I used to not be a big fan of roses -- but with over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars, I've definitely found some I love!
Yes and their smell is very distinctive. 
They have got to be one of the most popular ingredients in perfumes -- and they have a cultural significance in many societies, too.
I personally don't like rose smelling perfumes but a red rose is considered a symbol of love.
The Red Rose of Lancashire also served as a heraldic symbol and badge of Henry IV of England...just one of many times the rose has served as symbol!
Yes they come in various colors like yellow, orange, white and pink.
Ooooh, and I love how the colors come with meaning -- I love color psychology, and how the study of different hues can appeal to or determine human behavior.
they are truly amazing,  roses can grow quite tall. The tallest ever recorded rose bush stands at over 23 feet
Thousand-year Rose
The Thousand-year Rose (German: Tausendjähriger Rosenstock, literally: Thousand-years rosebush) is also known as the Rose of Hildesheim. It grows on a wall of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. The cathedral and the adjacent St. Michael's Church have been on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 1985.
The rose that climbs on the wall of the cathedral's apse is believed to be the oldest
published by EMI Music Publishing, London, 1977:"
I'm a young girl, and have just come over,
Over from the country where they do things big,
And amongst the boys I've got a lover,
And since I've got a lover, why I don't care a fig.
The boy that I love, they call him a cobbler,
But he's not a cobbler, allow me to state.
For Johnny is a tradesman and he works in the