Roseraie du Val-de-Marne in L'Haÿ-les-Roses , France A Rose garden or Rosarium is a garden or park , often open to the public , in which roses are grown. While some rose gardens have only a decorative purpose, most of them are used to present and grow various types of roses .
The first known rose garden was planted by French empress Joséphine de Beauharnais in Malmaison . When she died, in 1814, the garden had around 250 types of garden roses. Another old rose garden is the Rosenhöhe Park in Darmstadt , Germany created in 1810 by Princess Wilhelmine of Baden
Growing roses for commercial purposes started in the 19th century . The important rose gardens created for commercial rose breeding were:
References
Jardins de roses , André Gayraud, éditions du Chêne, ISBN 2-84277-041-2 Roseraies et jardins de roses , H. Fuchs in Le Bon jardinier, encyclopédie horticole , tome 1, La Maison rustique, Paris, 1964, ISBN 2-7066-0044-6 .