“Emblems, symbols and traditions of Great Britain”
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Each country in Britain has its own patron saint and floral emblem: England — St. George and the Rose The national flower of England is the rose. The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem since the time of the Wars of the Roses — civil wars (1455-1485) between the royal house of Lancaster (whose emblem was a red rose) and the royal house of York (whose emblem was a white rose).