My favorite flower is a rose. It's a woody perennial in the Rosa genus. Do you like roses? 
I buy roses for my girlfriend all the time!
Someone is getting some points! There are over a hundred species and a thousand cultivars of roses. Do you always buy the red ones?
Really? I did not know there were so many kinds. Yes I thought there were only red roses.
Yes! They are part of a group of erect shrubs, with trailing stems that often have sharp pricks.
Interesting, do you know where they come from?
, North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.
Etymology.
The name "rose" comes from French, itself from Latin "rosa", which was perhaps borrowed
to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. There are multiple superior ovaries that develop into achenes. Roses are insect-pollinated in nature.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Many of the domestic cultivars do not produce hips, as the flowers are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. "Rosa pimpinellifolia") have dark