The Sweetbrier or Eglantine rose (Rosa eglanteria, syn. R. rubiginosa) forms an arching shrub 2-3 m high and across. It is native to Britain and northern Europe. In addition to its beautiful pink flowers, it is valued for the strong apple-like fragrance of its foliage, and the hips that form after the flowers and persist well into the winter. The stems are armed with many sharp, hooked thorns. Graham Thomas recommends that it should be planted on the south or west side of the garden so that the fragrance will be brought into the garden on warm, moist winds.
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
Rosa Louise Parks (born February 4, 1913 as Rosa Louise McCauley) is a retired seamstress and figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, most famous for her refusal to give up a bus seat to a white man and her subsequent arrest.
The Rosa Parks Library and Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, was dedicated in November 2001.
Rosa sericea pteracantha is one of the few roses with 4 petals.
Rosa hugonis – Father Hugo’s Rose, this was one of the highest rated species roses by the American Rose Society.
Rosaeglanteria – The Sweet Briar Rose, this rose is better known for it’s place in Shakespearean history and it’s apple scented foliage than for the blooms.
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