1. Selecting Roses for Central Florida Gardens

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3. Select Explore Rationale Concept Concept

4. Use Garden size Maintenance RoseCharacteristics Rationale for choices

5. Genus Rosa Species Roses Old Garden Roses Modern Roses Explore the possibilities

6. 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

7. OGR Bourbon China Noisette Tea Remontant, fragrant & resilient Good OGR Class Choices Good OGR Class Choices Found / Found / Mystery

8. China Archduke Charles Cramoisi Supérieur Pink Pet

9. Bourbon Souvenir de la Malmaison Mme Ernst Calvat

10. Noisette Crepuscule Céline Forestier Natchitoches Noisette Blush Noisette

11. Tea Miss Caroline Rosette Delizy Mrs. B. R. Cant

12. Found / Mystery Brightside Cream Maggie Spice

13. 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

14. Hybrid Tea Double Delight Dainty Bess Gemini St. PatrickMoonstoneVeteran’s Honor

15. Polyantha La MarneMartha’s Vineyard The Fairy

16. Floribunda Butterfly Kisses Our Lady of Guadelupe Eureka Trumpeter International Herald Tribune Sun Flare

17. Grandiflora Tournament of Roses Queen ElizabethAbout Face

18. Hybrid Musk (HMsk) Nur MahalBuff Beauty Cornelia

19. Large Flowered Climber Clair Matin Night Owl Fourth of July

20. Miniature Bees Knees My SunshineCrazy Dottie

21. Mini-Flora Abby’s AngelFoolish PleasureConundrum

22. Shrub Golden Unicorn Knock Out Molineux (Dr. Griffith J. Buck) (David Austin)

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24. Information sources Publications

25. Databases –Modern Roses 12 (Subscription) –www.helpmefind.com/roses www.helpmefind.com/roses Rose Sources –www.coolroses.com www.coolroses.com –www.kandmroses.com www.kandmroses.com –www.baygardens.org www.baygardens.org –www.rosemania.com www.rosemania.com Internet Information sources

26. Rose Societies Local Rose Societies Consulting Rosarians (free advice) Newsletters / Magazines Websites American Rose Society: www.ars.org www.ars.orgwww.ars.org Information sources

27. 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

28. Selecting Roses for Central Florida Gardens