 What's the difference between rose colors when it comes to health benefits? Not much. Experts say that darker colored roses are higher in bioflavonoids. Like the smell of roses? Great, because those are the ones that actually have better health benefits. Many people love the look of hybrid tea roses, but those aren't the best for medicinal qualities. Species like the old roses, including damask, cabbage, and beech roses, are some of the best medicinally. Some other great species are the apothecary rose, dog rose, sweetbrier, common wild, wood's rose, and nutca rose. To learn more about roses, watch my video about the health benefits of rose tea next.