Down thorough thousands of years, mankind has cherished the rose as a special flower, giving it a revered place in societies throughout the world. Even so, this flower is much older than humankind as a whole. As a matter of fact, fossil evidence proves that roses have been around for 35,000,0000 years. There are an excess of 150 separate species of rose bushes and these have grown all across the Northern Hemisphere. It is believed that these flowers were originally grown by the Chinese approximately five thousand years ago. Rome is where the earliest gardens of roses were set up and this city is where they would come to be related to with the nobles of the land.

In the years to come, the rose would be a symbol for many types of political struggles, such as the iconic British struggle known as the 'War of the Roses'. All through history, roses have continued to be very meaningful to individuals in high places because of their beauty. Roses used to be quested after and considered especially valuable due to the fact that they brought such a fragile and somehow bold element of color and majesty to any area in which they were planted. In art, these flowers were a famous theme due to the fact that they were often one of the top floral studies in painting, the original tradition of art to take off and garner a global following. Even these days, paintings of these flowers are very popular and especially sought afterby the public.

In legends, roses have been a widely used symbol, because of both the blossom and thorns. The blossom would come to symbolize virtue and attractiveness while the thorns have been seen as the guards of this beauty. A long time ago, women also used portions of the rose to make their menstrual cycle easier to deal with thus the rose became a a significant medicine in herbal remedies, too. This happens to be a large part of the rose's prestige, it has been known for many significances throughout history and has come to be a highly important representation of romance, as well.

Of course, once people found the benefits of home gardens, the rose had become a premiere bloom to pick. A lot of different styles of these flowers were made till there happened to be all different colors and many varying shapes for choices. Presently, gardeners around the globe see the rose to be the greatest blossom to grow because not only does it have an amazing fragrance and have truly pretty blossoms, it will make a good present for any occasion. This happens to be why a ton of people are partial to the rose and as one might tell, without it our history would not be as interesting.