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The flowers are produced in large corymbs, each flower small, 1.5–4 cm (5 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) diameter, white or pink, borne in early summer. The hips are reddish to purple, 6–8 mm (15 ⁄ 64 – 5 ⁄ 16 in) diameter. Plants of the World Online and Flora of China [4] include the varieties:
In Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 an aged Italian hurls an American Beauty rose at Major de Coverly, wounding him in the eye. The flower is a recurring motif in the Oscar-winning 1999 film American Beauty. It was also featured on the cover of the Grateful Dead album American Beauty. 'American Beauty' is the official flower of the District of ...
Rosa arkansana, the prairie rose [1] or wild prairie rose, is a species of rose native to a large area of central North America, between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan south to New Mexico, Texas and Indiana. There are two varieties: Rosa arkansana var. arkansana; Rosa arkansana var. suffulta (Greene ...
Centifolia roses are also known as Cabbage roses, or as Provence roses. They are derived from Rosa × centifolia, a hybrid that appeared in the 17th century in the Netherlands, [14] related to damask roses. They are named for their "one hundred" petals; they are often called "cabbage" roses due to the globular shape of the flowers.
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'Sunsprite', Kordes 1973 'Else Poulsen' (Poulsen 1924), an early Floribunda cultivar Floribunda Diadem (Tantau 1986) Rosarium Uetersen Floribunda (Latin for "many-flowering") is a modern cultivar group of garden roses that was developed by crossing hybrid teas with polyantha roses, the latter being derived from crosses between Rosa chinensis and Rosa multiflora (sometimes called R. polyantha). [1]
The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the House of Tudor, which united the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The Tudor rose consists of five white inner petals, representing the House of York, and five red outer petals to represent the ...