Author name: Louise Hughes

I'm Louise Hughes and I run the flower blog flowersfornow.com. I've been interested in flowers since I was a little girl and I love sharing my knowledge with others. I started the blog as a way to share my love of flowers with the world, and I hope to inspire others to appreciate the beauty of flowers as well.

Why roses have thorns?

Similarly in roses, they have thorns (actually prickles in Botany) to protect them from being eaten by animals. Extra protection functions like Thorns for Roses or Regeneration is triggered by DNA from earlier events of damage. NOTE : Thorns are derived from shoots and Prickles are derived from epidermis tissue. The thorns, while unpleasant to …

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