# @ahs_gardening on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNbnz3mzuUC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55035804-ahs-gardening-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-16T21:50:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Horticultural Society | American Gardener Magazine (@ahs_gardening) — https://gondola.cc/ahs_gardening

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Breaking: Roses have receipts.⁠
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Scientists in Beijing sequenced 205 samples of wild roses—84% of all those documented in The Flora of China. Their detective work traced every bloom back to one ancestor: a single-petaled, yellow rose with seven leaflets.⁠
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From that modest flower, centuries of rose evolution unfurled—new colors, petal patterns, and the endless variations that now fill gardens, bouquets, and perfume counters worldwide.⁠
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So yes, your Valentine’s dozen, your grandmother’s climber, and the knockout hedge down the street all share the same roots. 🌹⁠
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Would you have guessed roses began yellow? ⁠
More on the story of this golden ancestor in our July/August issue of American Gardener → ahsgardening.org⁠
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#yellowrose #gardenhistory #AHSgardening #AmericanGardener #roses #rosegarden #horticulturehistory

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horticulturehistory, yellowrose, ahsgardening, rosegarden, roses, gardenhistory, americangardener

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