中国是月季花的原产地,至今在我国西南山区仍然有野生月季(Rosa chinensis)原种生长。野生月季,小叶3～5,花红色、单瓣(图1)。千百年来,经过人工选育,中国的月季花已经是传遍全世界、品种和花色多样的重要园林观赏植物。 200多年前,欧洲的花园里只有当地原产的法国蔷薇(R. gallica)、百叶蔷薇(R. centifolia)和突厥蔷薇(R. damascens)等一年一次开花的种类。18世纪初,中国月季品种、还有我国庭园早已应用的香水月季(R. odorata)(图2)和亮叶月季等传入欧洲。那里的园艺工作者用中国月季 China is the origin of Chinese rose flowers. So far, there are still some species of Rosa chinensis growing in southwest China. Wild rose, leaflets 3 to 5, flowers red, single flap (Figure 1). For thousands of years, after artificial breeding, China’s rose flowers have been spread throughout the world, variety and variety of important garden ornamental plants. More than 200 years ago, there were only a once-a-year blooming variety of locally-sourced R. gallica, R. centifolia, and R. damascens in European gardens. At the beginning of the 18th century, Chinese rose varieties, as well as R. odorata (Figure 2) and bright rose and rose, which have long been used in Chinese gardens, were introduced into Europe. The gardening workers there use Chinese rose