Blush Noisette

In North America, the wild roses grow from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico, and no indigenous rose has never been found growing in the south of the equator. In 1921, in fact, the American Nature Study Society has made a study of roses from the Americas and the 200 plus species then known, the Society found 35 of which are indigenous.

In fact, the history of the rose in America would probably began with forty-year old fossil has revealed million Florissant, Colorado. Then in 1492, Columbus and his crew found a rose branch floating in the hips and the Sargasso Sea where they have been appeased, and took it with them to the New World. The first English settlers also brought pieces of their favorite varieties with them, but there are many already established.

Roses have been loved by many who have shaped American history. William Penn 18 have bushes back from England when he returned to the colonies in 1699, and George Washington planted roses in Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson was very fond of roses he had planted in his garden at Monticello. Indeed, in 1800, John Adams planted a rose garden at the White House, which later became a formal rose garden just outside the office of President. It was built in 1913 under the auspicious eye of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.

The first went to hybridize in America was a pink climbing rose. John Champneys of Charleston through two roses and appointed his seedlings Champneys Pink Cluster. Unfortunately, a local florist sent to France where it was renamed and sold as Blush Noisette. It was in 1816. Another American who was very popular rose in Europe was the walker Dorothy Perkins. This climbing rose was introduced in 1901 and became very famous on the pillars of Europe.

The rose is mixed forever in American history and in recognition of this, states have chosen as their official flower. Georgia has chosen the White Cherokee by example and the North Dakota Prairie Rose. Then in 1958 a bill was introduced in Congress by Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Representative Frances Bolton to designate the rose our national flower. In recognition of its rich history, the national floral emblem of the United States was chosen by the U.S. Congress in 1986 to "The Rose".