1.Historically, the oldest Rose fossils have been found in Colorado, dating back to more than 35 million years ago.
2.Roses were considered the most sacred flowers in ancient Egypt and were used as offerings for the Goddess Isis. Roses have also been found in Egyptian tombs, where they were formed into funeral wreaths.
3.Confucius, 551 BC to 479 BC, reported that the Imperial Chinese library had many books on Roses.
4.Ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia (in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley) mentioned Roses in a cuneiform tablet (a system of writing) written in approximately 2860 BC.
5.The English were already cultivating and hybridizing Roses in the 15th Century when the English War of Roses took place. The winner of the war, Tudor Henry VII, created the Rose of England (Tudor Rose) by crossbreeding other Roses.
6.While no Black Rose yet exists, there are some of such a deep Red color as to suggest Black.
7.Roses are universal and grown across the world.
8.The Netherlands is the world's leading exporter of Roses.
