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welcome comments. Take time and smell the roses. Roses
have been around for millions of years which just prove that Roses are easy plants to grow contrary
to popular belief. The Rose is also our National Floral Emblem
and the state flower of several states. Happy
Rose Gardening!
Here is a Rose Glossary to help you understand some rose
terms and enjoy your rose gardening hobby to the fullest.
AARS –
All American Rose Selections
ARS –
American Rose Society
Anther –
the part of the flower which produces pollen.
It is the upper section of the stem.
Balling
– the
clinging together of petals in wet weather so that the bloom fails to open and
turns to brown color.
Bare-root – a
rose dug up at the nursery and sold with no soil around the roots.
Basal
shoot – a shoot arising from the neck or crown of the plant.
Blind
shoot – a mature stem which fails to produce a flower.
Bract
–
a modified or reduced leaf that occurs beneath and next to a peduncle.
Bud
Union – the swollen part of the stem where the scion of a
grafted rose meets the understock.
Calyx - the
green protective cover of a rose flower, composed of the sepals.
Cane - one
of the main stems of a rose plant.
Corolla - the
petals of a rose flower considered as a single unit.
Cultivar - a
named rose variety exhibiting distinct and consistent features, indicated by
single quotation marks.
Foliar
feed
– a fertilizer capable of being sprayed on and absorbed by the leaves.
Hip - the
fruit of a rose, large and decorative in some varieties.
Inflorescence
– the arrangement of flowers on the stem.
Lateral
branch – a side branch which arises
from a main stem.
Leaflet - the
individual segment of a compound rose leaf.
Node - the
point on a stem from which leaves and buds emerge
Old rose - strictly
speaking, a rose introduced before 1867, but more loosely used to describe any
rose grown or introduced before 1900.
Once-blooming
- a rose that flowers only once in early summer and does not repeat.
Own root - a
rose propagated as a cutting rather than by grafting.
Peduncle - a
stalk that supports a single flower or flower cluster.
Petal
- the showy, usually colored part of a flower.
Petiole - the
stalk by which a leaf attaches to a stem; also leafstalk.
Pistil - the
female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an ovary, style, and
stigma
Pith
–
the spongy material at the center of the stem.
Pollen –
the yellow dust produced by the anthers.
It is the male element which fertilizes the ovule.
Prickle - the
technical term for a rose thorn.
Remontant
–
same as repeat flowering.
Recurrent
flowering – same as repeat flowering.
Rootstock - the
root portion of a plant onto which the scion is grafted; also understock.
Scion - a
shoot grafted onto a rootstock; the "top" of a grafted rose.
Sepal - one
of the five individual, leaflike divisions of the calyx.
Sport - a
spontaneous genetic mutation, often resulting in a plant that bears flowers of
a different color or with more or fewer petals than the original plant.
Stamen - the
male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of a filament and anther.
Standard
rose – a term used for tree
rose.
Stigma –
the part of the female organ of the flower which catches the pollen.
Stipule - a
small, leaflike appendage that occurs at the base of the petiole.
Sucker - a
stem, usually unwanted, that originates from a rootstock.
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