1. Name That Rose II American Rose Society Program Services Committee Steve Jones, Chairman © ARS 2005

2. Photos and Text by Steve Jones © ARS 2005

3. This is the only Polyantha to win All American Rose Selections (AARS) honors Pinkie

4. This is the first Hybrid Tea. It was created by Guillot in 1867 La France

5. This Miniature climber is one of the most popular today. It was named for a lady in Texas Jeanne Lajoie

6. This Hybrid Tea was first introduced as Cadillac de Ville. It is a top exhibition rose Moonstone

7. This popular English Rose is named for a well known rosarian Graham Thomas

8. This Species Rose is also known as the Cherokee Rose and it is the state flower of Georgia. Not a native, it has naturalized in the United States Rosa laevigata

9. This Shrub is one of the most popular Hybrid Musks. Named for a dancer Ballerina

10. This rose is the best known of the Hybrid Bracteatas and was named for a mythical sea creature Mermaid

11. This is an older Miniature rose by Ralph Moore. It is named for its unique color shade Green Ice

12. This Hybrid Perpetual is one of the most popular exhibition roses. Named for a member of nobility Marchesa Boccella

13. This Hybrid Tea was once planted by the thousands in Portland, Oregon. It was named for a French designer Mme Caroline Testout

14. This Rose is the first of the repeat blooming Damasks and created a new class Autumn Damask

15. A great hot weather rose, this Hybrid Tea won AARS honors and is named after a Saint St. Patrick

16. Belinda’s Dream This Shrub is one of the top scoring Earth Kind roses

17. Considered the first miniature rose, this China was used to create the class Rouletti

18. A popular floribunda by McGredy. A top show rose Sexy Rexy

19. One of the most popular single Hybrid Teas of all time. Introduced in 1925 Dainty Bess

20. This Floribunda was named for a top hybridizer Bill Warriner

21. This once blooming rambler (Hybrid Multiflora) is also known as Spanish Cottage Rose Russelliana

22. This Hybrid Rugosa is one of the most popular today. Named for one of three sisters Therese Bugnet

23. This is Shakespeare’s Species rose, also known as the Sweetbriar Rose Rosa eglanteria

24. This Species rose is also known as the Dog Rose. Native to England, it is a common rootstock Rosa canina

25. This popular climber is also known as Pierre de Ronsard Eden

26. This climber was the AARS winner for 1956 Golden Showers

27. This once popular Rambler is named for the wife of a major rose grower Dorothy Perkins

28. A popular Climber from 1932. Produces clusters of small blooms Blaze

29. A popular Hybrid Tea today, this 2000 AARS winner was named for a sign of the zodiac Gemini

30. This repeat blooming Damask was named for a Greek Goddess Leda

31. The “other” class of roses are the little known Hulthemias. This Hulthemia hybrid is by Harkness Nigel Hawthorne

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