The Juliet Rose is not only considered to be one of the rarest flowers in the world, but it's also the rarest rose in the world because it took 15 years for rose breeder David Austin to cultivate the flower in England. Additionally, it cost him a whopping $4.3 million to do so.
One of the rare roses in the world is Rosa Juliet, often known as Sweet Juliet or just the Juliet rose. It is a rose with a large cup and unique petals. The medium-sized bloom measures between two and three inches.
The Juliet rose is thought to be the most expensive rose ever sold. The $5 million bloom is proof that people will pay a pretty penny for flowers that are in some way rare, unique, or, well, just pretty. The world's most precious florals range from $6 to six figures per stem.
known as the rarest flower on earth, with it believed to be only two specimens of this species to exist. Below, you will find out more about this beautiful flower. The Middlemist's red belongs to the camellia genus and was imported from China as a luxury item in 1804, but was wiped from its native country.
Rainbow Roses are also known as Happy Roses or Kaleidoscope Roses. These blooms may look like they were plucked out of a story book, but trust us when we say they're 100% real.
Roseraie de l'Hay. One of the hardiest and most fragrant roses, 'Roseraie de l'Hay' bears magenta-purple blooms filled with a very strong, sweet fragrance. This tough rugosa rose has a long bloom season and excellent disease resistance, too.
Alba. These old roses are considered to be some of the toughest you can grow.
While black roses do not truly exist in mother nature, their symbolism very much does in culture and everyday life. Many times, black roses are actually exquisite tones of deep red, maroon or purple blooms. To achieve a darker black hue, florists will typically dye, spray, dip or even burn their flowers.
Blue roses are used to symbolize mystery or “longing to attain the impossible.” Naturally, a true blue rose does not exist. The very first blue rose was said to be a white rose that was painted or dyed blue.
The Black Baccara Rose is the darkest naturally occurring color of rose. It's a deep crimson bordering on black.
It is said that diamonds are forever, and that is exactly what this diamond rose is for. A brilliant white flower that almost sparkles against its glossy deep green leaves. A delicate scent enhances how precious this gift would be for the wonderful couple. Perfect gift rose for a very special anniversary.
Black roses do not exist naturally, although plant developers have managed to darken the color on some selections. The flower pictured here is Rosa 'Almost Black. ' As you can see, the cultivar name is fanciful, as it's just a dark red color.
Black Roses, Rainbow Roses and Blue Roses are created by florists. Black Roses, Rainbow Roses and Blue Roses can not produced in nature, they were dyed or tinted black from other roses with dye or food coloring to give a black, rainbow or blue color appearance.
The Michelangelo Rose
The Michelangelo rose is characterized by bright petals that come in a creamy shade of butter yellow.
My favorite is Rosa gallica officinals, the oldest rose in existence. It's also called the Apothecary's Rose, because herbalists such as Benedictine monks and the fictitious Brother Cadfael concocted potions with it to cure everything from hangovers to the plague.
Known as the "Sweet Briar Rose" because of the strongly apple-scented leaves, this is a favorite English native that has been recorded in literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare.
Darker-colored roses are more fragrant than lighter ones. The more petals your rose has, the stronger the smell. Petals that are thicker contain more fragrance.
Grandmothers and grandfathers with a green thumb might remember it: the Scabiosa. A special flower, which until recently, had been forgotten. T he Scabiosa, also known as 'pincushion flower', was grown from seed, had medium size flowers with a delicate stem and grew mostly in blue tones.
The simple reason why the Kadupul Flower is the champion of the most expensive flowers in the world list is: it is completely priceless. No amount of money could ever buy this flower. It is so rare and so frail that it lives for only a few hours, and then dies.
This opens in a new window. Did you know that blue is the rarest flower color? Brandon George, graduate student in Public Garden Leadership at Cornell University, takes an in-depth talk on the color blue, why it is so rare in the plant world, and some tips for displaying it in a garden.