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Roses As Flowers Of Plants
A woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species and 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.
Cut Roses Owen Rose Garden Pink Roses Pinkish Orange Roses Red Roses Rose Garden Roses Bushes Variegated Roses White Roses
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Rose Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose GardenAll-American Rose Selection Display Garden containing over 2,400 rose bushes in 180 varieties.

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Roses Bushes, As Flowers Of Plants

Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors. They have been also used for commercial perfumery and commercial cut flower crops. Some are used as landscape plants, for hedging and for other utilitarian purposes such as game cover and slope stabilization.[from wikipedia]

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Cut Roses, As Flowers Of Plants

Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height.Roses are often cut and displayed in a vase.[from wikipedia]

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Owen Rose Garden, A Park, In Eugene, An Oregon Town On the Willamette River

Nestled next to the Willamette River near the Washington Jefferson Street bridge is the eight and a half-acre park known as Owen Rose Garden. In 1951, George E. Owen, a former Eugene city councilor and lumberman, donated five acres with his house to the city. It was the first parcel in a series that now forms the section of riverfront park stretching from the Ferry Street Bridge to the Greenway bike bridge near Valley River Center. [from Eugene city website]

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Pink Roses, As Flowering Plants, Eugene, Oregon

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.[from wikipedia]

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Pinkish Orange Roses, As Flowering Plants, Eugene, Oregon

In 19th century England, pink ribbons or decorations were often worn by young boys; boys were simply considered small men, and while men in England wore red uniforms, boys wore pink.[from wikipedia]

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Red Roses, As Flowering Plants

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625-740 nanometres.[from wikipedia]

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Variegated Roses, As Flowers Of Plants, Eugene, Oregon

The flower of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. This floweris called variegated because of it odd colorings. We call themour firecracker roses.

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White Roses, As Flowering Plants, Eugene, Oregon

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.[from wikipedia]


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