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Name That Rose II
American Rose SocietyProgram Services Committee
Steve Jones, Chairman© ARS 2005
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Photos and Text by Steve Jones© ARS 2005
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This is the only Polyantha to win All American Rose Selections (AARS) honors
Pinkie
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This is the first Hybrid Tea. It was created by Guillot in 1867
La France
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This Miniature climber is one of the most
popular today. It was named for a lady in
Texas
Jeanne Lajoie
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This Hybrid Tea was first introduced as Cadillac de Ville. It is a top exhibition rose
Moonstone
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This popular English Rose is named for a well known rosarian
Graham Thomas
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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
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This Shrub is one of the most popular Hybrid Musks. Named for a dancer
Ballerina
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This rose is the best known of the Hybrid Bracteatas and was named for
a mythical sea creature
Mermaid
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This is an older Miniature rose by Ralph Moore. It is named for its unique color
shade
Green Ice
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This Hybrid Perpetual is one of the most popular exhibition roses. Named for a
member of nobility
Marchesa Boccella
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This Hybrid Tea was once planted by the thousands in Portland, Oregon. It was
named for a French designer
Mme Caroline Testout
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This Rose is the first of the repeat blooming Damasks and created a new class
Autumn Damask
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A great hot weather rose, this Hybrid Tea won AARS honors and is named after a Saint
St. Patrick
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Belinda’s Dream
This Shrub is one of the top scoring Earth Kind roses
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Considered the first miniature rose, this China was used to create the class
Rouletti
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A popular floribunda by McGredy. A top show rose
Sexy Rexy
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One of the most popular single Hybrid Teas of all time. Introduced in 1925
Dainty Bess
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This Floribunda was named for a top
hybridizer
Bill Warriner
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This once blooming rambler (Hybrid Multiflora) is also known as Spanish Cottage Rose
Russelliana
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This Hybrid Rugosa is one of the most popular today. Named for one of three sisters
Therese Bugnet
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This is Shakespeare’s Species rose, also known as the Sweetbriar Rose
Rosa eglanteria
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This Species rose is also known as the Dog Rose. Native to England, it is a common rootstock
Rosa canina
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This popular climber is also known as Pierre de Ronsard
Eden
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This climber was the AARS winner for 1956
Golden Showers
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This once popular Rambler is named for the wife of a major rose grower
Dorothy Perkins
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A popular Climber from 1932. Produces clusters of small blooms
Blaze
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A popular Hybrid Tea today, this 2000 AARS winner was named for a sign of the zodiac
Gemini
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This repeat blooming Damask was named for a Greek Goddess
Leda
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The “other” class of roses are the little known Hulthemias. This Hulthemia hybrid is by Harkness
Nigel Hawthorne