I have about 57 roses! My favorite classes are David Austin Roses, Old Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Chinas, Tea-Noisettes, Hybrid Perpetuals, and Hybrid Musks.
SIDENOTE: Almost all of my roses have been bought mail-order, which I highly recommend. You can get a much better selection by shopping online and these dealers are reputable and experienced in shipping roses. They come carefully packed to arrive happy to you.
STORE KEY:
(note: more dealers on the resources page)
DA: David Austin
EDR: http://eurodesertroses.com/ (went out of business recently, all stock moved to VG)
LAR: Long Ago Roses
Regan: Regan Nursery
RU: Roses Unlimited
RVR: Rogue Valley Roses
VG: Vintage Gardens (Out of Business)
SJ Heritage : San Jose Heritage Rose Garden (Not a seller, a heritage garden (great to visit!) but sometimes does rose sales at events at the garden.)
MY ROSES:
5 Yuan / 10,000 Camellias Rose– bought from VG
class: china /bengale
hybridizer: found rose, 1996 from Lijiang Monastery of the 10,000 Camellias (Bai masi).
blooms: rich carmine pink, small, double
spreading, moderate height, climbing? perpetual bloom, nearly thornless
4′??
potted band 3/14 – one of VG’s French imports.
Alchemist – bought from ARE
class: shrub climber
hybridizer: Kordes 1956
blooms: peach, fully double
no rebloom, thorny, fragrant
10-15′
potted 5/8/10 started as a 2 gall, left back yard wall.
Archduke Charles – bought from ARE
class: China / Bengale
hybridizer: Dubourg 1825
blooms: changeable red blend, full/flat double, fully double
strong fragrance, rapid rebloom, evergreen, blooms in winter, too
5′
10/25/10 – started as 2 gallon, front yard
Baronne Edmond de Rothschild – bought from VG
class: Hybrid Tea
hybridizer: Meilland 1968
blooms: hot pink, bicolored, fully double
strong fragrance, good rebloom, an offspring of Peace
4′ ?
recieved as a large band 10/20/10, planted in front side bed 11/05/11
Baronne Prevost – bought from ARE
class: Hybrid Perpetual
hybridizer: Desprez 1841
blooms: hot pink flat button-eye double
rapid reblooming, strongly fragrant, armed with thorns, good for pegging.
8′
5/15/10 started as 2 gall, front yard
Bermuda’s Kathleen – bought from ARE
class: shrub?
blooms: white, light pink, hot-pink, changeable, semi-double
no scent, good rebloom, good for hips
6′
10/25/10 – started as 2 gallon, front yard
Carding Mill – bought from RU
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 2004
blooms: apricot blend, full, globular
reblooming, moderately fragrant, heat tolerant
4′ height, 3′ width
5/15/10 started as a gallon, front yard
Comte de Chambord – bought from RVR
class: Portland
hybridizer: Robert and Moreau 1858
blooms: medium pink, fully double
good rebloom, strongly fragrant,
3′-5′ height, width 2′-4′
12/29/09 started as a band, back yard
Dian – bought from VG
class: Miniature
hybridizer: Ralph S. Moore 1957
blooms: Deep pink
Deep pink. Light apple fragrance. Good rebloom. Height of 15″. 2012
The Doctor – bought from RU
class: hybrid tea
hybridizer: Howard 1936
blooms: medium pink
reblooming, strongly fragrant
3′
9/10/10 started as a gallon, front yard
Duftendes Weisskirchen – bought from EDR
class: floribunda
hybridizer: Hetzel 1999
blooms: deep pink, clustered, flat double
strongly fragrant, reblooming,
2′
potted 8/8/10 started as a band, planted in front side bed 11/05/11
Evelyn – Bought from DA
class: (shrub/ short Climber)
hybridizer: David Austin 1992
blooms: apricot blend, fully double, large blooms
strong fragrance, excellent reblooming,
6′
planted 2/14 in the ground as a grafted bareroot from DA
The Faun – Bought from RU
class: floribunda
hybridizer: Olesen 1990
blooms: pink clustered double
No fragrance, rapid reblooming, shade tolerant
3′ height, 7′ width
potted 9/10/10 started as a gallon, backyard
Felicia – bought from VG
class: Hybrid Musk
hybridizer: Rev. J H Pemberton before 1926
blooms: light pink loosely double
rapid reblooming, strongly fragrant, shade tolerant
3′-8′ height, width 4′-9′
11/15/09 started as band, front yard
Grace Darling – Bought from EDR
class: Hybrid Tea
Hybridizer: Henry Bennett 1884
blooms: peach pink, fully double
strongly fragrant, good reblooming
3′-4′
10/23/11 as a large bare root, planted in front side bed 11/05/11
Grandmother’s Hat / Barbara Worl – Bought from RVR
class: Hybrid Perpetual
hybridizer: found 1972
blooms: pink, fully double
strongly fragrant, strong reblooming, heat tolerant
8-12′
Band ’13 potted
Golden Buddha – Bought from RVR
class: Hybrid Bracteata
hybridizer: Paul Barden 2005
blooms: orange and yellow, fully double
strongly fragrant, strong reblooming, heat tolerant
2-3′
10/23/11 as a band
Gruss an Aachen – bought from ARE
class: Floribunda
hybridizer: Geduldig 1909
blooms: pale pink/peach blend. color changeable. fully double
strong fragrance, rapid rebloom, shade tolerant
3′
10/25/10 – started as 2 gallon, front yard
Gruss an Coburg – bought from VG
class: Hybrid Tea
hybridizer: Felberg-Leclerc 1927
bloom: apricot blend (light), changeable, fully double
strong fragrance, rapid rebloom
4′?
10/20/10 recieved as a large band, front yard
Hume’s Blush (Laos form) – bought from VG
class: china /bengale
hybridizer: found 1999
bloom: light pink
?
3/14 band potted
Heavenly Pink – bought from EDR
class: hybrid musk
hybridizer: Lens 1997
bloom: light pink, clustered rosette
reblooming, mildly fragrant
3′
8/8/10 started as a band, front yard
James Galway Climbing – Bought from DA
class: English Shrub (Climber)
hybridizer: Austin 2000
blooms: medium pink, fully double
reblooming, very fragrant
8′ height, 10′ width
1/30/10 started as bareroot, left backyard wall. slow starter but then grew very fast!
Jude The Obscure (2) – Bought from DA
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 2000
blooms: apricot yellow, fully double
reblooming, very fragrant
4′
1/30/10 started as DA bareroot, backyard
La France cl. – bought from RVR
class: Early Hybrid Tea (climbing)
hybridizer: Discovered by Henderson 1893
blooms: light pink/m. pink, fully double
good reblooming, strongly fragrant, Doing EXTREMELY WELL. Gorgeous.
12′
5/8/10 started as a gallon, left backyard wall
La Reine – bought from ARE
class: Hybrid Perpetual
hybridizer: Laffay 1842
blooms: hot pink, full, globular
good reblooming, strongly fragrant, nearly thornless
5′ height, 4′ width
5/15/10 started as 2 gall, front yard
Lady Alice Stanley – bought from EDR
class: Hybrid Tea
hybridizer: McGredy II 1909
blooms: pink blend
good reblooming, strong fragrance
medium/small size bush 4′?
large barefoot 9/11, planted in front side bed 11/05/11
Lady Banks (Yellow) – put in by my landscapers
class: species
hybridizer: (before 1824)
blooms: light yellow, small, double
once blooming, thornless, fragrant
large 15′
12/29/09
Larry Daniels – bought from VG
class: Hybrid Perpetual
hybridizer: Discovered by Liggett before 1995
blooms: light pink, double
strong fragrance, rapid rebloom, Sport of Grandmother’s Hat. Easy and vigorous
6′-12′
recieved as a gallon 10/20/10. left backyard wall
Lavender Lassie – bought from ARE
class: Hybrid Musk
hybridizer: Kordes 1960
blooms: pink- purple, fully double
good rebloom. good fragrance, shade tolerant, very disease risistant and good for difficult positions.
12′ height, width 4′
put by A/C 10/24/10 – 2 gallon, backyard by air conditioner
Lyda Rose (2) – bought from RVR
class: Hybrid Musk
hybridizer: Lettunich 1994
blooms: light pink with pink edge single
rapidly reblooming, strongly fragrant, shade tolerant, thornless
4′-5′
12/29/09 started as band, front yard
Madame Alfred Carriere(2) – bought from VG
class: Tea-Noisette
hybridizer: Schwartz 1875
blooms: near white fully double
rapidly reblooming, fragrant, shade tolerant, low thorns
8′-25′ height, width 10′
11/15/09 started as band, front yard
Madame Berard – bought from RVR
class: Tea Noisette
hybridizer: Antoine Levet (pere) 1870
blooms: light apricot, fully double
reblooming, strongly fragrant, nearly thornless, fast grower
8′-10′ height, width 4′-8′
13′ new band
Madame Joseph Bonnaire– bought from EDR
class: hybrid tea
hybridizer: Bonnaire 1891
blooms: deep pink, fully double cupped
reblooming
5′
potted 8/8/10 started as a band, side yard 2012
Madame Lambard (Lombard)– bought from RVR
class: tea
hybridizer: Lacharme 1878
blooms: changeable white to pink, semi-double to double, globular
strong fragrance, good reblooming
large, 5’+
potted 9/10/10 started as a band, backyard 2011 or 2012
Mortimer Sackler – Bought from DA
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 2002
bloom: light pink, fully double
reblooming, very fragrant, almost thornless, not heat tolerant
5′
1/30/10 started as DA bareroot, backyard
October Moon – Bought from RVR (2)
class: Floribunda
hybridizer: Paul Barden 2006
blooms: apricot, fully double
fragrant, strong reblooming, heat tolerant, good cut flowers
3-5′
10/23/11 as a band, a second gallon on 10/31/11, one planted in sideyard 2012, the other planted in back bed Feb 2013.
Oshun – Bought from RVR
class: shrub
hybridizer: Paul Barden 2004
blooms: orange blend, fully double
strongly fragrant, strong reblooming, heat tolerant
5-7′
10/23/11 as a band, planted 2012 behind arbor
Penelope – bought from ARE
class: Hybrid musk
hybridizer: Rev. J H Pemberton 1924
blooms: off-white
good reblooming, strongly fragrant, shade tolerant, orange hips
8′
5/15/10 started as 2 gall, planted front yard in shade bed.
Pink Pet– free from RVR
class: polyantha/china?
hybridizer: Lilley 1928
blooms:pink clusters of double
No fragrance, rapid reblooming
3′
potted 9/10/10 started as a band, planted in back yard by air conditioner.
Pomponella – bought from RVR
class: floribunda
hybridizer: Kordes 2005
blooms: deep pink, clusters of pompom globular blooms
ok fragrance, good reblooming
3′
potted 9/10/10 started as a band, planted in backyard Feb 2013
The Prince – bought from RU
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 1990
blooms: purplish red fully double
reblooming, fragrant, shade tolerant
4′
11/15/09 started as gallon, front yard
Queen of Sweden – bought from RU
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 2004
blooms: very light pink
reblooming, no fragrance
4′
5/15/10 started as a gallon, front yard
Reine des Violettes – bought from RVR
class: Hybrid Perpetual
hybridizer: Mille-Mallet 1860
blooms: purple/mauve, fully double
very fragrant, good reblooming, Thornless
4′-8′ height, 3′-6′ width
12/29/09 started as a band in right back. Didn’t grow for a year. Poorly. Potted late ’10. Doing a lot better. Hates alkaline!
Rita Sammons – bought from RVR
class: polyantha
hybridizer: B. Clarke 1925
blooms: light pink
good reblooming, fragrant, frequent bloom
4′-5′
5/8/10 started as a gallon, front yard.
Sombreuil – bought from DA
class: Climbing Floribunda?
hybridizer: Introduced by Wyant 1959
bloom: white/near white, fully double
very fragrant, good reblooming, thorny
8′-10′
12/29/09 DA started as bareroot, left backyard wall
Sophie’s Perpetual – bought from RVR and RU
class: bourbon/china?
hybridizer: ? before 1922
blooms: pink/dk pink blend, double
reblooming, fragrant, shade tolerant
4′-5′
9/10/10 started as a band , planted in front side bed 11/05/11
Sweet Chariot (2)- bought from RVR
class: miniature
hybridizer: Ralph S. Moore 1984
bloom: purple/pink, fully double pompom
reblooming, very fragrant, sets hips
1-2′
9/10/10 started as a band. Originally had 3, one died. Front of back yard bed. Not growing as fast as I would like.
Sydonie– bought from RVR
class: Hybrid/Damask Perpetual
hybridizer: Jean-Pierre Vibert 1847
blooms: medium pink, very fully double
reblooming, fragrant,
5′
12/29/09 1 gall, backyard bed
Valencia – bought from Regan
class: Hybrid Tea
hybridizer: Kordes 1989
bloom: light orange full
reblooming, strong fragrance –
3′ height, 4′ width
early 2011, planted in front side bed 11/05/11, very vigorous, blooms almost all year!
White Wings ?– free from RVR
class: hybrid tea
hybridizer: Krebs 1947
blooms: white w/ red stamens, single
low fragrance, reblooming, thorny
4′
potted 5/8/10 started as a band (mystery rose), backyard by air conditioner
Wildeve (2) – bought from RU
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 2003
blooms: light pink fully double
rapid reblooming, mildy fragrant, shade tolerant
4′
11/15/09 started as gallon, front yard in slightly shady area.
William Shakespeare 2000 – Bought from DA
class: English Shrub
hybridizer: Austin 2000
blooms: crimson purple
fully double
reblooming, very fragrant,
4′
didn’t grow well it’s first year. one of two died.
1/30/10 started as bareroot, backyard.