English Rose White Plant

Description

Plant Description

English Rose Uses

Ornamental Use:

• Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors
• They have been also used for commercial perfumery and commercial cut flower crops
• Some are used as landscape plants, for hedging
• The majority of ornamental roses are hybrids that were bred for their flowers
• A few species of roses are grown for attractive or scented foliage

Medicinal Use:

• The rose hip, usually, is used as a minor source of Vitamin C
• The fruits of many species have significant levels of vitamins and have been used as a food supplement
• Many roses have been used in herbal and folk medicines
• Some species have been used for stomach problems, and are being investigated for controlling cancer growth

Culinary Use:

• Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, marmalade, and soup or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high vitamin C content
• They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup
• Rose petals or flower buds are sometimes used to flavour ordinary tea, or combined with other herbs to make herbal teas