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Once upon a time it all looked rosy – their bright buds a staple of parks and gardens.  But sales of home-grown rose bushes have plummeted in recent decades as they are deemed ‘old-fashioned and twee’.  Now, alarmed by the plant’s wilting popularity, experts have launched a campaign to revive the rose – with next month’s Chelsea Flower Show presenting an opportunity for a formal ‘call to arms’.  Sales of home-grown rose bushes have plummeted in recent decades as they are deemed ‘old-fashioned and twee’  Celebrity gardener David Domoney, who is backing the campaign, told The Sunday Telegraph: ‘Young people see the rose as old-fashioned and twee and what their grandparents grew. So it’s time we…appreciated its versatility – its beauty, use in perfumes, health treatments and even in food.’