Selecting Roses for Central Florida Gardens
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Genus Rosa Species Roses Old Garden Roses Modern Roses Explore the possibilities
Species or “wild roses” Several classes of species roses Cherokee Rose Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata or r.laevigata) Cherokee Rose Difficult to find and identify Bloom once a year 5 petals Very resilient All originated in northern hemisphere Earliest rose fossil 35 million years old (Colorado) Oldest living rose (Hildesheim, Germany) –Almost 1200 years old Largest Rose (Lady Banksiae, Tombstone, AZ) –Covers an area over 8,000 square feet ExploreExploreExplore
OGR Bourbon China Noisette Tea Remontant, fragrant & resilient Good OGR Class Choices Good OGR Class Choices Found / Found / Mystery
China Archduke Charles Cramoisi Supérieur Pink Pet
Bourbon Souvenir de la Malmaison Mme Ernst Calvat
Noisette Crepuscule Céline Forestier Natchitoches Noisette Blush Noisette
Tea Miss Caroline Rosette Delizy Mrs. B. R. Cant
Found / Mystery Brightside Cream Maggie Spice
Good Modern Class Choices Good Modern Class Choices Modern Roses Hybrid tea (HT) Hybrid tea (HT) Large- Flowered Climber (LCl) Large- Flowered Climber (LCl) Floribunda (F) Floribunda (F) Polyantha (Pol) Polyantha (Pol) Grandiflora (GR) Grandiflora (GR) Miniature (Min) Miniature (Min) Shrub (S) Shrub (S) Miniflora (MinFl) Miniflora (MinFl) Hybrid Musk (HMsk) Hybrid Musk (HMsk)Explore
Hybrid Tea Double Delight Dainty Bess Gemini St. PatrickMoonstoneVeteran’s Honor
Polyantha La MarneMartha’s Vineyard The Fairy
Floribunda Butterfly Kisses Our Lady of Guadelupe Eureka Trumpeter International Herald Tribune Sun Flare
Grandiflora Tournament of Roses Queen ElizabethAbout Face
Hybrid Musk (HMsk) Nur MahalBuff Beauty Cornelia
Large Flowered Climber Clair Matin Night Owl Fourth of July
Miniature Bees Knees My SunshineCrazy Dottie
Mini-Flora Abby’s AngelFoolish PleasureConundrum
Shrub Golden Unicorn Knock Out Molineux (Dr. Griffith J. Buck) (David Austin)
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Information sources Publications
Databases –Modern Roses 12 (Subscription) – Rose Sources – – – – Internet Information sources
Rose Societies Local Rose Societies Consulting Rosarians (free advice) Newsletters / Magazines Websites American Rose Society: Information sources
Selecting Plants SourcesOptions –Bare-root –Containerized –Own-root –Grafted –Various grades Plant health –Healthy “green” –Moist soil –Disease free –Insect free ColorsFragrance Boom Cycles Bloom Form Size & Growth Habits HardinessAvailability
Selecting Roses for Central Florida Gardens