Hybrid Tea or HT as popularly known is one of the most popular varieties, featuring a bushier nature. They make for great cut flowers, as the flowers have 30-50 petals.
It is a hybrid of tea and perpetual roses.
When talking of HT, we must mention “Indian Summer” rose. It is a double-flowered variety with a deep fragrance and a subtle charm. Its apricot shade is mesmerizing.
Indian postal department has released postal stamp of Rose varieties on Jawahar, Bhim, Neelam and Delhi Princess.
“Double Delight,” “Evening Star,” “Dil-ki-Rani,” “Happiness,” “Golden Giant,” “Love,” “Disco,” “Kiss of Fire,” “Sea Pearl” and “Paradise” are a few names from the vast range of varieties of HT roses.
This rose is a cross between Floribunda roses and HT. The plant features a cluster of flowers on a single stem. One of the striking features of this rose is its enchanting shades of yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple.
“Earth Song,” and “Pink Parfait” are two examples of Grandiflora rose.
This rose is a cross between Polyantha rose and HT. The plant features dense clusters of big flowers in beautiful shades of yellow, white, pink, purple, and orange. This rose is best suited for hedges, as it is a low-growing shrub.
“Mahak,” “Kusum,” “Prema,” “Rajamani,” “Sindoor,” “Chandrama,” “Golden,” “Rays,” “Summer Snow,” and “Sunil Gavaskar,” are a few names from a line of varieties of Floribunda Rose.
This rose requires low maintenance and shows resistance to diseases. This rose provides an eye-catching sight when you grow them along the hedges or in a line of pots. The shades of red, pink, and white make for a fairytale sight in your garden.
“Sneezy,” “Rashmi,” “Pink Spray,” and “Fairy Rose” are a few names of its varieties. Polyantha roses are prolific bloomers and rugged survivors.Excellenz von Schubert, an old garden rose, is a wonderful polyantha rose with small dark pink fragrant blooms.The first polyantha rose, Pâquerette, was introduced in 1875 by Jean-Baptiste Guillot, who made the cross between R. multiflora and R. chinensis, both species of roses native to east Asia. The hybridizer decided to call his new hybrid polypoms because of the flower clusters that resembled pom-poms. Today they are known as polyanthas, which is the Greek term meaning many flowers.
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, for the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles.Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa.Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses. The name rose comes from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον rhódon (Aeolic βρόδον wródon), itself borrowed from Old Persian wrd- (wurdi), related to Avestan varəδa, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr. Rose 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are 5 to 15 centimetres (2.0 to 5.9 in) long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. Most roses are deciduous but a few (particularly from Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. There are multiple superior ovaries that develop into achenes. Roses are insect-pollinated in nature.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Many of the domestic cultivars do not produce hips, as the flowers are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 “seeds” (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the dog rose (Rosa canina) and rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
The sharp growths along a rose stem, though commonly called “thorns”, are technically prickles, outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem), unlike true thorns, which are modified stems. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and Rosa pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight prickles, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses have only vestigial prickles that have no points. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 🌹Evolution : : : : : : : ; :
The oldest remains of roses are from the Late Eocene Florissant Formation of Colorado. Roses were present in Europe by the early Oligocene.
Today’s garden roses come from 18th-century China.Among the old Chinese garden roses, the Old Blush group is the most primitive, while newer groups are the most diverse. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Rosa gallica Evêque, painted by Redouté
The genus Rosa is composed of 140-180 species and divided into four subgenera:
Hulthemia (formerly Simplicifoliae, meaning “with single leaves”) containing two species from southwest Asia, Rosa persica and Rosa berberifolia, which are the only roses without compound leaves or stipules.
Hesperrhodos (from the Greek for “western rose”) contains Rosa minutifolia and Rosa stellata, from North America.
Platyrhodon (from the Greek for “flaky rose”, referring to flaky bark) with one species from east Asia, Rosa roxburghii (also known as the chestnut rose).
Rosa (the type subgenus, sometimes incorrectly called Eurosa) containing all the other roses. This subgenus is subdivided into 11 sections.
Banksianae – white and yellow flowered roses from China.
Bracteatae – three species, two from China and one from India.
Caninae – pink and white flowered species from Asia, Europe and North Africa.
Carolinae – white, pink, and bright pink flowered species all from North America.
Chinensis – white, pink, yellow, red and mixed-colour roses from China and Burma.
Gallicanae – pink to crimson and striped flowered roses from western Asia and Europe.
Gymnocarpae – one species in western North America (Rosa gymnocarpa), others in east Asia.
Laevigatae – a single white flowered species from China.
Pimpinellifoliae – white, pink, bright yellow, mauve and striped roses from Asia and Europe.
Rosa (syn. sect. Cinnamomeae) – white, pink, lilac, mulberry and red roses from everywhere but North Africa.
Synstylae – white, pink, and crimson flowered roses from all areas. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹What are rose hips?
A rose hip is the rose plant’s fleshy, berrylike floral cup, or hypanthium. It contains the plant’s seeds, and it usually ranges from red to orange in colour. Many species, particularly the rugosa rose, produce edible rose hips, which are a rich source of vitamin C and are sometimes used in preserves.
When are rose bushes in season?
Rose bushes are in season from mid-spring to autumn. The plant goes dormant in the winter.
Why do roses have thorns?
Strictly speaking, roses do not have thorns. They have prickles. Both, however, have the same purpose: they are plant defense mechanisms. Scientists believe that roses have prickles in order to protect themselves from animals drawn to them by their fragrance. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Roses in legend and in history
The rose was sacred to Venus (mythology). Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. It was also linked with Cupid (son of Venus). He was the Roman god of desire – in one myth, he dropped nectar and the nectar bubbled up from the ground as roses.The rose was also sacred to Bacchus. He was the Roman god of wine.
Rich Romans would lie on couches with roses laid on them. They would wear roses tied onto string around their neck. Anything which was said “under the rose” was considered to be a secret. Cleopatra VII of Egypt was said to have had a floor of her palace covered in roses before her lover Mark Antony visited her. Hybrid Tea roses, Floribunda roses, and English roses are the most common in gardens today. They are of so many colours like red, yellow, orange, pink, purple and so on
Alba roses
Bourbon roses
Centifolia roses
China roses
Climbing roses
Damask roses
English roses
Floribunda roses
Gallica roses
Hybrid Bracteata roses
Hybrid Musk roses
Hybrid Perpetual roses
Hybrid Tea roses
Miniature roses
Modern Shrub roses
Moss roses
Noisette roses
Rugosa roses
The rose has been used as a symbol of love for hundreds of years. Symbolism : : : : : : : : : :
In the Catholic religion, rose is a symbolic element of the Holy Rosary; it is reported that Fra Angelico, praying the rosary in the street, saw the Virgin with a group of Angels offering her hymns and prayers while they were composing a crown of roses. Surprised by the vision, he interrupted the prayer and the angels stopped; when he prayed again he saw the angels recommencing to compose the crown of roses to offer to Mary.
Different colored roses have different meanings.
Red – A red rose is an expression of love. Red roses usually show deep feelings, like love, longing, or desire. Red roses can also be used to show respect, admiration, or devotion. A deep red rose can be used to show regret and sorrow. The number of red roses given has a special meaning as well. 12 red roses is the most popular number to give; it means “Be mine” and “I love you”.
Pink – There are a lot of variations of the pink rose. Usually, pink roses are used to express gentle emotions such as admiration, joy, gratitude and deep or endless love.[8]
Dark pink – Deep pink rose blooms may mean deep gratitude and appreciation. Dark pink roses also express elegance and grace.
Light pink – Light pink rose blooms are symbols of pleasantness and innocence.
White – White is the color of purity, innocence and sacred love. It represents love that is eternal and endures beyond death. White roses usually may symbolize a new start, and it is a custom for brides to hold them when she walks down the aisle at her wedding. In certain faiths, the white rose can represent the sanctity of a marriage. White roses can be used to show sympathy or humility. They also may be about spiritual things.
Yellow – Yellow roses are usually used as an expression of exuberance. Yellow roses show sunny feelings of joy, warmth, and sometimes welcome. They are symbols of friendship and caring. The yellow rose, unlike some of the other roses, does not mean or express any romance.
Orange – Orange roses remind most people of a fiery blaze. These fiery blooms are symbols of passion and energy. Orange roses can be used to show desire and pride.
Burgundy – The color of burgundy is a symbol of beauty.
Green – Green roses (these are sometimes white roses with shades of green) can symbolize best wishes, luck, and blessings for a good life or recovery of good health.
Blue – Blue roses cannot be found in the nature and so they represent the unattainable or the mysterious. Blue roses therefore show the desire for the goals you cannot reach. They may sometimes mean “I can’t have you but I can’t stop thinking about you”.
Black – Black is the color of death and farewell. A black roses show the death of a feeling or idea. Sending black roses to someone indicates the death of the relationship, or sometimes it may be used in burials.
Violet and Purple – A violet or purple rose may show protection, and also a sense of majesty, royalty, and splendor. These roses are used to show adoration.
Lavender – A lavender rose, like its color, shows enchantment. It also expresses “love at first sight”. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Click here to view the visit of an entire home garden of Roses in North Florida: : https://youtu.be/uyb6bmQR3rA
This rose is like a vine, but is not a vine actually. They feature long, stiff canes that can be trained by using a support. Horizontal training stimulates better blossoming. The plant delights everybody by its big flowers that pop up repeatedly during its growing season.
“Kanyakumari,” “Eden,” and “May Queen” are a few examples of Climbing roses.
Rambler roses are like climbers but the former is more vigorous with flexible stems and dense blooms. This variety can be easily trained on arches and pergolas, so are great for garden décor. They promise to increase the aesthetic look of your garden manifold. In fact, they can stun with their vibrant beauty!
“American Pillar” and “Snow Goose” are a couple of examples of this rose.
This rose flowers throughout the year. They have a sprawling habit, which makes them a great space filler in any garden. They grow low and require less maintenance. Their floral patterns are interesting, giving the entire shrub a charisma.
“Flower Carpet Coral” and “Flower Carpet Scarlet” are two examples of this rose.
This rose displays features of traditional and modern roses. Flowers have double petals and are closely fitted to each other, giving it a small cabbage-like appearance. You can find them in rainbow shades, except green and blue.
“Iceberg” and “Beach” are two examples of Shrub rose.
This rose is a cross between old blush China rose and Damask rose. It is being grown in Haldighatti & Puskar area. This variety is used to produce rose oil thanks to its pleasant fragrance. Flowers can be snow white or dark pink. It is good for making gulkand.
“Zephirine Drouhin” is an example of Bourbon rose.
This rose is a cross between Rosa moschata and Rosa gallica. This variety features flowers from deep pink to light pink. In India, this variety is used to make “attar,” a kind of rose oil.
Do you know its petals are edible? They are used to make herbal teas, to flavor dishes, or to make preservative gulkand. CSIR-IHBT has developed new varieties and oil extraction technology.
“Noorjaha,” “Him Jwala,” and “Him Himroz” are examples of Damask rose.
This is one of the oldest varieties of rose. The plant can withstand shady environment and shows resistance to diseases. The flowers are a lovely pink to white shades with a sweet aroma that soothes the senses.
Miniature roses are cultivated in a manner that they stay small in size. Their stems are petite, but they are hardy and bloom continuously for 2-3 weeks. They are best suited for fencing plants and hanging pots.
“Baby Love,” “Dazler,” “Lavender Jewel,” and “Beauty Scarlet” are varieties of miniature rose.
This rose is great for cut flowers. It features a light scent and eye-catching bright red flowers. The variety resembles HT. The flower petals are velvety soft to touch and can serve as a perfect gift as a cut flower.
Rose hips of the rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa). The hips are high in vitamin C and are sometimes used in teas or preserves
‘Double Delight,’ a hybrid tea rose (Rosa ‘Double Delight’). The flowers are highly fragrant and bloom continuously throughout the season.
There are thousands of rose cultivars that people grow in gardens and on farms. The names used to describe the different types often refer to one species that is the main ancestor of that group, for example, Gallica roses are mostly descended from Rosa gallica. Other groups have several different species among their ancestors
Over hundreds of years they have been specially bred to produce a wide variety of growing habits and a broad range of colours from dark red to white including as well yellow and a bluish/lilac colour. Many roses have a strong, pleasant scent. Most roses have prickles (incorrectly called thorns) on their stems. Rose bushes are able to tolerate a wide variety of growing conditions. The fruit of the rose is called a hip. Some roses have decorative hips.
Roses are widely used across the world as symbols of love, sympathy or sorrow.
Rose is widely used as a girl’s name. Also, roses protect themselves from other predators trying to hunt them with thorns, a widely known defense system.
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