21 Most Beautiful Roses

Roses, for the longest time, have remained the most beautiful, fragrant and popular of flowers. Roses are widely known for their beauty and for their variety of symbolisms like love, affection, peace, mourning and more. There are more than 100 types of roses, each one with a distinctive characteristic.

Some of these roses come beautifully layered in a compact, closely packed bundle of petals while some of the roses come in loosely packed petals and some with a very few petals. Roses come in vivid beautiful colours such as red, yellow, orange, pink, purple, green and even black.

Find here some rose flowers with petals spiraling at the center and some with loosely held petals. Gift a beautiful rose flower to your loved ones for that perfect expression of affection and care. Also learn more about the many types of roses, their origin, care they need, and shop accordingly. 

Interesting Facts About Roses You Should Know

• Rose wine is not made out of roses
• There are more than 4,000 songs about roses
• The tallest rose plant stands at 23 feet
• Rose plants bear fruits and they are called rose hips and look like berries
• Roses originally grew in the wild
• There are about 100 different species of roses
• Cultivation of roses began in Asia
• Black rose is not black in colour, it is a deep dark red colour
• The thorns in the rose plant protects them from herbivore animals 
• There is a rose called Rainbow Rose which comes with petals in each colour of the rainbow
• Number of roses you gift also have a significance – 1 is for love, 12 for gratitude, 25 for congratulations, and so on.

21 Most Beautiful Roses

1. Knock Out Rose

The Knock Out Rose is one of the least fussy and low maintenance of rose flowers. You can enjoy a shrub of beautiful roses with minimal effort; it's almost like you have an artificial flower in your home. Its bright green bush holds these beautifully burgundy coloured red roses rather beautifully. The plant blossoms in summers and the plant stays healthy for long, always oozing an irresistible fragrance. The Knock Out Rose was created by crossing 2 Tea Rose varieties, keeping the most beautiful features intact, in the year 1999.

2. Shrub Rose

Shrub roses come in bunches, in hues of soft-orange, pink, red and with a very intoxicating fragrance. These beautiful roses grow up into large informal rosettes with scattered petals which survive the rain and wind. These classic beautiful roses are high on maintenance, but easy to grow. Great resistance to diseases and continuous bloom makes them one of the best rose flower to gift. The Shrub Rose is the most commonly found rose and as per a study is about 35 million years old.

3. Bonica Rose

The Bonica Rose is a cluster of roses which blooms with sprays of pinks and a delectable fragrance. This beautiful rose is one of the most popular and favourite of the many roses. This rose shrub grows to about 4 feet and gives out a beautiful aroma. A non-fussy, easy to grow rose flower plant, which demands very little – a moist soil and sunlight, it is delight to have. Bonica rose was first developed in the year 1981 in France.

4. Broceliande Rose

Broceliande Rose or the yellow-red rose grows in full bloom during the summer months and with very little effort. This beautiful rose flower is not popular just for its beautiful character it gets from its red and yellow but also for its sweet, spicy fragrance. The green balmy foliage makes its flowers look more glossy and vibrant.

5. Koko Loco Rose

Koko Loco Rose is celebrated for its unique colour, which is a pretty shade in between chocolate brown and cream, and more in the tones of a milky chocolate drink. This most beautiful mostrose flower is preferred for its colour and its life in the vase. Plant this eye-catcher in your garden or decorate it in your house for its unique colour and a light fragrance.

6. Julia Child Rose

Julia Child Rose, the buttery creamy orange coloured rose, is something anybody would love in their kitchen. One of the most beautiful rose, it is very popular in the United Kingdom and is known as the Absolutely Fabulous Rose. These golden clustered flowers repeat all season long. Extremely resistant to heat and blackspot disease, these classic roses come with a licorice fragrance. The Julia Child Rose originates from United States where it was bred by an American Tom Carruth in 2004.

7. Floribunda Rose

Floribunda Roses are a hybrid of tea and polyantha rose, and come in small, bushy clusters. These beautiful roses bloom from spring until winter. With the many countless colour options, these beautiful roses are a treat to have. You can bloom them in your gardens easily or shop for them for your indoors. 

8. Tea Rose

Tea Roses are a hybrid between the old-fashioned tea roses and perpetual roses making them one of the most popular roses. Hybrid Roses do not come in clusters, making them neat blossoms on each stem. Each flower could have upto 60 petals and be as large as 5 inches with sturdy stems blooming bi-colour flowers. The origin of the Tea Rose happens to be France where it was raised by a French nurseryman by crossing two beautiful rose variants.

9. Distant Drums Rose 

Distant Drums Roses come in the most unique colours somewhere in between bronze, brown and orchid pink. Distant drums are the most popular of cluster roses from the rose kingdom and remind us of the lotus flower. The strong fragrance they ooze makes the flower even more a delight. This charming beauty from the many beautiful roses has gained popularity only lately.

10. Apricot Roses 

Apricot Rose is the perfect way to bring some warmth to your living space or garden. The bright and soft shades of apricot give the best contrast to the garden with a rich foliage, creating a spectacular view. Its vibrant intoxicating fragrance is also why the flower is preferred to others.

11. Easy Does It Rose

Easy Does It Rose comes in a tempting mango, peach pink shade with apricot shades towards the outside. These fragranced clusters of flowers can add a dash of flamboyance to any space they hold their place in. Easy Does It Roses are strong and disease resistant, making them an obvious choice for anyone. These beautiful seductress roses occupy your space like a pro and stay perfect in every climate.

12. Falstaff Rose

Falstaff Roses pack in a rich red-crimson colour, which eventually turn into shades of rich purple. This beautiful rose comes with shallowly cupped petals that seemingly entwine into each other. Each flower bears numerous interfolding petals and they carry a woody bold old rose kind of fragrance. The Falstaff Roses were first created in the United Kingdom by David Austin in 1990.

13. Tahitian Sunset

Tahitian Sunset Rose is a wonderful peach-orange mix which looks even more brighter during summers. It has a strong fragrance, which is slightly woody. The flower is excellent when it comes to disease resistance, making it a great choice for your garden. This beautiful rose blossoms sometime during late spring and then continues until summer months. The Tahitian Sunset Roses were first bred in United States in 2006 by Dr. Keith W. Zary.

14. Queen Amber Rose:

Queen Amber Rose an alluring, pretty well packed cluster of flowers in rich amber colours and clusters of shapely blooms. This plant is great for hedging and its blooms are great for decoration as they are packed with dazzling fragrance which fills up your space. Its bronzy glossy maroonish foliage makes the blossom even more attractive and one of the most beautiful roses.

15. Troika Rose 

Troika Rose is a medium sized bush with a glossy radiant foliage and ravishing blossoms in red-bronze shades. Medium sized flowers with an enchanting fragrance, they bloom through summer months and give gardens a bright look. The large bronze flowers, with a touch of pink, have a copper-like charm to them.

16. Rosa Decor Arlequin

Rosa Décor Arlequin is a fascinating beautiful rose with cherry coloured petals, and with the inside in a yellowish pink shade. This is a sturdy plant which goes up to about 2 meters in height and has a great resistance towards diseases. This shrub presents a beautiful contrast of colours in each blossom making it a delight to your eyes.

17. Rosa Alliance

Rosa Alliance is a large full bloom with light to pale yellow, whitish coloured petals on the inside and a bright red crimson colour on the outside. The plant grows to about 3 feet tall and gives a good bloom during summer months. This plant grows well in full sun and a moist soil which makes it a non fussy reliable plant.

18. Frankly Scarlet Rose:

Frankly Scarlet Rose, a bold red coloured rose, has a perfect rose twirl to its centre. This rose is slightly fragranced and blooms in clusters. Frankly Scarlet Rose is an obvious choice as it's the most famous and most beautiful rose flower making it a showstopper. Over the years, a lot of vintage jewellery and pierces of art have been inspired by this beautiful rose.

19. Rainbow Knock Out Rose

Rainbow Knock Out Rose a soft pink coloured flower with light yellow centres and light gathering of petals. This coral pink coloured flower is one of the most compact flower in the family. Lightly held petals to the centre with an open face like its smiling at you, makes Rainbow Knock Out Roses the most beautiful ones. Enough continuous water and ample sunshine makes this plant flourish and bloom easily.

20. Wild Blue Yonder Rose 

Wild Blue Yonder Rose is a bold coloured blossom with a drenched fragrance of a rich blossom. This beautiful rose comes with a rich lavender colour. Loosely held petals, fluttering with the wind in your garden will be a delight to behold . A clean green foliage makes these ravishing pieces stand out even more beautifully making them the most beautiful roses.

21. Bourbon Rose

Bourbon Roses are old rose full blooms with a delectable fragrance. These are native to the French family of roses and that makes these beautiful roses a perfect blend of beauty with sturdiness. Their petals are sturdy and can bear the winds. These elegant roses flaunt beautiful pinks to deep reds and any rose lover would love to have this blossom, making the Bourbon Roses the most beautiful roses of the rose family. 

Frequently Asked Questions about Roses

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