Beginners Guide to Rose Gardening

R???? have a long ?nd ??l?rful h??t?r?. They h?v? been ??mb?l? ?f love, b??ut?, w?r, and politics. The r??? is, ????rd?ng t? f????l ?v?d?n??, 35 m?ll??n years old. In n?tur?, th? genus Rosa h?? ??m? 150 species ??r??d thr?ugh?ut th? N?rth?rn Hemisphere, from Al??k? to M?x??? and ?n?lud?ng n?rth?rn Africa. G?rd?n ?ult?v?t??n ?f r???? began ??m? 5,000 ???r? ?g?, ?r?b?bl? ?n China. During the Roman period, r???? w?r? gr?wn ?xt?n??v?l? in the M?ddl? East. Th?? w?r? u??d as ??nf?tt? ?t ??l?br?t??n?, f?r m?d???n?l ?ur?????, and as a ??ur?? ?f ??rfum?. R?m?n n?b?l?t? ??t?bl??h?d large ?ubl?? rose gardens ?n the ??uth ?f R?m?. Aft?r th? fall ?f the Roman Em??r?, th? popularity of r???? ???m?d t? r??? and f?ll d???nd?ng ?n g?rd?n?ng tr?nd? ?f th? t?m?.