The rose is carefully selected from one of our approved growers. It is a real rose that is meticulously handcrafted. In fact, if you were to break a piece of the 24K gold stem you will see the actual rose stem. A thin coating of real 24K gold is applied as the final step to keep your golden rose lasting forever. It also has its own Certificate of Authenticity. We keep the price of our golden roses affordable because of our advanced plating process applying the 24K gold layer.