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There are several major classes of garden roses. The best-known and most popular class of rose are the hybrid tea roses, which account for the majority of roses grown in greenhouses and gardens and sold in florist shops. Hybrid teas come in the complete range of rose colours and have large, symmetrical blossoms. Hybrid teas resulted from the crossbreeding of frequently blooming but fragile tea...
in Rosales: Ornamental species )Perhaps the most familiar cultivated roses are the hybrid teas. These are of complex hybrid origins, involving up to seven wild species. In this breeding process, roses from East Asia were crossed with those from Europe. The flowers of Asiatic roses have urn-shaped buds, high-centred open flowers, and a peppery scent or the fragrance of crushed tea leaves. The Asiatic roses blossom heavily...
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