Rose

It smells good, looks good and feels good. Well, maybe not ‘feels good’.  No, let’s look at the rose!

• There are over 100 different species of roses.
• Thousands of cultivars and hybrids have been bred from the different species.
• The tallest species of rose plant can reach up to 7 meters high.
• Most leaves on a rose stem are between 5 and 15 cm (2″ to 5.9″) long.
• Different parts of a rose can be used as food, medicine, perfume, crops or decoration.

• The oil from a rose can be turned into jam, jelly, marmalade or can flavour tea.
• The rose is used as symbols for many countries and occasions.
• The fruit on a rose is called the rose hip.
• Rose hips can contain between 5 and 160 seeds.
• The thorns (prickles) on a rose stem is used to defend the plant from threats or help the rose’s vegetation growth.

Bibliography:
Rose 16 October 2012, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose>