The history of roses must be very old, because there are rose fossils of 35 million years ago. In Crete island, gold pins with single rose flower on the end were discovered. Also here in Crete, you can see a rose in a fresco painted on a wall at Knossos. We may call those ancient roses including wild or species roses old roses if we understand the meaning in a broad sense. |
(All photos were taken at Kiho's garden.) |
* English rose - Evelyn | * Masako(Eglantyne) |