![[Photo] The rose beds in the Formal Garden are in full bloom. A vibrant palette of pink, red, and orange roses fills the air with color and fragrance.](/national-garden/shinjukugyoen/highlights/rose/images/heading_sp.jpg)
Roses
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Rose Beds
The Rose Beds are located within the Formal Garden. The West Bed and the East Bed were completed in 2000 and 2002, respectively. They comprise around 500 rose plants of roughly 100 varieties.
Classification of Roses
![[Photo] The rose beds in the Formal Garden are in full bloom. A vibrant palette of pink, red, and orange roses fills the air with color and fragrance.](/national-garden/shinjukugyoen/highlights/rose/images/img_02.jpg)
There are about 150 wild rose species and more than 30,000 cultivated varieties. Cultivars consist of old garden roses, which were created before 1867, and modern roses, whose creation began with the introduction of the La France variety in 1867. The four major classes of roses are hybrid tea, floribunda, climbing, and miniature. Roses are also classified by their growth habit (bush, shrub, climbing, and miniature), number of petals (single, semi-double, and double), petal shape (rounded, quilled, and semi-quilled), and overall flower shape (high-centered, flat, globular, cupped, quartered, rosette, and pompon).
