This post is from from my other blog here A Tally of the Rose Cultivars in Our Garden
Name:
Autumn Damask
Qty:
1
Synonyms
'Rosa damascena semperflorens', 'Four Seasons Rose', 'Rose des Quatre Saisons,' and 'Rose of Paestum.' Alexandrian Rose, Bifera, Old Castilian, Rosa damascena var. bifera, Rosa damascena var. semperflorens, Rosa × damascena
Class:
Damask
Parentage:
R. gallica × R. abyssinica (theorized)
Introduced:
1254 – 1276: The crusading knights brought the first Damask Rose to France from Persia (Source).
Habit:
Rangy shrub: h4-5 × w3-4
Bloom time:
Long Spring & early summer bloom; shorter fall bloom
Flower
Cluster, semi-double, pink
Other notable features:
Fabulous fragrance, source of attar of roses; used in breeding of portlands and bourbons. Grown since 1000 BC, according to NCSU hort dept.
Name:
Belinda’s Dream
Qty:
1
Class:
Shrub rose
Parentage:
Tiffany × Jersey Beauty
Introduced:
1992: Robert Bayse
Namesake:
A daughter of a friend of the breeder’s
Habit:
Upright shrub: h4 × w3
Bloom time:
All year, even July
Flower:
Very double, Bubblegum pink
Other notable features:
Very hardy and free-blooming
Name:
Burgundy Iceberg
Qty:
1
Class:
Floribunda
Parentage:
Sport of Brilliant Pink Iceberg
Introduced:
2007: Swane
Habit:
Mounding shrub: h4-5 × w4-5
Bloom time:
Spring, early summer, plus some repeat
Flower:
Cluster, double, Deep purply-wine inside; whitey-purple outside
Other notable features:
Susceptible to leaf cutters. Otherwise, seems quite healthy
Name:
Buff Beauty
Qty:
1
Class:
Hybrid Musk
Parentage:
Seedling of 'William Allen Richardson'
Introduced:
1939: Anne Bentall
Habit:
Sprawling mound (7’ dia.) or climber (10-12’ tall)
Bloom time:
Spring – fall
Flower:
Cluster, Double, 3-4”, Buff/apricot/yellow
Other notable features:
Fragrant
Name:
Comtesse du Cayla
Qty:
1
Class:
China
Parentage:
?
Introduced:
1902: Pierre Guillot—member of a 6-generation family of rose breeders. The same family, apparently, that created ‘La France,’ among other famous cultivars.
Namesake:
Sources vary. Élisabeth-Suzanne de Jaucourt (1755–1816) OR Zoé Victoire Talon (1785-?)
Habit:
Airy rounded shrub h4-5 × w4-5
Bloom time:
Spring and fall with a sprinkling of summer blooms
Flower:
Single/semi-double, 3-4”, Orange-apricot-pink
Other notable features:
Striking color, extremely healthy
Name:
Cramoisi Superieur
Qty:
2
Synonyms
Agrippina, Lady Brisbane, Bermuda Rose, Queen of Scarlet, Old Bermuda Red Rose, L'Eblouissante
Class:
China
Introduced:
1832: Coquereau?, Slater's Crimson China seedling
Habit:
Nicely rounded shrub ~ 4 × ~4
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Cluster, Double, ~3”, Red with cerise pink and white
Other notable features:
Exceedingly tough; nice hedge, very free-blooming
Name:
Ducher
Qty:
1
Class:
China
Introduced:
1869; Jean-Claude Ducher, unknown parentage
Namesake:
Self/his nursery?
Habit:
Rounded shrub: h3-5 × w3-5
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Cluster? Double, Ivory-white
Other notable features:
Said to be the only white china
Name:
Duchesse de Brabant
Qty:
1
Synonyms
Comtesse de Labarathe, Comtesse Ouwaroff, Shell Rose
Class:
Tea
Introduced:
1857: HP Bernède, parentage unknown
Namesake:
The Duke of Brabant was a prince of Belgium (Chamblee’s).
Habit:
Large shrub: h7-8 × w5-6
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Double, 3”, pink
Other notable features:
The Antique Rose Emporium says that this was Teddy Roosevelt’s favorite rose, and that he used to wear it as a boutonniere.
Name:
The Fairy
Qty:
1
Class:
Polyantha
Introduced:
1932: J.A. Bentall, Paul Crampel × Lady Gay
Habit:
Low-growing shrub: h2-3 × w3
Bloom time:
All year, even July
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, Bubblegum pink to nearly white
Other notable features:
'The Fairy' is said to be the first groundcover rose (Source). It’s very sturdy—one of my least whiny roses. Purportedly shade tolerant. Definitely heat tolerant.
Name:
Ferdinand Pichard? (Legacy)
Qty:
1
Class:
Hybrid Perpetual/Bourbon (sources vary)
Introduced:
1921: Remi Tanne, unknown parentage
Namesake:
?
Habit:
Upright, gangly shrub: h4 × w3
Bloom time:
Spring/early summer (so far)
Flower:
Double Red/white/pink stripes
Other notable features:
“Nigel Pratt of Tasman Bay Roses says this rose is one of the best striped varieties...In September 1998, the Montreal Botanical Garden (Le Jardin Botanique de Montreal) carried out a survey of its roses' resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust. This is one of the outstanding varieties that showed a 0% to 5% infection rate. The data was taken on well-established roses.” Source.
Name:
Graham Thomas
Qty:
1
Class:
Shrub (“English rose”)
Introduced:
1983: David Austin, Charles Austin × Iceberg seedling
Namesake:
the famous rosarian, Graham Thomas.
Habit:
Tall, gangly: h9+ ×w3
Bloom time:
Summer
Flower:
Cluster, Double, Deep butter yellow
Other notable features:
Can be trained as a climber.
Name:
Green Ice
Qty:
3
Class:
Miniature
Introduced:
1971: Moore, Seed = (R. wichuraiana × Floradora), Pollen = Jet Trail
Habit:
Spreading miniature: 2 × 2
Bloom time:
All year, even August
Flower:
Cluster, Double, Ivory-white w green eye
Other notable features:
Very hardy, dainty flowers, very free-blooming, even in July.
Name:
La Marne
Qty:
1
Class:
Polyantha
Parentage:
Introduced:
1915: Barbier frères & Cie. (nursery/breeding co.), Seed = Mme. Norbert Levavasseur, Pollen = Comtesse du Cayla
Habit:
Rounded shrub h3-5 × w3-5
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, Pink & cream
Other notable features:
Good hedge. Matt says, “Hardy as hell.”
Name:
Lichterloh
Qty:
1
Class:
Floribunda
Introduced:
1955: M. Tantau, parentage unknown
Namesake:
?
Habit:
Low spreading shrub: h3-4 × w3-4
Bloom time:
Spring and fall with lighter summer bloom
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, Fire engine red
Other notable features:
Particularly good hips. Mine is probably the sulkiest of the roses I have been nurturing along since my senior year at A&M. It hasn’t really grown since it was first planted in the ground last April. Brat.
Name:
Maggie (tentative ID)
Qty:
3
Synonyms
Possibly Mme Eugène Marlitt, Eugene E. Marlitt
Class:
Bourbon
Introduced:
Originally: 1900?; Found: ? collected by Dr. William C. Welch of Texas A&M University; Hybridized by Geschwindt? Parentage unknown
Namesake:
Bill Welch’s wife’s grandmother
Habit:
Upright bush: h4-5 × w3-4
Bloom time:
Summer
Flower:
Cluster, Very double, cerise
Other notable features:
It was found in Louisiana; some believe it to be Eugene E. Marlitt, though ARE doesn’t seem 100% persuaded. Very good fragrance. Can handle neglect.
Name:
Martha Gonzalez
Qty:
1
Class:
China
Introduced:
1984; Pam Puryear, Unknown parentage
Namesake:
Martha Gonzales, Navasota gardener
Habit:
Small rounded shrub, 3 × 3
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, Lipstick red
Other notable features:
Very free-blooming
Name:
Mrs. R. M. Finch
Qty:
1
Class:
Polyantha
Introduced:
1923: R. M. Finch, Orleans Rose seedling
Namesake:
His wife
Habit:
Rounded shrub: 3 × 3
Bloom time:
Spring and fall, scattered summer
Flower:
Cluster, Double, Soft pink
Name:
Mutabilis
Qty:
5
Synonyms
Tipo Ideale, the Butterfly Rose, Rosa chinensis, Rosa chinensis var. mutabilis, Rosa mutabilis, Rosa turkestanica, Rosa x odorata
Class:
China
Introduced:
Internet sources are inconsistent about the origins of Mutabilis, but all accounts agree that it was introduced to the public by Henri Correvon of Geneva, who first encountered it in the gardens of Ghilberto Borromeo, an Italian prince who grew the rose at his Isola Bella estate on Lago Maggiore in N. Italy. Some accounts say that the rose was originally bred there; others that it was collected on the island of Reunion.
Habit:
Large shrub: 6+ × 6+
Bloom time:
All year, even August
Flower:
Cluster, Single, ~2”,Yellow/orange/pink
Other notable features:
Takes heat and indifferent soil. Reputed to withstand some shade.
Good as a hedge or large specimen. Some sources claim they have trained Mutabilis as a climber, though the plant is so naturally bushy that I would think trying to restrain its horizontality would be more trouble than it’s worth. Mutabilis won’t so much grow up a trellis as it will consume the trellis in all dimensions.
Peaceful Habitations Rose Gardens says that it has “a well developed sense of humor”
La Landriana gardens in Italy feature over 300 Mutabilis in 2 acres
Name:
Mystery Pink Globes
Qty:
1
Class:
?
Introduced:
?
Habit:
Small shrub: h2-3 × w2
Bloom time:
Spring & summer (so far)
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, Deep pink
Other notable features:
Full bloom is a small, loose, closed globe of petals, not a typical open rose shape.
Name:
Mystery Red Pillar (Legacy)
Qty:
1
Class:
?
Introduced:
?
Habit:
5’ Pillar or sprawling shrub
Bloom time:
Spring/early summer, so far
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, 3-4”, Lipstick red
Other notable features:
Hybrid tea-ish shape
Name:
Mystery Tea
Qty:
1
Class:
Tea?
Introduced:
?
Habit:
Airy bush
Bloom time:
Mostly spring/early summer
Flower:
Very double, Lightish to darkish pink
Other notable features:
Matt & I have no idea what this is. The bush/leaves look like a Tea to me, but Matt thinks the flowers look like a Hybrid Perp.
Name:
New Dawn
Qty:
1
Synonyms
Everblooming Dr. W. Van Fleet,
Class:
Wichurana Rambler?
Introduced:
1930: Somerset Rose Nursery, Sport of Dr. W. Van Fleet: (r.wichuriana x Safrano) x Souv. Du Pres. Carnot
Namesake:
“Dr Van Fleet alone is intelligently, persistently, and scientifically adventuring in the development of the different and important Chinese native species from which may arise in earlier or later succession the improved hardy garden roses so much needed. It is no derogation of the efforts of the commercial workers in roses primarily bred for greenhouse growing … to say that Dr Van Fleet is the present and potential originator of the varieties which may truly be called American roses.” from the American Rose Annual of 1919
Habit:
Climber: 10-20’
Bloom time:
Spring &, presumably, fall
Flower:
Cluster, Double, Palest pink
Other notable features:
Plantfiles.com says it’s both shade tolerant and disease resistant.
Zanthan Gardens says it’s the first rose patented in North America and that in 1997 ‘New Dawn’ was voted the most popular rose in the world at the 11th World Convention of Rose Societies.
Name:
Red Cascade
Qty:
1
Class:
Climbing Miniature
Introduced:
1976, Ralph S. Moore, (R. Wichurana X 'Floradora') × 'Magic Dragon'
Habit:
Climber or groundcover, 12+
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Cluster, Double, Vermillion
Other notable features:
Very heavy bloomer, fast grower. Red flowers are particularly lovely against RC’s shiny, dark green, fine-textured foliage. Said to tolerate some shade, as, indeed, ours does.
Name:
Reine des Violettes
Qty:
1
Class:
Hybrid Perpetual
Introduced:
1860: Mille-Mallet, Pope Pius IX (hybrid perpetual, Vibert, 1849) seedling (Source).
Habit:
Leggy shrub: h4-5 × w3
Bloom time:
Spring and fall
Flower:
Cluster, Very double, 3-4”Deep lilac
Other notable features:
Very unusual color; is responding with singular generosity of spirit to being re-transplanted after just 1 year. Purported to be shade tolerant. Very nice fragrance.
Name:
Wild Blue Yonder
Qty:
1
Class:
Grandiflora
Introduced:
2006; Carruth, (International Herald Tribune x R. soulieana derivative) x (Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile)] x (Blueberry Hill x Stephen's Big Purple)
Habit:
Upright bush: h4-6 × w3
Bloom time:
So far, mostly spring & fall—possibly more when better established.
Flower:
Cluster, double, Dark mauve/wine with white eye
Other notable features:
Weeks Roses site (owner of this rose) claims it gets better with establishment. First saw an unnamed beta version of this rose at It’s a Jungle here in Austin. Big old beast in a ~10 gallon pot covered in deep purple-red flowers with white eyes. When I had scraped together my pennies and went back to buy it, they said they now had the named cultivar in stock, which I bought. Mine has never been as deep or gem-like in its coloring as that trial plant I saw—but it’s had a pretty stressful life, so I’m hoping that when it settles in it will gain some intensity.
Somewhat susceptible to the Horrid Fungus that killed off 2 of my Maggies last year.
Name:
Knockout
Qty:
1
Class:
Shrub
Introduced:
2004?, William Radler. From theknockoutrose.com: William believes "the three roses that I feel contributed the most to the hardiness and resistance to blackspot were the varieties Applejack, Carefree Beauty™, and Eddie's Crimson. For color and flower form I used the roses Faberge, Tampico, Playboy, Deep Purple, and Razzle Dazzle. This last group also provided useful female plants.”
Habit:
Rounded bush 4 × 4
Bloom time:
All year
Flower:
Cluster, Semi-double, 3 – 3-1/2”, Magenta
Other notable features:
Omnipresent. Soulless.
Name:
Knockout (pink, semi-double—either ‘Pink Knockout’ or ‘Blushing Knockout’)
Qty:
1
Class:
Shrub
Habit:
Rounded bush h3-4 × w3-4
Bloom time:
Spring and fall, scattered summer
Flower:
Cluster, Single/semi-double, Light pink
Other notable features:
Not nearly as vigorous as regular Knockout.
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