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Since time immemorial, people have been growing roses. A man turned a modest five-petal flower of a wild rose (wild rose) into a terry, amazingly beautiful flower of a modern rose.
Through long-term selection and crossing, tens of thousands of varieties of roses have been bred. Roses are diverse in morphological characteristics and biological characteristics, and therefore they were divided into three large groups.
The first group includes frost-resistant species and varieties - park roses (centifol, moss, damask, French, wrinkled, yellow, white, femur, rubyginose, alpine). They bloom earlier than other roses, and some of them are covered with bright fruits by autumn.
The second group includes varieties of roses that bloom more than once a summer - these are garden roses (tea, remontant, tea - hybrid, Pernetsian, polyanthus, hybrid - polyanthus).
The third group includes curly, roses with long (up to 5 meters) shoots. They bloom only once a year, in the middle of summer. Terry medium-sized flowers are collected in beautiful inflorescences.
The roses of the last groups are afraid of frost. For the winter, these plants need to be covered.
Roses can be propagated by grafts, cuttings, layering, offspring and seeds. Cultivated varieties of roses are more often propagated by budding, that is, grafting with a small eye on frost-resistant rose hips. Rose hips (Rosa canina) are considered the best stock, but you can also graft on various varieties of wild rose hips found in your area. For budding, it is necessary to take frost-resistant rose hips, which give little overgrowth, with a smooth root collar and are not susceptible to diseases.
The stock is grown like this. The collected rosehip seeds are sown at the beginning of autumn in grooves located 20 centimeters from each other, to a depth of 1.5 - 2 centimeters. After sowing, the soil is kept moist. In the spring, when the second true leaf appears at the seedlings, the plants must be planted on another bed in rows. The distance between the rows is 40-50 centimeters, and in a row - 20 centimeters.
Plants are seated (dived) under a peg, with the obligatory pinching of 1/3 of the root. In order for the rootstock to form a straight root collar, the plant must be lowered into the ground to the very cotyledons, and the main root must be directed downward in a straight line. After that, the ground is pressed to the root with a peg.
Then the seedlings are regularly watered, weeded, fed every ten days. The lower shoots appearing in the seedlings are removed with a sharp knife.
In the same year, at the end of August, budding can be carried out on the grown rosehip, since the root neck will already become as thick as a pencil. A few days before budding, the plants are spud so that the bark on the root collar is well separated from the wood.
The work on budding consists of preparing the stock (dislocking, wiping the root collar with a clean cloth), cutting off the eye from a branch of a cultivated rose, cutting the bark on the rootstock, inserting the eye into the place of the incision, tying the place of budding and hilling the budding. In late autumn, the ooded rose hips are huddled to a height of 10-12 centimeters. But for better preservation of the established eyes, it is better to dig up the plants, carry them to the basement and cover them with earth or sand.
In the spring, the plants are taken out of the basement or dismantled and the vaccinations are examined. If they have taken root, then the upper part of the bush above the graft is cut off, and the plant is planted in place and spud up to cut.
To get well-developed rose bushes, pinch the top on a new shoot when it grows to 10-15 centimeters. Then 2-4 new shoots will develop from the buds, which should also be pinched.
The grafted plants will bloom in the same summer.
In recent years, roses have been grown from green petals. Summer cuttings in the middle floor in late June - early July. Semi-lignified shoots are taken on cuttings.
They are usually cut into greenhouses. Rooted cuttings overwinter well only in light and
cool (+ 3-6 degrees) room.
For roses, you need to choose a sunny area, near which there is no subsoil water. Before planting roses, manure and mineral fertilizers must be added to the soil. These plants need to be fed several times over the summer. On hot days, roses are watered vigorously.
Since ancient times, the rose has remained the queen of flowers, a symbol of grandeur and beauty. The beauty and mystical appeal of the rose attracted the attention of man. She was loved, she was worshiped, she was sung from time immemorial. The rose was loved and popular with all the peoples of the world.
According to archaeological data, the rose has existed on Earth for about 27 million years, and the rose has been cultivated for more than 3000 years and for most of this time it was considered a sacred symbol! The scent of the rose has always been associated with something divine, awe-inspiring. The custom of decorating temples with live roses has been preserved since antiquity.
It was grown in the gardens of the East several millennia ago and the very first information about the rose is found in ancient Indian legends, although Persia is considered the birthplace of the rose. In ancient Persian, the word "rose" means "spirit." Iranian poets of antiquity called "Gyuli stan", i.e. country of roses.
Bengal roses are native to India, tea roses are from China. According to legend, Lakshmi, the most beautiful woman in the world, was born from an opened rosebud! The progenitor of the universe, Vishnu, kissed the girl, woke her up, and she became his wife. From that moment on, Lakshmi was proclaimed the goddess of beauty, and the rose was a symbol of the divine secret, which she keeps under the protection of sharp thorns.
The queen of flowers was also appreciated by privileged persons. Roses were planted under Peter the Great and Catherine the Second.
In the 17th century, the rose first came to Russia. It was brought by the German ambassador as a gift to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. In the gardens, however, they began to plant roses only under Peter the Great.
The temptress Cleopatra seduced the impregnable warrior Mark Antony among the mountains of fragrant rose petals.
According to the legend of Ancient India, during the celebrations, one of the rulers ordered to fill the moat with water with rose petals. Later, people noticed that the water was covered with a film of pink essence. This is how rose oil came to be.
The goddess of love Aphrodite was born from the waves of the sea. As soon as she came ashore, the flakes of foam sparkling on her body began to turn into bright red roses.
For the ancient Greeks, the rose has always been a symbol of love and sadness, a symbol of beauty in poetry! The ancient Greek poetess Sappho called the rose "the queen of flowers." The great Socrates considered the rose to be the most beautiful and most useful flower in the world. From ancient Greek myths, we know that the temples dedicated to the goddess of love Aphrodite were surrounded by rose bushes, and the goddess herself loved to take a bath of rose water.
II millennium BC roses were depicted on the walls of houses in Crete, and millennia later - on the tombs of the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. The ancient Romans deified the beauty of roses so much that they even planted them in the fields instead of wheat, and in winter they took out flowers from Egypt in whole ships. Another story why the rose turned red - she blushed with pleasure when she was kissed by Eve walking in the Garden of Eden. The rose is the flower most revered by Christianity. They call her that - the flower of the Virgin.
Painters depicted the Mother of God with three wreaths. A wreath of white roses meant her joy, red ones - suffering, and yellow ones - her glory. A red moss rose emerged from the drops of Christ's blood streaming across the cross. The angels collected it in golden bowls, but a few drops fell on the moss, a rose grew out of them, the bright red color of which should remind of the blood shed for our sins.
The nightingale saw a white rose and hugged it to his chest in delight. A sharp thorn pierced his heart, and crimson blood stained the petals of the wondrous flower. Muslims believe that a white rose grew from drops of Mohammed's sweat during his night ascent to heaven, a red rose from drops of sweat from the Archangel Gabriel who accompanied him, and a yellow rose from the sweat of an animal that was under Mohammed.
Knights once compared the ladies of their hearts with roses. They seemed as beautiful and unapproachable as this flower. Many of the knights had a rose engraved on their shields as an emblem.
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People have composed many legends and tales about the beautiful rose. She is called the queen of flowers for her incomparable beauty. Since ancient times, she has been a common favorite. In ancient Greece, brides were decorated with roses, they were strewn with the path of the victors when they returned from the war. They were dedicated to the gods, and many temples were surrounded by beautiful rose gardens. During excavations, scientists found coins on which flowers - roses were depicted. And in ancient Rome, this flower was used to decorate the houses of only very rich people. When they held feasts, the guests were showered with rose petals, and their heads were decorated with wreaths of roses. The rich swam in baths of rose water; wine was made from roses, they were added to dishes - for example, to sugar, jelly, to various sweets, which are still loved in the East.
And then they began to grow roses in other countries. They were loved everywhere, and now they are bred in gardens and parks, in greenhouses and on special pink plantations. Gardeners are breeding more and more varieties of these magnificent roses! What kind of roses you will not see at flower markets and flower exhibitions !!! Large and small, with smooth petals and terry, with a faint, barely perceptible smell and fragrant ... And what colors and shades! And white and cream and red - from bright scarlet to almost black ... But there are never blue roses - except in fairy tales. People have also "taught" roses to bloom many times: after all, all the old varieties upset the lovers of these flowers very much by the fact that their life was very short.
Even one rose is a wonderful gift. And what can I say about the bouquet! They are given on special, solemn occasions. But roses are loved and appreciated not only for their beauty. They are needed by confectioners, doctors, perfumers. Here is at least rose oil. It is worth its weight in gold. Still would! Indeed, in order to extract one kilogram of oil, three tons of rose petals are needed ... in some countries, for example, in Bulgaria, rose oil is produced in large quantities, and roses are planted for this on huge plantations. All roses are from the same family: pink or rosaceous. Not everyone knows what kind of plants, except for roses, are included in it. For example, rose hips. It is a wild rose species. Its fruits contain a whole pharmacy: there are ten times more vitamins here than in oranges and lemons ... Apple, pear, cherry, sweet cherry, peach, almonds - they are all from the same family, just like many berry plants - raspberries , blackberries, wild strawberries, strawberries ... It is hard to imagine how people, animals and birds can do without all of them! And how many interesting things could be told about each of these plants!
Poets of all ages sing about her.
There is nothing more tender and beautiful in the world,
Than this bundle of scarlet petals,
Opened with a fragrant bowl.
How beautiful he is, cold and pure, -
A deep goblet full of flavor.
How friendly a simple and modest leaf is with him,
Dark green, serrated at the edges.
A petal goes behind a petal,
And they are all with their purple cloth
An endless stream is flowing
Fragrant and fresh breath.
.
From ancient times to the present day, the rose has always been considered and remains the unsurpassed queen of flowers, the embodiment of beauty and greatness, a symbol of perfection. These magnificent plants are able to decorate any home and garden, creating an atmosphere of luxury, beauty and harmony around them.
Not a single flower has been endowed with such different meanings and symbols as a rose. In the XIX century.the language of flowers ascribed to the rose exclusively the meaning of a love confession, but at the same time they distinguished roses by variety, color. However, it is also important what flowers the rose is combined with in the bouquet ... These flowers are usually chosen by self-confident people. They stand firmly on their feet, value comfort and are stable
How good, how fresh were the roses
In my garden! How my eyes were enticed!
How I prayed for spring frosts
Do not touch them with a cold hand!
How I shore, how I cherished youth
My cherished flowers, dear;
It seemed to me that joy was blossoming in them;
It seemed to me that love breathed in them. ..
You can stay in human memory
Not in cycles of poetry or volumes of prose,
And with just one single line:
"How good, how fresh the roses were!"
What beauty is pleasing to God to create!
Take a look at this touchy ...
How every tender petal shines!
I look, I won't see enough ... And my heart melts ...
What a beautiful noble color!
Like a petal dressed in dark velvet.
Strong! Majestic Rose!
A threat to wildflowers!
Already she, but for such and such a reason,
Poor neighborhood is not the way ...
Ah, this wonderful scent of Roses!
Tell me, who is not happy with him ?!
S. Voronova
In ancient Greece, roses were used to decorate the bride, they were strewn over the path of the victors when they returned from the war; they were dedicated to the gods, and many temples were surrounded by beautiful rose gardens. During excavations, scientists found coins that depicted roses. And in ancient Rome, this flower adorned the houses of only very rich people. When they held feasts, the guests were showered with rose petals, and their heads were decorated with wreaths of roses. The rich swam in baths of rose water; wine was made from roses, they were added to dishes, to various sweets that are still loved in the East. And then they began to grow roses in other countries.
According to archaeological data, the rose has existed on Earth for about 25 million years, and it has been cultivated for more than 5000 years and for most of this time it was considered a sacred symbol. The scent of roses has always been associated with something divine, evocative. The custom of decorating temples with live roses has been preserved since antiquity.
It was grown in the gardens of the East several millennia ago and the very first information about the rose is found in ancient Indian legends, although Persia is considered its homeland. In ancient Persian, the word "rose" literally means "spirit." The poets of antiquity called Iran Gyul and Stan, i.e. country of roses. Bengal roses are native to India, tea roses are from China.
According to legend, Lakshmi, the most beautiful woman in the world, was born from an opened rosebud. The progenitor of the universe, Vishnu, kissed the girl, woke her up, and she became his wife. From that moment on, Lakshmi was proclaimed the goddess of beauty, and the rose was a symbol of the divine secret, which she keeps under the protection of sharp thorns. There is another legend - Hindu, according to which the deities argued which flower is better, a rose or a lotus. And of course, the rose won the victory, which led to the creation of a beautiful woman from the petals of this flower.
The queen of flowers was also appreciated by privileged persons. Roses were planted under Peter the Great and Catherine the Second. In the 17th century, the rose first came to Russia. It was brought by the German ambassador as a gift to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. In the gardens, however, they began to plant it only under Peter the Great. The temptress Cleopatra seduced the impregnable warrior Mark Antony among the mountains of fragrant rose petals. According to the legend of Ancient India. During the celebrations, one of the rulers ordered to fill the moat with water with rose petals. Later, people noticed that the water was covered with a film of pink essence. This is how rose oil was born. For the ancient Greeks, the rose has always been a symbol of love and sadness, a symbol of beauty in poetry and painting.
One Greek legend tells us how the rose appeared - it was created by the goddess Chloris. Once the goddess discovered a dead nymph - and decided to try to revive her.True, it was not possible to revive, and then Chloris took attractiveness from Aphrodite, from Dionysus - a heady scent, from the graces - joy and bright color, from other deities everything else that so attracts us in roses. This is how the most beautiful flower that reigns among all the others appeared - the rose.
In Greek mythology, as a symbol of love and passion, the rose served as the emblem of the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite (Roman Venus), and also symbolized love and desire. During the Renaissance, the rose was associated with Venus because of the beauty and scent of this flower, and the prickly thorns were associated with the wounds of love. According to one legend, the rose blossomed for the first time when the goddess of love Aphrodite was born from the waves of the sea. As soon as she came ashore, the flakes of foam sparkling on her body began to turn into bright red roses.
The ancient Greek poetess Sappho called the rose "the queen of flowers." The great Socrates considered the rose the most beautiful and most useful flower in the world. From ancient Greek myths, we know that the temples dedicated to the goddess of love Aphrodite were surrounded by thickets of these flowers, and the goddess herself loved to take baths from rose water. In the II millennium BC. roses were depicted on the walls of houses in Crete, and millennia later - on the tombs of the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. The ancient Romans deified the beauty of roses so much that they planted them in the fields instead of wheat, and in winter they exported flowers from Egypt in whole ships.
Another story why the rose turned red - she blushed with pleasure when she was kissed by Eve walking in the Garden of Eden. The rose is the flower most revered by Christianity. They call her that - the flower of the Virgin. Painters depicted the Mother of God with three wreaths. A wreath of white roses meant her joy, red ones - suffering, and yellow ones - her glory. A red moss rose emerged from the drops of Christ's blood streaming across the cross. The angels collected it in golden bowls, but a few drops fell on the moss, a rose grew out of them, the bright red color of which should remind of the blood shed for our sins.
Poets and writers were inspired by the legend of the nightingale and the rose. The nightingale saw a white rose and was captivated by its beauty, which delightedly pressed it to his chest. A sharp thorn, like a dagger, stabbed into his heart, and crimson blood stained the petals of the wondrous flower.
Muslims believe that a white rose grew from drops of Mohammed's sweat during his night ascent to heaven, a red rose from drops of sweat from the Archangel Gabriel who accompanied him, and a yellow rose from the sweat of an animal that was under Mohammed. Knights once compared the ladies of their hearts with roses. They seemed as beautiful and unapproachable as this flower. Many of the knights had a rose engraved on their shields as an emblem.
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Since time immemorial, people have been growing roses. A man turned a modest five-petal flower of a wild rose (wild rose) into a terry, amazingly beautiful flower of a modern rose.
Through long-term selection and crossing, tens of thousands of varieties of roses have been bred. Roses are diverse in morphological characteristics and biological characteristics, and therefore they were divided into three large groups.
The first group includes frost-resistant species and varieties - park roses (centifol, moss, damask, French, wrinkled, yellow, white, femur, rubyginose, alpine). They bloom earlier than other roses, and some of them are covered with bright fruits by autumn.
The second group includes varieties of roses that bloom more than once a summer - these are garden roses (tea, remontant, tea - hybrid, Pernetsian, polyanthus, hybrid - polyanthus).
The third group includes curly, roses with long (up to 5 meters) shoots. They bloom only once a year, in the middle of summer. Terry medium-sized flowers are collected in beautiful inflorescences.
The roses of the last groups are afraid of frost. For the winter, these plants need to be covered.
Roses can be propagated by grafts, cuttings, layering, offspring and seeds. Cultivated varieties of roses are more often propagated by budding, that is, grafting with a small eye on frost-resistant rose hips. Rose hips (Rosa canina) are considered the best stock, but you can also graft on various varieties of wild rose hips found in your area. For budding, it is necessary to take frost-resistant rose hips, which give little overgrowth, with a smooth root collar and are not susceptible to diseases.
The stock is grown like this. The collected rosehip seeds are sown at the beginning of autumn in grooves located 20 centimeters from each other, to a depth of 1.5 - 2 centimeters. After sowing, the soil is kept moist. In the spring, when the second true leaf appears at the seedlings, the plants must be planted on another bed in rows. The distance between the rows is 40-50 centimeters, and in a row - 20 centimeters.
Plants are seated (dived) under a peg, with the obligatory pinching of 1/3 of the root. In order for the rootstock to form a straight root collar, the plant must be lowered into the ground to the very cotyledons, and the main root must be directed downward in a straight line. After that, the ground is pressed to the root with a peg.
Then the seedlings are regularly watered, weeded, fed every ten days. The lower shoots appearing in the seedlings are removed with a sharp knife.
In the same year, at the end of August, budding can be carried out on the grown rosehip, since the root neck will already become as thick as a pencil. A few days before budding, the plants are spud so that the bark on the root collar is well separated from the wood.
The work on budding consists of preparing the stock (dislocking, wiping the root collar with a clean cloth), cutting off the eye from a branch of a cultivated rose, cutting the bark on the rootstock, inserting the eye into the place of the incision, tying the place of budding and hilling the budding. In late autumn, the ooded rose hips are huddled to a height of 10-12 centimeters. But for better preservation of the established eyes, it is better to dig up the plants, carry them to the basement and cover them with earth or sand.
In the spring, the plants are taken out of the basement or dismantled and the vaccinations are examined. If they have taken root, then the upper part of the bush above the graft is cut off, and the plant is planted in place and spud up to cut.
To get well-developed rose bushes, pinch the top on a new shoot when it grows to 10-15 centimeters.Then 2-4 new shoots will develop from the buds, which should also be pinched.
The grafted plants will bloom in the same summer.
In recent years, roses have been grown from green petals. Summer cuttings in the middle floor in late June - early July. Semi-lignified shoots are taken on cuttings.
They are usually cut into greenhouses. Rooted cuttings overwinter well only in light and
cool (+ 3-6 degrees) room.
For roses, you need to choose a sunny area, near which there is no subsoil water. Before planting roses, manure and mineral fertilizers must be added to the soil. These plants need to be fed several times over the summer. On hot days, roses are watered vigorously.
Poets of all ages sing about her.
There is nothing more tender and beautiful in the world,
Than this bundle of scarlet petals,
Opened with a fragrant bowl.
How beautiful he is, cold and pure, -
A deep goblet full of flavor.
How friendly a simple and modest leaf is with him,
Dark green, serrated at the edges.
A petal goes behind a petal,
And they are all with their purple cloth
An endless stream is flowing
Fragrant and fresh breath.
.
From ancient times to the present day, the rose has always been considered and remains the unsurpassed queen of flowers, the embodiment of beauty and greatness, a symbol of perfection. These magnificent plants are able to decorate any home and garden, creating an atmosphere of luxury, beauty and harmony around them.
Not a single flower has been endowed with such different meanings and symbols as a rose. In the XIX century. the language of flowers ascribed to the rose exclusively the meaning of a love confession, but at the same time they distinguished roses by variety, color. However, it is also important what flowers the rose is combined with in the bouquet ... These flowers are usually chosen by self-confident people. They stand firmly on their feet, value comfort and are stable
How good, how fresh were the roses
In my garden! How my eyes were enticed!
How I prayed for spring frosts
Do not touch them with a cold hand!
How I shore, how I cherished youth
My cherished flowers, dear;
It seemed to me that joy was blossoming in them;
It seemed to me that love breathed in them. ..
You can stay in human memory
Not in cycles of poetry or volumes of prose,
And with just one single line:
"How good, how fresh the roses were!"
What beauty is pleasing to God to create!
Take a look at this touchy ...
How every tender petal shines!
I look, I won't see enough ... And my heart melts ...
What a beautiful noble color!
Like a petal dressed in dark velvet.
Strong! Majestic Rose!
A threat to wildflowers!
Already she, but for such and such a reason,
Poor neighborhood is not the way ...
Ah, this wonderful scent of Roses!
Tell me, who is not happy with him ?!
S. Voronova
In ancient Greece, roses were used to decorate the bride, they were strewn over the path of the victors when they returned from the war; they were dedicated to the gods, and many temples were surrounded by beautiful rose gardens. During excavations, scientists found coins that depicted roses. And in ancient Rome, this flower adorned the houses of only very rich people. When they held feasts, the guests were showered with rose petals, and their heads were decorated with wreaths of roses. The rich swam in baths of rose water; wine was made from roses, they were added to dishes, to various sweets that are still loved in the East. And then they began to grow roses in other countries.
According to archaeological data, the rose has existed on Earth for about 25 million years, and it has been cultivated for more than 5000 years and for most of this time it was considered a sacred symbol. The scent of roses has always been associated with something divine, evocative. The custom of decorating temples with live roses has been preserved since antiquity.
It was grown in the gardens of the East several millennia ago and the very first information about the rose is found in ancient Indian legends, although Persia is considered its homeland. In ancient Persian, the word "rose" literally means "spirit." The poets of antiquity called Iran Gyul and Stan, i.e. country of roses. Bengal roses are native to India, tea roses are from China.
According to legend, Lakshmi, the most beautiful woman in the world, was born from an opened rosebud. The progenitor of the universe, Vishnu, kissed the girl, woke her up, and she became his wife. From that moment on, Lakshmi was proclaimed the goddess of beauty, and the rose was a symbol of the divine secret, which she keeps under the protection of sharp thorns. There is another legend - Hindu, according to which the deities argued which flower is better, a rose or a lotus. And of course, the rose won the victory, which led to the creation of a beautiful woman from the petals of this flower.
The queen of flowers was also appreciated by privileged persons. Roses were planted under Peter the Great and Catherine the Second. In the 17th century, the rose first came to Russia. It was brought by the German ambassador as a gift to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. In the gardens, however, they began to plant it only under Peter the Great. The temptress Cleopatra seduced the impregnable warrior Mark Antony among the mountains of fragrant rose petals. According to the legend of Ancient India. During the celebrations, one of the rulers ordered to fill the moat with water with rose petals. Later, people noticed that the water was covered with a film of pink essence. This is how rose oil was born. For the ancient Greeks, the rose has always been a symbol of love and sadness, a symbol of beauty in poetry and painting.
One Greek legend tells us how the rose appeared - it was created by the goddess Chloris. Once the goddess discovered a dead nymph - and decided to try to revive her. True, it was not possible to revive, and then Chloris took attractiveness from Aphrodite, from Dionysus - a heady scent, from the graces - joy and bright color, from other deities everything else that so attracts us in roses. This is how the most beautiful flower that reigns among all the others appeared - the rose.
In Greek mythology, as a symbol of love and passion, the rose served as the emblem of the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite (Roman Venus), and also symbolized love and desire. During the Renaissance, the rose was associated with Venus because of the beauty and scent of this flower, and the prickly thorns were associated with the wounds of love. According to one legend, the rose blossomed for the first time when the goddess of love Aphrodite was born from the waves of the sea. As soon as she came ashore, the flakes of foam sparkling on her body began to turn into bright red roses.
The ancient Greek poetess Sappho called the rose "the queen of flowers." The great Socrates considered the rose the most beautiful and most useful flower in the world. From ancient Greek myths, we know that the temples dedicated to the goddess of love Aphrodite were surrounded by thickets of these flowers, and the goddess herself loved to take baths from rose water. In the II millennium BC. roses were depicted on the walls of houses in Crete, and millennia later - on the tombs of the pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. The ancient Romans deified the beauty of roses so much that they planted them in the fields instead of wheat, and in winter they exported flowers from Egypt in whole ships.
Another story why the rose turned red - she blushed with pleasure when she was kissed by Eve walking in the Garden of Eden. The rose is the flower most revered by Christianity. They call her that - the flower of the Virgin. Painters depicted the Mother of God with three wreaths. A wreath of white roses meant her joy, red ones - suffering, and yellow ones - her glory. A red moss rose emerged from the drops of Christ's blood streaming across the cross. The angels collected it in golden bowls, but a few drops fell on the moss, a rose grew out of them, the bright red color of which should remind of the blood shed for our sins.
Poets and writers were inspired by the legend of the nightingale and the rose. The nightingale saw a white rose and was captivated by its beauty, which delightedly pressed it to his chest. A sharp thorn, like a dagger, stabbed into his heart, and crimson blood stained the petals of the wondrous flower.
Muslims believe that a white rose grew from drops of Mohammed's sweat during his night ascent to heaven, a red rose from drops of sweat from the Archangel Gabriel who accompanied him, and a yellow rose from the sweat of an animal that was under Mohammed. Knights once compared the ladies of their hearts with roses.They seemed as beautiful and unapproachable as this flower. Many of the knights had a rose engraved on their shields as an emblem.
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Critical growing conditions consist of adjusting air humidity, amount of watering and controlling a favorable temperature. The sun is one of the critical factors. Most of the cultivated flowers are divided into species. Some can only be kept outside the home. Some families can be kept strictly at home outside the street. There are plants that will thrive in any conditions - even in a greenhouse in the cold. Knowing which species the plant belongs to, it becomes correctly to determine the correct climate.
Stories, legends and myths about the beautiful rose
This mystery is mentioned in the book by Alexander Zinger "Entertaining Botany" (1951). The answer lies in the structure of the green calyx of the rose flower. Two sepals have jagged edges ("beards") on both sides, two have no such edges at all, and the fifth has a border on only one side. The convenience of adapting for a flower still hiding in a bud is understandable. Five edges, tightly touching, cover the five cracks between the sepals. If even one edge was missing, one slit would remain uncovered; the sixth border would be superfluous and could interfere with the tight closure of the calyx.
It is not surprising that such a detailed detail was noticed in antiquity. Countless old stories, legends and legends tell about roses, which from time immemorial have been sung by poets in all kinds of languages.
Maybe it was roses that were the first plants that people began to plant for their beauty.
As you know from history, she was loved, she was worshiped, she was sung from time immemorial. In ancient Greece, roses were used to decorate the bride, they were strewn over the path of the victors when they returned from the war; they were dedicated to the gods, and many temples were surrounded by beautiful rose gardens. During excavations, scientists found coins that depicted roses. And in ancient Rome, this flower adorned the houses of only very rich people. When they held feasts, the guests were showered with rose petals, and their heads were decorated with wreaths of roses. The rich swam in baths of rose water; wine was made from roses, they were added to dishes, to various sweets that are still loved in the East. And then they began to grow roses in other countries.
According to archaeological data, the rose has existed on Earth for about 25 million years, and it has been cultivated for more than 5000 years and for most of this time it was considered a sacred symbol. The scent of roses has always been associated with something divine, evocative. The custom of decorating temples with live roses has been preserved since antiquity.
It was grown in the gardens of the East several millennia ago and the very first information about the rose is found in ancient Indian legends, although Persia is considered its homeland. In ancient Persian, the word "rose" literally means "spirit." The poets of antiquity called Iran Gyul and Stan, i.e. country of roses. Bengal roses are native to India, tea roses are from China.
The queen of flowers was also appreciated by privileged persons. Roses were planted under Peter the Great and Catherine the Second. In the 17th century, the rose first came to Russia. It was brought by the German ambassador as a gift to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. In the gardens, however, they began to plant it only under Peter the Great.
The temptress Cleopatra seduced the impregnable warrior Mark Antony among the mountains of fragrant rose petals. According to the legend of Ancient India, during the celebrations, one of the rulers ordered to fill the moat with water with rose petals. Later, people noticed that the water was covered with a film of pink essence. This is how rose oil was born. For the ancient Greeks, the rose has always been a symbol of love and sadness, a symbol of beauty in poetry and painting.
One Greek legend tells us how the rose appeared - it was created by the goddess Chloris. Once the goddess discovered a dead nymph - and decided to try to revive her.True, it was not possible to revive, and then Chloris took attractiveness from Aphrodite, from Dionysus - a heady scent, from the graces - joy and bright color, from other deities everything else that so attracts us in roses. This is how the most beautiful flower that reigns among all the others appeared - the rose.
In Greek mythology, as a symbol of love and passion, the rose served as the emblem of the Greek goddess of love Aphrodite (Roman Venus), and also symbolized love and desire. During the Renaissance, the rose was associated with Venus because of the beauty and scent of this flower, and the prickly thorns were associated with the wounds of love. According to one legend, the rose blossomed for the first time when the goddess of love Aphrodite was born from the waves of the sea. As soon as she came ashore, the flakes of foam sparkling on her body began to turn into bright red roses.
Another story why the rose turned red - she blushed with pleasure when she was kissed by Eve walking in the Garden of Eden. The rose is the flower most revered by Christianity. They call her that - the flower of the Virgin. Painters depicted the Mother of God with three wreaths. A wreath of white roses meant her joy, red - suffering, and yellow - her glory. A red moss rose emerged from the drops of Christ's blood streaming across the cross. The angels collected it in golden bowls, but a few drops fell on the moss, a rose grew out of them, the bright red color of which should remind of the blood shed for our sins.
There is an ancient Hindu legend about how the gods Vishnu and Brahma started a dispute about which flower is the most beautiful. Vishnu preferred the rose, and Brahma, who had never seen this flower before, praised the lotus. When Brahma saw the rose, he agreed that this flower is the most beautiful of all plants on earth.
Poets and writers were inspired by the legend of the nightingale and the rose. The nightingale saw a white rose and was captivated by its beauty, which delightedly pressed it to his chest. A sharp thorn, like a dagger, stabbed into his heart, and crimson blood stained the petals of the wondrous flower.
Muslims believe that a white rose grew from drops of Mohammed's sweat during his night ascent to heaven, a red rose from drops of sweat from the Archangel Gabriel who accompanied him, and a yellow rose from the sweat of an animal that was under Mohammed. Knights once compared the ladies of their hearts with roses. They seemed as beautiful and unapproachable as this flower. Many of the knights had a rose engraved on their shields as an emblem.
And finally, one more riddle about the rose. Once in the evening a prince was walking in one of the palace parks. He was surprised when he met a very beautiful stranger. They walked in the park all night, but at dawn she told him that she needed to leave because she was a princess who was turned into a rose by an evil sorcerer. For just one summer night, she becomes a girl again. There is only one way to disenchant her - from the first attempt to recognize her among thousands of other roses. In case of the wrong choice, the girl will die. The princess disappeared, and the prince, with the first rays of the sun, went to that part of the park where hundreds of roses grew and immediately found her. The question is - how did he recognize her? Answer: there was no dew on it ...
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Flower legends
The legend of the rose - a mysterious and beautiful flower
The kings admired the rose flower, she was persecuted and destroyed, but she survived. Legends about the rose exist in many countries of both Europe and Asia. The medieval legend of the rose brings us back to the days when the expression "said under the rose" was clear to everyone.
Denunciations flourished during the Inquisition, spies worked wonderfully well. A rose was hung over the table or in the room where the conspirators gathered. This means that you can speak without fear, and everything said will remain the same.
The Legend of the Scarlet Rose
One of these stories told about how once the inhabitants of the flower kingdom came to the almighty Zeus and asked for a new patron instead of their previous one - a beautiful but sleepy Lotus. The formidable Zeus granted the request of Flora's children, assigning them a beautiful white rose with sharp and thorny thorns as queens.
It was the thorns, according to another legend, that wounded the beautiful nightingale, and his blood stained the delicate white petals - perhaps this is how the scarlet roses appeared, perhaps this is just another legend about the rose.
Rose - love flower
Roses and love are two inseparable concepts. That is why the glory of the "Lovely Flower" is forever entrenched for this plant. “Take three roses,” said fortune-tellers and sorcerers of all stripes to the unfortunate in love, “maroon, light pink and white. Wear it on your heart for three days, and then keep it in wine for three days. This wine is a love spell for your sweetheart. Treat him with this food - and he, as the legend of the rose says, is yours forever. " This miraculous drink is called “Rose Wine”. Its properties are unique.
Wine of Roses is used to wash wounds, relieve toothaches and headaches, treat colds and ulcers.
Nowadays, the medicinal properties of this plant have been proven by scientific research. In places where roses are fertile for growing, not only wine and aromatic oils have been prepared from their petals in large quantities for a long time, but also various dishes that are rare in taste, and this is no longer a legend about a rose, but its real use.
There is also such a legend about the rose. To attract new love, you need to take dried rose petals, grind them into powder and pour into a glass of red wine. I drink the prepared potion with the growing moon. They say that in this way you can find your soul mate. Perhaps this is just a legend about the rose, or maybe it is true. Who knows?
The queen of flowers rose, legends about this amazing flower
Residents of many cities and countries of the planet have always admired the beauty and grace of the rose. This flower was the hero of mysterious legends and traditions, and also explained the origin of most plants.
If we turn to the works of many scientists in the field of studying plants, it turns out that the rose has existed at all times. And it was known to everyone as, for example, rye or wheat. This flower was worshiped, composed verses and dedicated poems. It was roses that began to symbolize the hottest and most passionate feelings of lovers, and men gave them along with romantic poems.
The name "rose" comes from Ancient Rome, and it came to the Greek language from distant Persia, since it was there that roses were originally born. But, if you make a choice among the legends about the rose, then the most poetic and interesting ones came from the Greeks. And one of them was told by the poet Anacreon.
It was believed that the rose did not appear in the garden of one of the ancient inhabitants, but from the foam of the sea itself. After all, as everyone knows, the goddess of love Aphrodite came out of the same foam, and those airy sea bubbles that remained on the shore appeared to the world in the form of a white flower of extraordinary beauty. The gods could not stop looking at the flower and gave it a magical aroma, sprinkling with nectar. This nectar had the ability to give immortality, but could not give the rose eternal life. Therefore, the rose dies and is reborn again, like all living things on earth.
The beautiful rose was taken to the temple of Aphrodite and placed in her garden. There she remained until the minute when Aphrodite learned the terrible news that her beloved Adonis was wounded. He entered into a fight with a ferocious boar, and it was none other than Ares, who was also crazy about Aphrodite and decided to eliminate the rival. The goddess of love rushed to the aid of her dying lover and ran so fast that she did not notice how she ended up in a clearing with roses. The thorns of flowers hurt Aphrodite's legs, but she did not notice anything. And drops of scarlet blood painted the snow-white flowers in a bright color. Since then, it was believed that this is how another type of roses with bright scarlet petals appeared.
Everyone wants to be in a fairy tale, and such legends help to believe in real feelings. Of course, everyone knows that new varieties of flowers are the fruit of the laborious experiments of the employees of botanical gardens. But, nevertheless, how sometimes it is pleasant to imagine running Aphrodite to help her beloved and white flowers growing on a huge meadow in her garden.
Legends of roses
Legends of roses
The rose is the queen of flowers, so many legends have been written about her. We will now introduce you to some of them, as well as provide an opportunity to admire beautiful photographs of rose flowers.
Indian legend of the rose
Rose has been held in high esteem in India since ancient times. Even a law was created that said that whoever brought a rose to the king could ask him for anything.
Goddess Lakshmi is the queen of beauty and the most charming woman in the world, who emerged from a rosebud.
Muslim legend of the rose
The rose was created by God. All the plants of the Earth asked Allah to create a new ruler for them instead of the Lotus, who behaves very importantly and arrogantly. Allah granted their request by giving the world an extraordinary flower - a rose.
Persian legend of the rose
The rose is a highly revered flower in Persia. Even the country itself was named in her honor - the Land of Roses (Gulistan).
Fragrant water from roses was used as a cleansing water. According to one legend, when the nightingale saw the magnificent Queen Rose, he was in great delight and the captive hugged her chest. But sharp thorns pierced the loving heart of the bird, and blood splattered on the delicate rose petals. That is why the outer petals of roses have a pink tint.
Rose in Christianity
An ordinary bush has become a rose. after the Virgin Mary hung Christ's swaddling clothes on him. The piece of bread that Saint Nicholas wanted to take to the poor became a rose, as a sign for a good deed.
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