chandigarh is known as the city of roses in india.
which city is known as the city of roses in india?
chandigarh
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the china roses, based on "rosa chinensis", have been cultivated in east asia for centuries. they have been cultivated in western europe since the late 18th century. they contribute much to the parentage of today's hybrid roses, and they brought a change to the form of the flowers then cultivated in europe. compared with the older rose classes known in europe, the chinese roses had less fragrant, smaller blooms carried over twiggier, more cold-sensitive shrubs. however they could bloom repeatedly throughout the summer and into late autumn, unlike their european counterparts. the flowers of china roses were also notable for their tendency to "suntan," or darken over time unlike other blooms which tended to fade after opening. this made them highly desirable for hybridisation purposes in the early 19th century. according to graham stuart thomas, china roses are the class upon which modern roses are built. today's exhibition rose owes its form to the china genes, and the china roses also brought slender buds which unfurl when opening. tradition holds that four "stud china" roses—'slater's crimson china' (1792), 'parsons' pink china' (1793), and the tea roses 'hume's blush tea-scented china' (1809) and 'parks' yellow tea-scented china' (1824)—were brought to europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; in fact there were rather more, at least five chinas not counting the teas having been imported. this brought about the creation of the first classes of repeat-flowering old garden roses, and later the modern garden roses. examples: 'old blush china', 'mutabilis' (butterfly rose), 'cramoisi superieur'.
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