Australian House & Garden

For the love OF ROSES

Symbolising beauty, love and romance, the rose would have to be the world’s most famous flowers. As one of the oldest cultivated plants dating back to ancient Greek and Roman times, they are traditionally planted for their spectacular blooms but are also grown for their petals, rose oil, rosehips and perfume.

TYPES

Roses are suitable for almost every well-lit area of

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