India has a long tradition of floriculture. The offering of exchange of flowers on all social occasions, in place of worship and their use for adornment of hair by women and home decoration have become an integral part of human living. The major flowers in this category are rose, gladiolus, tuberose, carnation, orchid and gerbera etc. Rose has colorful history. The rose is phenomenal plant and rightly known as 'world's favors flower'. The rose has an important role as ornamental plant and has absolute prominence among the flowering plants of a garden. Roses are also very important as plotted plants and have a primary role as cut flowers.
