This beautiful rose was purchased for $5 at a discount sale at a local garden center in February. It had survived the winter in its pot outdoors at the garden center and was severely root bound when I found it. A sucker for a rose I know has potential, (my ARS Handbook for Selecting Roses rated it 8.0) I brought it home. It was very slow to start, but as your can see, we are now beginning to see its beauty come to life.
This rose was originally introduced in 1970 and was a AARS winner that year. It was hybridized by Eugene “Gene” Boerner, who worked for many years at Jackson & Perkins hybridizing roses such as the beloved “John F. Kennedy” Hybrid Tea and many many others.
Is anyone else growing this rose? How is it performing in your garden?
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Chris, is it really a deep coral, the way it appears on my screen? Gorgeous!
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Kylee, it is a deep Pink in my garden. It is indeed a beautiful rose! thanks for stopping by….
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Hi Chris
I wrote this post a little while ago and thought you might appreciate the roses and maybe you could give me a little more information about them: http://wp.me/p2zGQ7-ff
Thank you
KnowledgeKnut
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Joasine Hanet is considered a Portland rose bred by Jean-Pierre Vibert in 1847
La Marne is a Polyantha Rose bred in France circa 1915
High Noon is a climbing hybrid tea, large flowered climber
Papa Gontier introduced in 1883 is a pink blend tea rose
Mutabilis the actually the name of the single flowered rose you have labeled unknown. It is a China rose. its origins date back to the 1890′s.
Not sure about the Pink Bud that is marked mutabilis.
The other rose you have marked unknown could possibly be a rose named Celsiana which is a very very old damask rose dating back to 1730′s in Denmark.
I hope this helps in your ID process… Very interesting collection of roses.
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Hi Chris
Thank you so much! We went through the town so fast, and there were a lot of “side” discussions going on, so I had a hard time keeping them all straight. Forget about taking down the history! I really appreciate all the information and will correct my post.
KK
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That’s incredible! What a deal.
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