Winter Hardy Roses

Y - Z

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.  

Yellow Fru Dagmar, also 'Topaz Jewel', Moore, USA, 1987, Hybrid Rugosa, 'Golden Angel' x 'Belle Poitevine', --' x --', primrose-yellow, creamy gold stamens, loosely cupped, semi-double, 24 petals, --" in diameter, no fragrance, repeats: ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5, ARS ---. Does not look like a Rugosa and does not produce typical Rugosa hips. Some flowers lost in foliage.

Yellow Fleurette Interplant, ----, 1992, Shrub, -----, 2' x 4', yellow, single flowers 2.5" in diameter, modestly fragrant, repeat (vigorously): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone --, ARS ---.

Yesterday Harkness, UK, 1974, Polyantha, ('Phyllis Bide' x 'Shepherd's Delight') x 'Ballerina', 3' x --', mid- to violet pink, yellow stamens, semi-double, 1.5" in diameter, very sweet fragrance, repeats (continual in sprays): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5, ARS ---. Tolerant of shade. Royal National Rose Society Certificate of Merit 1972, Monza Gold Medal 1974, Baden-Baden Gold Medal 1976, Anerkannte Deutsche Rose 1978, Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993.

Zephirine Drouhin Bizot, France, 1868, Bourbon, Parentage unknown, 8-12' x --', medium pink, semi-double, perhaps 20 - 24 petals, 3.5 - 4" in diameter, very fragrant, repeats (good all-season bloom): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone 5, ARS ---. Tolerant of shade. Canes very smooth, almost thornless. Leaves medium green, semi-glossy." (Schneider, 1995) Mildew and blackspot are a problem - better to grow on a fence than a wall. "It is the only recorded creation of the French raiser Bizot." (Macoboy, 1993) Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993

Zwerg ----, ----, ----, Hybrid Rugosa, ----, 3' x 3', deep pink, semi-double, --" in diameter, ----, repeats (all summer): ----, ----, ----, hardy to zone --, ARS ---. Low growing. Dense foliage.

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.

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.

Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., 1998, Buck Roses, Hardy roses developed by Dr. Griffith Buck, Iowa State Pamplet.

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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