8 characteristics of a ROSA and its functions

One of the plant genera that are most appreciated and cultivated in gardens around the world are the roses or, commonly called rose bushes. This is so due to the great showiness of colors that its flowers have and their great beauty, which range from the wildest white or pink, up to practically all the ranges of colors of the cultivated varieties (except black and navy blue). In this lesson from a TEACHER we talk about characteristics of a rose. If you want to find out, follow us!

The roses they belong to gender Rosa sppof the Rosaceae family (Rosaceae) that are highly valued for their flowers and of which about 350 species are currently known, many varieties and thousands of hybrids used for crops.

As we said there are thousands of hybridization methods, for which the following are usually used species of roses: Rosa moschata, Rosa damascena, Rosa wichuriana, Rosa rugosa, Rosa california or Gallica rose

To gender pink It is also popularly known as a rose bush (due to its flowers), rose hip or tapaculo (due to its fruits). Roses are the most cultivated ornamental flowers in the world in gardening because of their showy blooms.

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We are going to know what the main characteristics of a rose So that, thus, you know the common elements of this popular and well-known plant.

1. Within the rosacea family there is a wide variation of appearances and shapes, ranging from those roses that do not reach 15 centimeters in height to those climbing roses that They reach up to 12 meters high, passing through those roses that are shrubby and of various sizes and shapes.
2. Plants of the genus pink are characterized by having a bushy appearance. The roots of the roses are vigorous and deep, although there are exceptions in those roses originated from cuttings, where this character is lost and is replaced by smaller roots. Some may even have a superficial rhizome (stems with several buds that emit roots)
3. The stem of roses is usually woody, They can be erect, creeping or creeping, and may or may not end in flower. The stems can also present different formations in their epidermis, one of the most common are stingers (commonly known as the thorns of roses). It has woody branches that are brown, red or green during youth and tend to gray when they age.
4. The leaves of the roses are petioled, oddripinate, compound, smooth and have five to seven serrated leaflets (saw-shaped margins) and with a variable brightness, there are shiny, semi-glossy and matte colored varieties. Its stipules are herbaceous in appearance, are welded to the petiole and its base partially envelops the stem (they are sheaths).
5. The set of its flowers or inflorescences can be of top or solitary type. Roses have full flowers with all their verticles (with petals, sepals, stamens and carpels) and are bisexual. They are perigine flowers with hypanthus (receptacle in the lower part of the flower on which the calyx, stamens and corolla are located). This hypanthus also encloses the carpels.
6. The flowers have five sepals and belt petals (although in cultivated varieties they can be more) of varied color. In addition, they have a large number of stamens and free carpels, which present a seminal rudiment, and with styles that are either free or welded.
7. Its fruits are a polyachenium (set of fruits), around which there is a fleshy receptacle.
8. The coloring of the flowers covers almost all shades and they have pleasant smells (some more and others less), which is why they are widely cultivated. Hybrid roses are characterized by being plants that are always green and in constant bloom.

To finish knowing the characteristics of a rose we have to bear in mind that there are numerous classifications that are made for roses. However, the most common one divides them into wild roses, old garden roses and modern garden roses.

• Wild roses: they are those roses that develop in a wild way in the field, although some of them are also used to be cultivated. Hybrid roses that arise from the hybridization between two wild varieties are also considered as wild roses. Normally, they are very resistant roses and have only one flowering per year. The main varieties that grow wild are Rosa moschata, Rosa foetida, Rosa banksiae, Rosa pimpenillefolia, Rosa rubiginosa, etc.
• Antique garden roses: are those varieties of roses cultivated prior to the considered first modern rose, cultivated in France in 1867. Some examples are the Damask rose, the bourbon rose, the Portland rose or the roses. noisettes.
• Modern garden roses: are those varieties of roses grown after the first modern rose, grown in France in 1867. Some examples are rose bushes, climbing roses, rose vines, carpet roses, or miniature roses.