Roses can be any color except blue and "true" black.
In "current" years, Americans bought about 1,200,000,000 roses, which is about 4.67 roses per person!
California produces around 60% of America's roses.
85% of Americans consider the rose their favorite flower.
"Almonds, apples, quinces, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, cherries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries are all relatives of the rose."
The smallest rose bud is the size of a grain of rice.
Several people have called the rose "the queen of flowers."
"Columbus discovered America because of a rose! It is written that on October 11, 1492, while becalmed in the Sargasso Sea, one of the crewmen picked a rose branch from the water. This sign of land renewed their hope for survival and gave the seafarers the courage to continue on to the New World."
