I have a garden full of roses. That's my favorite flower. They smell so good!
I agree that they are impressive red flowers. They are considered woody perennial flowering plants.
Yes they are quite woody and unfortunately thorny too. Wish they didn't have thorns.
Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe
Brachythrix
Brachythrix is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. They are native to tropical south-central and eastern Africa.
These are perennial herbs that produce new stems annually from a woody, sometimes woolly-tufted rootstock. The roots may have tubers. The stem usually branches and has many alternately arranged leaves. The herbage is hairy, with several different types of long and short hairs. The flower heads are solitary, clustered, or arranged in cymes. They contain purple disc florets. The