widow, Mary Livingstone, every day for the rest of her life. She lived eight and a half more years, passing away in 1983.
The tallest climbing rose ever recorded reached 27.7 metres (91 ft) from the ground. The Cecile Brunner variety was grown in 2004 by Los Angeles couple Anne and Charles Grant.
Source Daily Express
Source Daily Express
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