Gemini
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.

The internet is abuzz with home gardeners’ photos showing off these huge, perfect, 5″ flowers on 20″ long straight stems, excellent for cutting: rose pornography at its very best. The colors are delicious: a rich rosy coral blended with a smooth, silky cream, and the form is exquisite. The fragrance, they say, is light and pleasing. Looking at the pictures, I can easily understand why so many proud parents are carrying on shamelessly over this new addition to the rose family. I’m afraid this is going to be the rose that forces me to break down and buy a digital camera.

Pink blend, pink edges. Mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 5″. Double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Upright, well-branched. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Height of 4′ to 6′ (120 to 185 cm). Width of 3′ (90 cm).

Hybridizer: Dr. Keith W. Zary (UnitedStates, 1991)

Parentage: Anne Morrow Lindbergh x New Year ®

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Fragrant Cloud
Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.

Hypnotically fragrant roses on this unusually colored hybrid tea. Deep coral flowers with violet undertones, a must for anyone who desires fragrance in the garden or house. Great cut flower, works best in morning sun. 25-30 petals 8.1 ARS

Coral-red, ages to geranium-red . Strong, citrus, damask, fruity, spice fragrance. 27 to 35 petals. Average diameter 5″. Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Armed with thorns / prickles, upright. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Height of 30″ to 5′ (75 to 150 cm). Width of 2′ (60 cm).

Hybridizer: Mathias Tantau, Jr. (1912 – 2006) (Germany, 1963)

Parentage: Prima Ballerina ® (hybrid tea, Tantau, 1957) x Montezuma (grandiflora, Swim, 1955)

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Europeana

Dark red Floribunda.

Abundant dark-red double blooms with bronze-green foliage are exceptionally long lasting and perform well in the heat. 25-30 petals ARS 8.6

Dark red. Mild fragrance. 15 to 20 petals. Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Height of 2′ to 3′ (60 to 90 cm).

Hybridizer: De Ruiter Innovations BV (Netherlands, 1963)

Parentage:

Ruth Leuwerik x Rosemary Rose

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Bonica

Medium pink Shrub.

A low-care rose for the landscape—its the first shrub to win the AARS award. It has several good qualities: vigorous, easy to grow, bushy full of very disease-resistant foliage, hardy in harsh climates. Provides clusters of ruffled pink blooms with a scent of fresh-cut apples. 17-25 petals

Pink, darker edges. None to mild fragrance. Double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Bushy. Small, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.

Height of 2′ to 5′ (60 to 150 cm). Width of 4′ to 6′ (120 to 185 cm).

Hybridizer: Marie-Louise (Louisette) Meilland (France, 1981)

Parentage:

seed: Rosa sempervirens L. x Mademoiselle Marthe Carron
pollen: Picasso

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Wild Blue Yonder

Wild Blue Yonder

Mauve or mauve blend Grandiflora.

Mauve Grandiflora Rose,
2006 All America Rose Selection Winner

Wild Blue Yonder, a mauve Grandiflora Rose, is a hybrid by Tom Carruth and another All America Rose Selection Winner for Tom.
Wild Blue Yonder-as in ‘off we go into the…’Not for the shy of heart. Warm wine-purple color, layered onto rich lavender with a strong citrus and rose scent. Sounds like an invitation to a wine tasting! Yum!!

Wild Blue Yonder was the first lavender rose to win the AARS award since 1978.

Mauve or purple blend, red edges. Strong, citrus, rose, spice fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 3.25″. Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Medium, bushy, upright. Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.

Height of 4′ to 5′ (120 to 150 cm).

Hybridizer: Tom Carruth (UnitedStates, 2004)

Parentage:

seed: [International Herald Tribune x Hybrid of R. soulieana] x [Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile ®]
pollen: Blueberry Hill ™ x Stephens’ Big Purple

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