Images shared on social media in late 2024 of a so-called hybrid rose called the "midnight ember" show dramatic orange and black petals, presumably for which the flower is named.

Roses do not have thorns; they have prickles. But there ARE “thorns” in the rose garden. Their names are botrytis, black spot, rust, downy mildew, anthracnose and cerospora leaf spot. They are all ...