EU v vrtnicah | The EU and Rose
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Dehteča bela roža
Država, kjer je vrtnica tradicionalno razširjena: Bolgarija
Bele rože (Rosa ×alba) so stara skupina vrtnic z malo predstavniki. Sodobne genetske raziskave so pokazale, da so bele rože kompaktna skupina brez bližnjih sorodnikov v svetu vrtnic. Ena najbolj razširjenih belih rož je sorta ‘Suavolens’, kar pomeni nežno dišeča oziroma dehteča.
Dehteča bela roža je bila v Evropi razširjena že v srednjem veku, ustvarjena pa je bila, kot vse stare evropske vrtnice, nekje na bližnjem ali srednjem Vzhodu. Akvarel dehteče bele rože ja ohranjen v Valvasorjevi zbirki botaničnih ilustracij, kar pomeni, da je bila v 17. stoletju ena izmed najbolj pogostih vrtnic na Kranjskem.
V Bolgariji so polja vrtnic damaščank, ki jih gojijo za pridelavo rožnega olja, pogosto obrobljena z vrstami dehteče bele rože. Cvetove te vrtnice destilirajo posebej. Izplen rožnega olja je pol manjši kot pri damaščanki, toda njegov vonj je finejši in ga uporabljajo kot dodatek za zaokrožanje oziroma fino toniranje vonja rožnega olja vrtnic damaščank.
Vrtnica je del razstave EU v vrtnicah.
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The Fragrant White Rose
Traditionally grown in: Bulgaria
White roses (Rosa × alba) are an old class of roses with very few representatives. Modern genetic research has shown that white roses are a compact group without close relatives in the world of roses. One of the most widespread white roses is the ‘Suavolens’, which translates to ‘fragrant’ or ‘sweet-smelling’.
The fragrant white rose was already common in Europe in the Middle Ages; like all old varieties of European roses, it originated in the Near or Middle East. An aquarelle of a white rose is preserved in Valvasor’s collection of botanic illustrations, which means that was one of the most common roses in Carniola (a historic land of today’s Slovenia) during the 17th century.
In Bulgaria, fields of Damask roses grown for the production of rose oil are often surrounded by rows of fragrant white rose. The white rose blossoms are distilled separately. They yield half less rose oil than the Damask rose, but their smell is subtler and is used as a finishing touch, to round the fragrance of the Damask rose oil.
The rose variety is a part of the exhibition The EU and Rose.
