The term 'Wild Rose' brings to mind different thoughts to many people. For me, it calls to mind natural beauty and color that adds admiration to any scene. It motivates a warming feeling of well-being and love. We have a wild rose bush in our backyard.

I appreciated this commentary about the wild rose found at http://www.americanmeadows.com/the-wild-roses -

"The Romance of the Wild Rose"

"Of course, roses are probably the No. 1 symbol of love in human history. We've even had a War of the Roses, not to mention centuries of rose perfumes, oils, medicines, and foods. Today in the US, the "wild rose" competes with the violet as our most popular state flower; both are the symbols of several states. And even though the fantastic new roses offer you almost anything you may desire in color or fragrance, many people think there is no purer beauty than the true wild rose."

"After all, Emily Bronte wrote, "Love is like the wild rose." And Robert Burns did not write his most famous love poem about some gaudy, man-made, orange and pink creation, but stated clearly and simply, "My love is like a red, red rose." (Read the famous Robert Burns poem below). But it was surely Gertrude Stein who summed it up best, with her her classic line about the rose's incomparable beauty: "A rose is a rose is a rose." She did not write "A rose is a rose is a bi-colored hybrid.""