Interesting Facts about Roses
“God gave us our memories so that 
we might have roses in December.”
-J. M. Barrie-
The rose is one of the most precious gifts of nature for us which not only adds up to the beauty of earth but also helps us in conveying our feelings and emotions. In every poem or quote depicting about love, the discussion of rose is the most important thing and not only the love but also beauty is always associated with roses.
Now think which rose is your favorite one? The answer of this question is different for different people but one type is the highly loved one and that is red rose which is always associated with the beautiful feeling of love. The rose carries many amazing and interesting information about its lifestyle, family, history etc. and if rose is your favorite flower then you must have the information about it.
Some interesting facts about Roses:
- In 1986 the president of Unite States, Ronald Reagan signed is legislation that made rose the national flower of United States.
- Officially rose has also got the honor of being the state flower of North Dakota, New York and Georgia.
- There are more than 15,000 different species that are cultivated worldwide, that is really interesting because I guess most of us are familiar with just 3-4 types of roses.
- Rose family is actually native to Asia but some of the limited numbers of its members grow in Europe, North West Africa and North America.
- The age of the oldest flower on this earth is thought to be 1,000 years and the gemration of that rose is still living in the world but it is present only on the wall of the
Hildeshiem Cathedral in Germany.
- The hips of the rose contain such a great amount of Vitamin C that is not present in any flower, fruit or vegetable on this earth.
- Shakespeare is said to be one of the greatest fans of roses and according to some estimate he has used roses more than fifty times in all of his work.