harmonize to tradition , April 23 in Barcelona , Spain , is the feast day of Sant Jordi , the flying lizard slayer . Barcelonans celebrate with red roses and literature . The lit honors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare , both of whom fail on April 23 , 1616 . consort to fable , the red rose goes back to a fire - breathing flying lizard whose bloodline apparently create a rosebush . accord to chronicle , the Moors insert the rose to Spain from north Africa .

Old Spanish Rose

Other names for Rose ' Russelliana ' include Old Spanish Rose , Russell ’s Cottage Rose , Scarlet Grevillei and Souvenir de la Bataille de Marengo . This intercrossed Rosa multiflora exhibits bunch of double magenta flush that turn to mauve , with glossy , exquisitely - edged dark immature leaves . Russelliana is a fragrant resurrect and often grow on canes . Its parentage is unconfirmed but could be a mark between R. Rosa multiflora and R. setigera , according to the 1993 Random House issue , " The Quest for the Rose , " authored by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix . The record book also mentions the potential place of parentage of this rose as Spain in the twelvemonth 1840 . This rambling rose flowers in the summer .

Valencia

The UNESCO World Heritage - list Alhambra and Generalife Gardens in Granada reflect the 1,000 - year and longer history of rosiness in Spain and the leisurely garden retreat of the Moorish ruler of Granada . import variety of roses grow increasingly popular during late decades , as did other motley of flowers . Bougainvilleas , for example , suit Spain ’s very warm and humid Mediterranean mood . Situated on Spain ’s Mediterranean coast , Valencia is call " the land of flowers . " The very fragrant , intercrossed tea leaf rose , Valencia features 3 - inch to 4 - in , apricot - icteric double blooms . Its common human body is an good bush of between 3 and 4 feet high . It is also called Koreklia for its breeder , a member of the distinguished Kordes fellowship of rose breeder , who created this rose in 1989 .

Spanish Sunset

Spanish Sunset ( Rosa ' Sunstar ' ) is the trademarked name of a floribunda hybridized by Frank Shuurman of New Zealand . Its bright orange and xanthous flower blossom almost continuously , make a beautiful contrast to the dark green , sheeny leaves . This outstanding rose produce to about 4 feet in elevation and exhibit strong opposition to diseases with particular reference to mold and rust . Spanish Sunset is a hybridization between two hybrid teatime roses , namely ' Alexander , ' which features vermilion - flushed three-fold efflorescence , and ' Golden Emblem , ' which has yellow heyday . A garden spot in the full sunlight best suits Spanish Sunset .

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