Japanese Roses from Herui Rose Farm

Hiraguni-cho, located in the western part of Nara Prefecture, right in the middle of Honshu, is an old town whose name is mentioned in old history books.
The area has many chrysanthemum growers, and we visited a rose garden here that has been producing roses since 1973. Annual production of cut flowers is 1.5 million stems.

Standing on top of a slightly elevated hill are several dozen magnificent greenhouses, where three farmers produce roses.

They grow and sell seedlings for cut flowers as well as for other growers in Japan.
Since different growers use different cultivation methods (soil, rockwool, etc.), they grow seedlings tailor-made for each grower.
There are so many stories before a single rose is on the shelves of a store!

Heigun Roses produces many varieties of roses, but the most distinctive are the full-bloom varieties.
The left and right photos above are of the same variety, but the right one blooms in the field until the petals are turned up.
If they are cut before blooming in the field, they bloom normally as shown on the left.

Full blooms are very spectacular. Only a limited number of varieties and qualities can be shipped in this condition.

Most Japanese roses have delicate lines with thin but tightly packed stems due to the temperature differences.