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Of the over 150 species of rose, the Chinese Rosa chinensis has contributed most to today's garden roses; it has been bred into garden varieties for about 1,000 years in China, and over 200 in Europe. [16] Among the old Chinese garden roses, the Old Blush group is the most primitive, while newer groups are the most diverse. [17]
Quito Botanical Garden (Spanish: Jardín Botánico de Quito) is a park, botanical garden, arboretum and greenhouse of 18,600 square meters in the city of Quito, Ecuador.It houses species of plants of the country (Ecuador is among the 17 richest countries in the world in native botanical species, an updated study on the classified Ecuadorian flora determined the existence of 17,000 species).
The following is a selected list of rose varieties and cultivars which currently (2017) [1] hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] List of roses
The new centers of production are developing countries like Ecuador (largest producer and exporter of roses worldwide), Colombia (second largest exporter in the world and with a market more than 40 years old), Ethiopia, Kenya, and India. Other players in this global industry are Mexico, Israel, South Africa, Australia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Botanical gardens in Ecuador have collections consisting entirely of Ecuador native and endemic species; most have a collection that include plants from around the world. There are botanical gardens and arboreta in all states and territories of Ecuador, most are administered by local governments, some are privately owned.
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The Royal Rosarian Garden contains many roses that are no longer commercially available. Established in 1975, the Miniature Rose Garden is a test ground to help determine what miniature roses will go to market. [2] The Miniature Rose Garden is one of only eight such miniature rose testing grounds for the American Rose Society. [10]
'Sunsprite', Kordes 1973 'Else Poulsen' (Poulsen 1924), an early Floribunda cultivar Floribunda Diadem (Tantau 1986) Rosarium Uetersen Floribunda (Latin for "many-flowering") is a modern cultivar group of garden roses that was developed by crossing hybrid teas with polyantha roses, the latter being derived from crosses between Rosa chinensis and Rosa multiflora (sometimes called R. polyantha). [1]