Rose Blossom

The blossoms of wild, native roses are similar to our Standard Blossom in that they possess five colorful petals. However, as you can see in the rose at the right, that flower has many more than five petals. That's because the rose in the picture, and most of the roses you'll run across in average backyards, are horticultural varieties that have been hybridized and otherwise changed around by humans so that they have extra petals, which make them more gaudy.