Garden Roses: facts and uses (Роза: факты и применение) by TSvetrovA

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Garden rose in my garden

Garden roses

Garden roses, being mostly hybrids, are one of the most popular garden flowers cultivated all over the world.

Facts and Legends


Roses have been grown for about 5 thousand years. The proof of it can be found in the paintings and papers belonging to the periods of ancient Babylon, Egypt, Greece and China. Since then a great deal of various sorts of roses has been bred.
Garden roses by Tatiana Vetrova

Some legends say that a rose used to be without its thorns till the Fall of mankind, in other words, till Adam and Eve were expelled from the Paradise.

A rose is a symbol of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, the goddess of love, sexuality, beauty and pleasure.

Traditionally the country which is signified with the rose is England. You can ask why, the answer goes back to the past. During the Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485, the flower became very prominent. The house of Lancaster had the red rose badges while fighting against the house of York, represented by the white rose.

Uses of garden roses


Gardening: a rose shrub is perfect for serving a hedge.

Cooking: rose petals and rose hips are used to prepare rose honey, rose jam, syrup or marmalade. The rose syrup is added into ice cream or marshmallows.

Cosmetics: rose water is widely used for skin care as it helps reduce swelling of capillaries. The rose water possesses antiseptic and antibacterial effects. If your scaly skin is dry, the rose water would be a great help.

Rose essence is rich in vitamins such as A, B, C, D and E. Rose oil is also very effective. If you visit Bulgaria, that’s a country on the Black Sea coast, you can find a wide range of rose products there. The country is famous for its rose cosmetics, the rose oil in particular.


Tea: Rose petal tea is said to reduce bronchial infections and sore throats. The rose petal tea alleviates fever as well. Before making the rose petal tea, be sure that the petals are not sprayed with pesticides at the grocer’s or florist’s. 

More about roses on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUTME37gKGY 

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