Rose Trivia

Just a little bit of rose trivia

Roses are valued for their romantic symbolism but their blooms are also edible. No, they don’t taste like chicken. Rather like the flavors of green apples and strawberries.The rose family also includes pears, apples, cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, and almond.A fossilized rose - over 35 million years old - was found in Florissant, Colorado..Rose hips contain more Vitamin C than any other fruit or vegetable.Mythology says that roses grew thorns when Cupid accidentally shot an arrow into a rose garden.The oldest rose in the world has flourished for over 1,000 years on the wall of Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany.On Valentine's Day a whopping 214 million roses were sold , 59% of them were red. Just in time for Valentine's Day, rose prices typically jump 42% in February.There are more than 15,000 different types of rose species and cultivated varieties worldwide