Odds 'n Ends
We have some roses that do not fit in other categories and some new
varieties that should be considered on a trial basis in the North.
The new roses include the Romantica Series
from Meilland in France. These have lush colors
and full, old-fashioned flowers similar to David Austin's roses. We have
had little experience with wintering these roses in Minnesota, but they
are listed as zone 5. See Growing your Roses.
Our stocks are very limited.
Abbaye de Cluny (Pat.9609)
Rich apricot adorns this double, cupped,
"antique" rose of good form, named for the great abbey near Paris. Scent
is spicy, and blooming is almost continuous on a 3' plant with lovely,
healthy foliage. (1998)
Jean Giono (Pat.9979)
Blended orange-tangerine on a golden yellow
background colors the 120 petals of this amazing rose. Add on a lovely,
spicy fragrance, and you have quite a show on a 3' bush with good
foliage. (1998)
Johann Strauss (PPAF)
Lovely pearly pink, very double blossoms compose
a great picture on olive green foliage. Scent is fruity and blooming abundant
on this healthy floribunda. 2.5' (2000)
Polka (Pat.9233)
A beautiful apricot-orange, a lovely fragrance,
and a cupped shape packed with petals--all this is on a healthy climber
to 10' that repeats all summer.
It is a spectacular rose!
Toulouse Lautrec (Pat. 9582)
A yellow Lautrec himself would have loved permeates
the petals on these very full blossoms that open to a rosette shape. They
have a lemon fragrance, and are good for cutting. The shrub is 4' and has
deep green foliage. (1994)
Harkness Roses in England
has developed a "Country Rose" Series. They are shrubs, climbers or floribundas
and are listed as needing winter protection in zone 5 and colder.
Country Cottage
Climbing 12 to 15', this rose has light coral
blooms with yellow centers and a light, spicy fragrance. Blossoms appear
in terminal clusters throughout the summer. It can also be grown as a sprawling
shrub.(1994)
Country Fair
Very attractive, semi-double, flowers are a
clear pink surrounding pretty golden stamens. The freely flowering, rounded
shrub with disease-free, light green foliage, produces flowers in large
clusters. 3-4'
Country Lady
An outstanding Floribunda, Country Lady has a good
look at any stage. New blossoms are copper-orange, then pale to yellow-orange
with rose-red edging. Young foliage is bronze-red, then it ages to a leathery
green. All this on a healthy, upright shrub of 4' x 3'. (1993)
Country Music
Rose-pink blooms have a yellow reverse and yellow
at the base of their petals. They may be lighter pink and white with yellow
shading in heat. Masses of blooms are produced all summer on this nearly
thornless, 2.5' plant.
Floribunda roses are bushy, relatively small plants that work well
in the flower border or as landscape roses. Some are large enough to be
considered shrubs. They produce their blossoms in clusters. They are
usually listed as hardy to zone 4 or 5.
Iceberg
Produced by Kordes as 'Schneewittchen' and called
the 'best white rose ever bred' by Sam McGredy, Iceberg's lovely, pure
white, double or semi-double blooms are freely produced all summer and
make good cut flowers. Cool weather will bring a blush pink shading. The
bush is strong, with mid-green foliage. 4' (1958)
Nearly Wild
Josephine and Walter Brownell, American rose
hybridizers of the early 20th century, aimed for roses that were vigorous,
fragrant, disease resistant and hardy enough to withstand below zero temperatures.
They produced a series called 'Sub-Zero' roses, favorites in my uncle's
garden. Most Brownells are no longer in production, but this one continues
to be popular. Single, rose-pink, and fragrant, this 2.5-3' rose
makes a good bedder. It is also attractive planted with 'Chuckles' which
is a shorter bush and slightly deeper in color, otherwise very similar
in looks. (1941)
The following are Floribunda roses and are described elsewhere.
Chuckles is described under
Landscape Roses.
Country Cottage is a Harkness Rose, described above.
Habanera is a
Buck Rose.
Johann Strauss is described above.
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