Name That Rose II

American Rose SocietyProgram Services Committee

Steve Jones, Chairman© ARS 2005

Photos and Text by Steve Jones© ARS 2005

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

Pinkie

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

La France

This Miniature climber is one of the most

popular today. It was named for a lady in

Texas

Jeanne Lajoie

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

Moonstone

This popular English Rose is named for a well known rosarian

Graham Thomas

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

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

Ballerina

This rose is the best known of the Hybrid Bracteatas and was named for

a mythical sea creature

Mermaid

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

shade

Green Ice

This Hybrid Perpetual is one of the most popular exhibition roses. Named for a

member of nobility

Marchesa Boccella

This Hybrid Tea was once planted by the thousands in Portland, Oregon. It was

named for a French designer

Mme Caroline Testout

This Rose is the first of the repeat blooming Damasks and created a new class

Autumn Damask

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

St. Patrick

Belinda’s Dream

This Shrub is one of the top scoring Earth Kind roses

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

Rouletti

A popular floribunda by McGredy. A top show rose

Sexy Rexy

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

Dainty Bess

This Floribunda was named for a top

hybridizer

Bill Warriner

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

Russelliana

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

Therese Bugnet

This is Shakespeare’s Species rose, also known as the Sweetbriar Rose

Rosa eglanteria

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

Rosa canina

This popular climber is also known as Pierre de Ronsard

Eden

This climber was the AARS winner for 1956

Golden Showers

This once popular Rambler is named for the wife of a major rose grower

Dorothy Perkins

A popular Climber from 1932. Produces clusters of small blooms

Blaze

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

Gemini

This repeat blooming Damask was named for a Greek Goddess

Leda

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

Nigel Hawthorne

The End