Lonely Guy genes By removing prickles from various species, including roses and eggplants, the authors found that a LOG gene was responsible for the prickles in about 20 types of plants studied.

Roses and other thorny plants, particularly their stems and the thorns themselves, take a much longer time to break down than other plant materials, if they even decompose at all.

If you haven't pruned your roses yet, it's not too late, but do it soon or flowering could be delayed. Pruning your rose results in improved air circulation and greater sunlight exposure, both ...

Roses do not have thorns but instead have prickles that form from the skin of the plant. - Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

A little bit of rain this week unfortunately seemed to help the thorns as much as it helped the roses. Thorn: To the people who dropped three black kittens along the side of state Route 117, west ...

Abraham Lincoln once claimed that “we can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” More relevant today than ever before, Lincoln’s words pose a challenge ...

Most roses will be packed into crates and loaded into giant, hollowed-out airplanes headed for the U.S., Australia, or 6,000 miles away to one of the floral centers of the world, Holland.

Byington calls herself a collector of roses — she adores variety and aims to have some of every kind — and says she has about 200 plants. Her husband would argue that she has many more, she added.

News / Life / Lifestyles Growing roses not the thorn once thought Modern plants are more carefree, bring easy beauty to yard By DEAN FOSDICK, Associated Press Published: May 21, 2019, 6:00am Share: ...

I invite those of you who love roses to enter our 12th annual Amateur Rose Contest. Just bring a couple of your best rose blossoms to Roger’s Gardens between 10 and 10:45 Saturday morning.