“The Rose Family”

Welcome to the World of Rose Gardening or Rose Gardening World.  Take time and smell the roses.  Roses have been around for millions of years which just prove that roses are not difficult to grow. The Rose is also our National Floral Emblem and the state flower of several states.  Here at Rose Gardening World, you’ll find rose articles that will educate you about roses – its history, rose culture, rose profiles and even rose verses all in one place.  So visit Rose Gardening World often. 

I love this poem for the simple reason that I am a “rose”.  My name is Rosalinda and my maiden name is Rosales.  I remembered once before I got married, a representative of my office from Spain took one look at my name posted on my office door and told me I belonged to a rose family.  Some of my friends call me “Rose”  or “Rosie”.  Once in a while, I got called “Rosa”. 

My rose friends call me “Rosalinda” which is “Beautiful Rose” in Spanish. 

The rose is a rose,

And always was a rose.

But the theory now goes

That the apple’s a rose,

And the pear is, and so’s

The plum, I suppose.

The dear only knows

What will next prove a rose.

You, of course, are a rose –

But were always a rose.

                      

                        Robert Frost

                        Collected Poems (1930)

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