Rose is one of my favorite flowers found in nature
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
"wabi" aesthetic. One, a favorite of Takeno Jōō's, is by Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241):
poem
Casting wide my gaze,
Neither flowers
Nor scarlet leaves:
A bayside hovel of reeds
In the autumn dusk.
/poem
The other, in which Rikyū found particular appeal, is by Fujiwara Ietaka (1158–1237):
poem
Show them who wait
Only for flowers
There in the mountain villages:
Grass peeks through the snow,
And with