Plants & flowers
Rose
A sweet-smelling flower with a prickly stem.
Roses are flowering plants with soft petals and stems covered in sharp prickles. Many roses smell lovely.
This friend is very quiet, so you're hearing the place where it lives.
Interesting facts
- The sharp points on a rose stem are called prickles, and they protect the plant.
- Bees visit roses to collect pollen.
- After the flower fades, some roses grow round fruits called rose hips.
- Roses come in many colours, like red, pink, white and yellow.
Where it lives
Gardens, parks and hedges.
It might be…
- Opening new buds
- Being visited by a bee
- Dropping old petals
Why it matters
Rose flowers feed pollinators, and rose hips can be food for birds in colder months.
Being a good friend
- Look and smell from a little distance — the stems are prickly.
- Count the petals on one flower.
- Watch for visiting insects.
Please don't
- Don't pick the flowers — leave them for bees and for everyone to enjoy.
- Don't grab the stems — the prickles are sharp.
- Watch out for bees visiting the flowers.
Mission
Petal Counter
Find a flowering bush in a garden or park.