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Winter-Hardy Roses
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Varieties
Plant Name (linked to Help Me Find Roses) introduced by, where created, date introduced, rose type, parentage, height x width, flower description, fragrance, bloom cycle: June, July, August/September, hardiness zone, ARS rating. Comments. Awards.
Earth Song Dr. Griffith Buck, Iowa, 1975, Grandiflora, 'Music Maker' x 'Prairie Star', 3' x 3', pink, 25 petaled flowers 4.5" in diameter, blooms in clusters, moderate fragrance, repeats: heavy, moderate, heavy, hardy to zone 3, ARS ---. "The late Dr. Griffith Buck bred roses specifically for disease resistance and cold hardiness, and in 'Earth Song' he achieved a remarkable success." It "has overwintered successfully for almost a decade at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, where winter temperatures regularly drop to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit." (Christopher, 1999). (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Eden Rose 88, also 'Pierre de Ronsard', Meilland, France, 1987, Climber, Pillar, Rambler, '----' x '----', 8' x 8', creamy pink blend, very double, --- petaled flowers, ---" in diameter, produced in clusters of -- - --, ----, repeats (good): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5B, with careful placement, ARS ---- . Not to be confused with the Hybrid Tea 'Eden Rose' also bred by Meilland in 1950.
Eglantyne David Austin, England, 1994, English Shrub, 'Giant Meyer' x 'Mary Rose', 3' x 3.5', pure pink, cupped, very double, -- petaled flowers ---" in diameter, fragrance '***', repeats (almost always in bloom): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone --, ARS ---. Very disease resistant. Austin's overall assessment '***'. Named "after Eglantyne Jebb, an English woman from Shropshire who founded the Save the Children Fund during the years of World War I." (Austin, 1996)
El Catala Buck, USA, 1981, Grandiflora, Wanderin' Wind x ((Dornröschen x Peace (Hybrid Tea, Meilland, 1945)) x Brasilia)---, --' x --', red blende, pink reverse, ----, -- petals, --" in diameter, in clusters of -- - --, fragrant, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Electron, also 'Mullard Jubilee', McGredy, UK, 1970, Hybrid Tea, 'Paddy McGredy' x 'Prima Ballerina', --' x --', deep pink, very double, 30 petals, --" in diameter produced in clusters of -- - --, ---- very fragrant, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. "Compact Growth." (Vanderkruk, 2000) Royal National Rose Society Gold Medal 1969, The Hague Gold Medal 1970, Belfast Gold Medal 1972, Portland Gold Medal 1973, All-America Rose Selection 1972
Ellen's Joy Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1989, Shrub, Vera Dalton x ((Dornröschen x (Tickled Pink x Applejack))), 3' x --', light pink blooms, ----, with --- petals, ----" in diameter in clusters of ---, fruity fragrance, repeats : ---, ---, ---, hardy to zone 4 (winter hardy in Iowa without protection), ARS ---. (ISURF, 1998)
Elmira ----, ----, ----, Hybrid Rugosa, ----, 4' x 5', deep pink, double blooms 2" in diameter, moderate fragrance, repeats: heavy, moderate, heavy, hardy to zone --, ARS ---. Not much is written on this variety. No source located.
Elmshorn Kordes, Germany, 1985, Shrub, 'Hamburg' x 'Verdun', --' x --', deep pink, cupped, well formed, double, -- petals, small flowers, --" in diameter (Pompom-type), in large trusses of -- - --, slight scent, repeats (free-flowering): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. "One of the strongest growing and most free flowering of all shrub roses." "Deserves to be more widely grown where a large plant is required." (Olds, 1999) "Long arching canes; tall, willowy shrub.". (Vanderkruk, 2000) Anerkannte Deutsche Rose 1950, National Rose Society Certificate of Merit 1950.
Elveshörn Kordes, Germany, 1985, Polyantha, 'The Fairy' x seedling, 3' x 3', cherry pink, double, 35 petaled mid-sized flowers, --" in diameter, in clusters of -- - --, ----, repeats (extremely profuse in spring the continuous until autumn): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. Very hardy, thorny and semi-glossy foliage. (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Enchanted Autumn Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1976, Grandiflora, (Queen Elizabeth® x Ruth Hewitt) x Whisky (Hybrid Tea, Tantau, 1968), --' x --', spinel red, washed and tinted with light saturn red, double, with 30 - 35 petals, 4 - 4.5" in diameter in clusters of 5 - 10, intense sweet fragrance, repeats: ---, ---, ---, hardy to zone 4 (winter hardy in Iowa without protection), ARS ---. "The abundant, glossy foliage is dark coppery green. The thorns are red-brown and awl-like." (ISURF, 1998)
English Miss Roger Pawsey of Cant's of Colchester, UK, 1977, Floribunda, 'Dearest' x 'Sweet Repose', 3' x 3', blush pink, extremely double, up to 60 petals, large flowers, --" in diameter, in clusters of -- - --, strong fragrance, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5 without protection, ARS ---. Very hardy, and semi-disease resistant. The rose is named after the raiser's 3 year old daughter - Sallyanne Pawsey. (Macoboy, 1993) Royal Horticultural Society Trial Ground Certificate 1977, British Association of Rose Breeders Selection 1978.
Essex Poulsen, Denmark, 1988, Ground Cover, Parentage unknown, 2' x 5', medium pink, single, small flowers, --" in diameter, in clusters of -- - --, ----, repeats (continuously): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone --, ARS ---. One of the English County Series of ground cover - landscape roses. Royal National Rose Society Certificate of Merit 1987, Gold Medal Dublin 1987, Glasglow Certificate of Merit 1995 (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Eutin, also 'Hoosier Glory', Wilhelm Kordes, Germany, 1940, Floribunda, 'Eva' x 'Solarium', 3' x 3.5', dark carmine-red, with --- stamens, double, --- petaled flowers, 2" in diameter, in clusters of 25 - 50 or more, lightly perfumed, repeats: heavy, moderate, heavy, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. "It gets is huge flower clusters from its parent 'Eva'." (Olds, 1998) "Like its sister seedling 'Orange Triumph', 'Eutin' was one seen in just about every garden, not so much for the beauty of its individual flowers, which are a rather dull crimson and scentless, as for the unfailing willingness to produce them, in enormous clusters, without needing any special care." "It is a great survivor, and one often sees plants thirty years old or more still adding color to otherwise shabby gardens." (Macoboy, 1993)
Evelyn David Austin, England, 1991, English Shrub, 'Graham Thomas' x 'Tamora', 3.5' x 3', apricot yellow with a hint of pink, in hot weather mostly pink, broad shallow cup, very full blooms, over 40 petalled flowers, --" in diameter, in clusters of -- - -- or more, very fragrant '***', repeats (continuously and profusely): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. "This variety has perhaps the strongest and most delicious fragrance of all the English Roses. The perfumers Crabtree and Evelyn chose this rose to represent their company." (Austin, 1996) "It gets its color from 'Tamora' and its vigor from 'Graham Thomas" and its inherited color change from 'Gloire de Dijon' (Olds, 1998) Austin's Overall Assessment: '****'
Excelsa, also 'Red Dorothy Perkins', M. H. Walsh, USA, 1909, Rambler, Climber, Groundcover, Thought to be a sport of "Dorothy Perkins', 15' x --', pale crimson to cerise fading with age, full, -- petalled flowers, --" in diameter, in clusters of -- - -- or more, ----, once: 3 1/2 weeks profusely in July, hardy to zone 6 (?), ARS ---. "Often seen surviving in the ruins of old gardens". Mildew prone. (Macoboy, 1993) American Rose Society Gold Medal 1914
Eyeopener Ilsink, The Netherlands, 1987, Groundcover, (seeding x 'Eyepaint') x (seedling x 'Dortmund'), 1.5' x 4', vivid red, white eye and prominent gold stamens, single flowers, -- petalled flowers, 1.5" in diameter, in clusters of -- - -- or more, ----, repeats (hundreds of blooms): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4 - 5, ARS ---. Big arching plant, broader than it is tall. Healthy shiny, deep green foliage. May start later in season. (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Fair Bianca David Austin, England, 1982, English Shrub, parentage includes 'Belle Isis', 3' x 2', white tinge of cream at base of petals with a small green center, fully double with 60 or more petals cupped flowers ---" in diameter, strong myrrh fragrance, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5, ARS ---. Recommended grouping 3. (Austin, 1996).
Falcon Kordes, ----, ----, Climber, Pillar, Rambler, -----, 12' x 4', deep red with a few yellow stamens double, with -- petalled flowers ---" in diameter, ----, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4-5, ARS ---. Very vigorous grower (Brace, 1999) Vanderkruk, 2000, has breeder as Hortico, Canada, 1997.
Fantin-Latour ----, ----, ----, Centifolia, Parentage unknown, 5' x 4', powdery pink blooms, button eye, cupped, very double, -- petalled flowers, 3-4" in diameter, in clusters of -- - --, light - intoxicating fragrance, once: mid-summer, hardy to zone 4, ARS 7.6. "Pruning after flowering increases the number of blooms for the following year." "Prone to Mildew." "Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 - 1904) was a famous French painter renowned for still lives and flowers, many of them Old Garden Roses." (Olds, 1999) "Little is known about its history; it was rediscovered and christened by the English rosarian Graham Stuart Thomas, who points out that it is not a pure-bred Centifolia." (Macoboy, 1993) Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993
First Light Marciel, USA, 1998, Shrub, 'Bonica' x 'Ballerina' 3' x 3', bright pink massed with purple stamens and green-yellow carpels, single, with 5 petalled flowers 3" in diameter, ----, repeats (frequent): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone --, ARS ---. Glossy, dark green leaves.
Fisherman's Friend David Austin, England, 1987, English Shrub, 'Lilian Austin' x 'The Squire' 3.5' x 2.5', deep garnet crimson, cupped, full-petalled, with 60 or more petals, 6-7" in diameter, powerful Old Rose Damask fragrance '***', repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone --, ARS ---. "Will withstand North American winters better than most." "The rose was named in an auction on behalf of the charity Children in Need." (Austin, 1996) Austin's Overall Assessment '*' Fisherman's Friend is a brand of Throat Lozenge. Flowers better if canes are trained horizontally on a fence or support. (Olds, 1998)
Folklore Kordes, Germany, 1984, Hybrid Tea, 'Fragrant Cloud' x seedling, --' x --', orange blende, very double, 45 - 50 petals, --" in diameter produced in clusters of -- - --, ---- fragrant, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. "Tall, vigorous grower." (Vanderkruk, 2000) "It has produced a soft creamy biscuit sport called 'Delores'." Olds, 1998)
Folksinger Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1985, Shrub, 'Carefree Beauty' x 'Sunsprite' --' x --', yellow flushed with apricot-peach tones, shallow cup, double, 25 - 30 petals, --" in diameter (large), in large and small clusters, fragrant, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 3, ARS ---. "Foliage is dark red, leathery and glossy and disease resistance is excellent." (Olds, 1998) (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Fortune Teller (winter hardy to zone 5)
Fragrant Cloud (winter hardy to zone 5)
Fragrant Delight Wisbech Plant Company, UK, 1978, Floribunda, 'Chanelle' x 'Whisky Mac' 3.5' x 3.5', light-orange salmon pink, double, 22 petals, --" in diameter, in clusters, extremely fragrant, repeats (good): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5, ARS ---. Inherits fragrance from 'Whisky Mac'. Edland Fragrance Award 1976, James Mason Gold Medal 1988
Frau Karl Druschki Peter Lambert of Teir, Germany, 1901, Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Perpetual 'Merveille de Lyon' x Hybrid Tea 'Mme Caroline Testout', 4.5' x 6', snow white blooms, cupped, double with 35 petals flowers 3.5 - 5.5" in diameter, in clusters of 2 - 5, little or no fragrance, repeats: heavy, none, moderate, hardy to zone 3 - 4, ARS 7.7. The blooms do not like wet weather. The husband of Frau Karl Druschki was president of the German Rose Society. During Wold War I, the rose was given the names 'Snow Queen' and 'White American Beauty'.
Freckle Face Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1976, Shrub, (Vera Dalton x Dornröschen) x ( (World's Fair x Floradora) x Applejack), 2' x 2', open blooms of light spirea red heavily stippled and streaked with dark spirea red on the inner face of the petals, double, 25 petals, --" in diameter, singly or clusters of 5 - 10, clove, repeats (free flowering from June until killing frost): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4 - 5 (winter-hardy in Iowa to 10" without protection), ARS ---. "The leathery foliage is medium green tinted with copper and has good tolerance to blackspot and powery mildew." (ISURF, 1998)
Freckles Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1976, Shrub, Tickled Pink x Country Music (Shrub, Buck, 1973), --' x --', light scarlet flushed yellow, heavily stippled on inner surface of petals with dark claret rose, double, shollow cupped, 25 - 30 petals, 4 - 4.5" in diameter, singly or clusters of 5 - 10, light sween scent, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4 - 5 (winter-hardy in Iowa without protection, ARS ---. "The medium -large, leathery foliage is dark copper green. The thorns are reb-brown and awl like." (ISURF, 1998)
Fred Loads Loads, UK, 1967, Floribunda, 'Dorothy Wheatcroft' x 'Orange Sensation' 4.5-5' x --', orange, cupped to saucer-shaped, semi-double, 12 - 18 petals, 3-3.5" in diameter, in enormous clusters, little or no fragrance, repeats (always in bloom): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone -- (winter hardy), ARS 7.7. Inherits its vigor from 'Dorothy Wheatcroft. "The only other contender for such huge trusses is 'Sally Holmes'." (Olds, 1998) "Named for a leading British writer on gardening, it was raised by the English amateur raiser Holmes and introduced in 1968. There is a striped sport from 'Fred Loads' called 'Festival Fanfare'." "It needs something shorter planted in front of it as most of the blooms come from the top of the bush." (Macoboy, 1993) National Rose Society Gold Medal 1967, Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993
Freisinger Morgenrote, also 'Sunrise', Kordes, Germany, 1988, Climber, Seedling x 'Lichtkonigen Lucia', --' x --', red blended with orange, double, 25 petals, ---" in diameter, fragrant, repeats (borne profusely in the spring, some repeat bloom): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. Vigorous (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Frensham Norman, UK, 1946, Floribunda, Probably 'Miss Edith Cavell' x 'Edgar Andrew', --' x --', dark red, semi-double blooms with 15 petals, --" in diameter (medium), produced in large clusters of --, little fragrance, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. (Vanderkruk, 2000) "One of the great roses of the 1940s and 1950s." (Olds, 1998) National Rose Society Gold Medal 1949
Frimbriata M. Morlet, Avon, France, 1891, Hybrid Rugosa, Rosa rugosa x 'Mme. Alfred Carriere', 4' x 4', pale pink petals with yellow stamens, with frilled edges like a carnation, flowers ---" in diameter, strong fragrance, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 2, ARS ---. Virtually disease free, tolerates partial shade.
Fritz Nobis Wilhelm Kordes, Germany, 1940, Shrub, 'Joanna Hill' x 'Magnifica', 6' x 6', light rose and salmon pink with hints of yellow and cream, double flowers ---" in diameter, in clusters up to 20, pleasing fragrance, once: summer (wonderful heavy bloom), hardy to zone --, ARS ---. Arching branches, fat dark red hips. Royal Horticultural Society Award for Garden Merit 1993 Harkness rates as '****'
Frontenac Ogilvie, Canada, 1992, Shrub, ---- x ----, 3.5' x 3.5', deep pink with yellow stamens, double flowers 3.5" in diameter, in clusters of 6 - 8, ----, repeats (floriferous with repeats): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 3-4, ARS ---. "A smaller substitute for Carefree Beauty, but a whole zone hardier." (Brace, 1999) Disease Resistant. (Vanderkruk, 2000)
Frontier Twirl Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1984, Shrub, 'Sevilliana' x 'Just Joey', 3' x --', rose pink with yellow shading lower down in the petals, double, 20 - 30 petals, 4 - 4.5" in diameter (large), singly or in cluster up to 8, strong sweet fragrence, repeats (blooms continue through summer and autumn): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4 (winter-hardy in Iowa without protection), ARS ---. (Vanderkruk, 2000) (ISURF, 1998)
Fru Dagmar Hastrup, also 'Frau Dagmar Hartopp', Hastrup, Denmark, 1914, Hybrid Rugosa, Parentage unknown, 3' x 4', very clear silvery pink with golden stamens single flowers 3.5" in diameter, in clusters of 2 - 5, sweet fragrance, repeats: heavy, moderate, moderate, hardy to zone 2 - 4, ARS 8.9. Green wrinkled foliage. Large bright red round hips the size of crab apples. "It is beloved of bees." (Schneider, 1995) Harkness gives a '****' rating. Very thorny. Nearly immune to blackspot and mildew. Wonderful fall foliage.
Frülingsgold Kordes, Germany, 1937, Shrub, 'Rosa spinosissima' Hybrid Shrub, 'Joanna Hill' x 'Rosa pimpinellifolia hispida', 7' x 7', pale yellow petals with sulfur yellow stamens, semi-double flowers 4" in diameter in clusters of 2 - 5, slight fragrance, helps to usher in the rose season as it is among the earliest roses to bloom in June, scarcely any later blooms, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. Blooms are produced along side shoots made in previous years, pruning will mean loss of potential blooms. Purplish black hips in autumn. The name means "Spring Gold" in German. Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993.
Frülingsmorgen Kordes, Germany, 1941, Shrub, 'Rosa spinosissima' Hybrid Shrub, ('E.G. Hill' x 'Cathrine Kordes') x 'Rosa pimpinellifolia altaica', 5-6' x 4-5', rose pink to cherry pink petals with primrose yellow centers surrounding bright maroon stamens, large single flowers ---" in diameter, pleasing fragrance, one of the first to bloom in the spring with a few sporadic blooms in summer an autumn, hardy to zone 5, ARS ---. Recommended to plant a few together in a clump so they will interlace. The name means 'Spring morning' in German.
Fuzzy Navel , also 'Winter Sunset' Dr. Griffith Buck, Ames, Iowa, 1997, Shrub, (Serendipity) x (Country Dancer x Alexandra (Hybrid Tea, Harkness, 1972)), 3' x 3', amber, yellow, orange, fully double flowers, 40 petals, ---" in diameter, in clusters of 3 - 7, ----, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 4, ARS ---. (Vanderkruk, 2000)
References A large percentage of the above information has been obtained from the following resources. I really recommend these books or pamphlets for your own personal library. They are all wonderful sources of information.
Austin, David, 1993 & 1996, David Austin's English Roses, Little, Brown and Company, London.
Olds, Margaret, et al, 1998, Botanica's Roses, The Encyclopedia of Roses, Welcome Rain Publishers.
Brace, Lloyd, 1999, The Roseraie at Bayfields, Practical Roses for Hard Places, Woldoboro Maine.
Browne, Jim, et al, 1995, Rose Gardening, Pantheon Books, Knoph Publishing, New York.
Christopher, Tom, 1999, Easy Roses for North American Gardens, Reader's Digest Association, Inc..
Clements, John and Louise, 1999, Heirloom Old Garden Roses, St. Paul, Oregon.
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., 1998, Buck Roses, Hardy roses developed by Dr. Griffith Buck, Iowa State Pamphlet. Macoboy, Stirling, 1993, The Ultimate Rose Book, Harry Abrams, New York
Harkness, Jack, 1978, Roses, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London.
Hawthorne, Linden, 1996, Roses, D. K. Publishing, New York.
Osborne, Robert, et al, 1991, Hardy Roses, Garden Way Publishing.
Schneider, Peter, Editor, 1995, Taylor's Guide to Roses, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
Schneider, Peter, 1995, on Roses, Macmillan,New York.
Vanderkruk, Bill, 2000, Hortico, Waterdown, Ontario, Canada.
Weaver, Mary C., 1998, Roses a growing guide for easy, colorful gardens, Macmillan, USA
Zusek, Kathy, et al, 1995, Roses for the North, Minnesota Agricultural Experimental Station, University of Minnesota, Report 237-1995.
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