June is National Rose Month. To celebrate, admire these new varieties from several rose breeders.
Proven Winners
Proven Winners has introduced several new varieties of disease resistant, easy-to-maintain landscape roses under the Oso Easy name.
For more: www.provenwinners.com
Oso Easy Italian Ice
Oso Easy Italian Ice
Oso Easy Italian Ice rose’s abundant orange buds open to reveal coloration similar to ‘Peace’: pale yellow that blushes to pink at its margins. The deep green, glossy foliage contrasts beautifully with the self-cleaning, semi-doubled flowers with 24-30 petals. Pairing excellent disease resistance with a tidy habit makes this landscape rose perfect for home gardeners. 1.5-2.5’ tall and wide. USDA 5.
Oso Easy Lemon Zest
Oso Easy Lemon Zest
After years of evaluation, Proven Winners finally found a vibrant yellow rose that won’t fade under the summer heat while living up to the demands of the Oso Easy name. Lemon Zest has excellent disease resistance; easy growth; and continuous, free-flowering and self-cleaning blooms. 2-3’ tall and wide. USDA 4.
Oso Easy Pink Cupcake
Oso Easy Pink Cupcake
The deliciously pink flowers of Oso Easy Pink Cupcake combine with glossy, disease-resistant foliage to become a gorgeous, easy-to-care-for landscape rose. The continuously blooming flowers have approximately twenty petals, and new foliage growth is tipped with red. 2-4’ tall and wide. USDA 5.
Weeks Roses
Since 1938, Wasco, Calif.-based Weeks Roses has offered broad selection of popular and unusual roses - whether it be new Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras, Floribundas, Climbers, Shrubs & Shrublets, Miniatures, Tree Roses and AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award winners.
Above All
It’s not often that an old classic like the world-acclaimed Westerland gets modernized with a 21st century version like Above All. The breeder added some petals, increased the flower count per cluster and improved the flower production to create a year round exquisite show. The good winter hardiness inherited from ‘mom’ Westerland allows Above All to perform with continuous blooming from spring to fall in multiple climates. Its flowers are salmon orange, around 3½-4 inch diameter, and form in large clusters.
A climber, it can reach 10-14’ tall.
Doris Day
Doris Day
Inspired by big screen and singing legend, 'America's Sweetheart' Doris Day, this lovely yellow-colored rose beautifully personifies this joyful, charming and amazingly talented icon.
The old-fashioned blooms are produced in beautiful rounded clusters on vigorous stems. You get to enjoy the gold yellow coloration until the petals drop. Flowers are up to 4.5” in diameter.
Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
This hybrid tea rose has a tall, upright habit, and double and classically-formed flowers that are between 4 and 5 inches in diameter. Tom Carruth hybridized this rose, which is noted for its novel pink and white striped flower coloration. It is a true ‘diamond’ bloomer producing numerous sizeable flowers and attractive buds on long cutting stems. The plant stands strong with its vigorous upright habit allowing you to have the flowers at nose level, ready for a sniff!
David Austin Roses
David Austin continues to invest heavily in the breeding program with particular attention to disease resistance while maintaining the emphasis on creating beautiful fragrant blooms and great garden plants. These roses are available immediately as fully finished, potted roses from your local David Austin Grower.
Boscobel PPAF (Auscousin)
Boscobel PPAF (Auscousin)
Beautifully formed, rosette flowers of a rich salmon coloring that changes with age to a rich, deep pink. The glorious, medium-strong myrrh fragrance has a hawthorn character with hints of elderflower, pear and almond. It forms an upright shrub of medium size, with dark green, glossy foliage. It is vigorous and healthy. Suitable for zones 5 to 9.
Height: 3 feet
Width: 2.5 feet
Tranquillity PPAF (Ausnoble)
Tranquillity PPAF (Ausnoble)
The flowers are of a beautifully rounded shape with neatly placed petals, making up a perfect rosette. The opening buds are lightly tinged with yellow but as the flowers open they become pure white. There is a light apple fragrance. The growth is upright, gradually curving outwards at the top, making an attractive shrub. It is almost thornless with very healthy, vigorous growth. Suitable for zones 5 to 9.
Height: 5 feet
Width: 3 feet
Star Roses and Plants
Star Roses and Plants will present five new introductions in 2015. Two of the introductions have been top performers in a two year trial organized at 15 trial gardens around the country.
Peachy Keen
The Peachy Keen Rose, an almost Knock Out, is exceptionally disease resistant and blooms continuously from spring through frost. The pretty pink blooms have a yellow center giving the flowers an overall peachy appearance which is stronger during the cooler seasons of spring and fall.
Size: 3’ h x 3-4’ w
Zones: 5-9
Icecap
Icecap is a new double white reblooming rose with good disease resistance and flower power. It has a better habit and disease resistance than Iceberg particularly under the hot, humid conditions of the East Coast.
Size: 2 1/2' h x 3 1/2’ w
Zones: 5-9
Greenheart Farms and Kordes Roses
Greenheart Farms in Arroyo Grande, Calif., supplies rose transplants to growers across North America. W. Kordes Söhne is a world renowned company in Northern Germany with a tradition of more than a 120 years of hybridization of new rose varieties.
Grand Amore
Grand Amore - KORcoluma
Red hybrid tea roses that was named “Best Hybrid Tea” by Portland’s International Rose Garden in 2013. Suitable for zones 5 to 9.
Height: 4 feet
Width: 3 feet
For even more new roses, please read our feature from the May 2014 issue.
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