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       First Roses of Spring 

2001      

 

Today there was a three way tie for the first rose of Spring here in Elko, Nevada.  This is the earliest in the year that this event has occurred, since I have kept records:

 

6/ 1/97 

6/ 9/98 

6/ 5/99 

5/23/00

5/22/01

 

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Harison’s Yellow 

Harison's Yellow, also called 'Yellow Rose of Texas', Harison, USA, circa 1830, perhaps 'Rosa spinasissima' x 'Rosa foetida', once blooming, one of the roses that are the first to bloom each season, blooms profusely for about two - three weeks.  No winter die-back in our Zone 5A. I have never observed any rose hip production.  Nice Fragrance.   "After it appeared in the garden of attorney and amateur hybridist George F. Harison in 1830 in what is today downtown Manhattan, it was carried by many pioneers on their journey west."  (Olds, 1998)  For a detailed page on Harison's Yellow go here.

 

 

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Therese Bugnet  

 

Therese Bugnet Bugnet, Canada, 1950, Hybrid Rugosa, (['Rosa acicularis' x 'R. rugosa kamtchatica'] x ['R. amblyotis' x 'R. rugosa plena']) x 'Betty Bland', 6' x 6', reddish-pink, double, 36 wavy petals, 3.5" in diameter, in clusters of 2 - 5, repeats: heavy, slight, slight, excellent sweet fragrance, hardy to zone 2, ARS ---. This is a vigorous, hardy plant whose complicated breeding line includes some of the wild roses best able to withstand Canadian winters." "The raiser named it for a close member of the family." (Olds, 1998) Nearly thornless. Canes turn deep red with the coming of cold weather. Not known for its hips. 

 

 

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Prairie Dawn  

& our pug Precious (suspected petal poacher)

 

Prairie Dawn Agricultural Canada at Morden, Canada, 1959, Shrub, 'Prairie Youth' x ('Ross Rambler' x ['Dr. W. Van Fleet' x 'Rosa pimpinellifolia altaica']), 8' x 10', luminous pink double blooms 3" in diameter, forms clusters of 2 - 5, moderate fragrance, repeats: heavy, slight, moderate, hardy to zone 3, ARS ---. Upright habit. (Vanderkruk, 2000) 

 

References

Olds, Margaret, 1998, Botanica's Roses, Welcome Rain Publishers, New York

Vanderkruk, Bill, 2000, Hortico, Waterdown, Ontario, Canada.

 

Credits

Photographs taken by Dorothy M. Turner on 5/22/01 at the personal garden of Dan Turner, using a SONY Digital Mavica MVC-FD85


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