From Shakespeare to Modern Times: Exploring Red Roses - Fabulous Flowers

By A Mystery Man Writer

William Shakespeare penned the words, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." From the days of Romeo and Juliet to modern times, a red rose has been synonymous with love. Today, roses are popular all around the world. However, in its initial stages, roses grew abundantly only in Central Asia. The Persians and Egyptians, who later developed a cultivated variety, discovered the wild roses.A red rose held in a personís hand is figurative to socialism and social democracy by the United Kingdom Labor Party. Later, several other European and South American socialist parties also accepted this icon. In Greek and Polish languages the word rose itself denotes the colour red.There are a number of famous red rose varieties. These include Lancaster's red rose, which is perhaps the first cultured