Rose - Navo

• The rose is the official National Floral emblem of the United States. President Ronald Reagan signed this legislation into law on October 7, 1986. The rose is also the state flower selected by Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota and the District of Columbia.
• Three separate nationally conducted public opinion polls, dating from 1975-1986, found the rose to be the number-one choice of over 85% of those individuals surveyed. George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder! 
• In 1994, U.S. flower buyers purchased over 1,200,000,000 roses. This works out to a per capita consumption of 4.67 roses per person.  
• The rose is native to the United States. The oldest fossilized imprint of the rose was left on a slate deposit found in Florissant, Colorado. It is estimated to be 35 million years old. 
• There are nearly 900 acres of greenhouse dedicated to the production of fresh-cut roses in the U.S. One acre of greenhouse rose production in the U.S. is valued at about one million dollars, which includes the value of the plants, greenhouse structure and land.  About 60% of the roses grown in the U.S. are produced in California. 
• The most popular rose holidays in the U.S. are Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Christmas.