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