Rosa 'Agrippina': Please see Rosa 'Cramoisi Superieur'.
Rosa 'Altissimo' [1966] - a climbing rose from 8 - 13 feet tall
and 5 feet wide with 6 inch, rich
velvet red, slightly fragrant, single flowers that are produced repeatedly.
Zones 5 - 9.
Rosa 'Anemone' (pink
cherokee rose) - a magnificent, mounding evergreen to 12 feet with
beautiful, large, pale pink flowers in the early summer.
Rosa banksiae (lady banksia
rose) - a strong, vigorous, disease resistant, thornless, climbing,
evergreen rose to 36 feet with double yellow flowers. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa banksiae'Alba Plena' (double
white banksia rose) - this clone has pretty, violet scented, double,
white flowers.
Rosa banksiae'Lutea' (double
yellow banksia rose) - this clone has pretty, fragrant, double, yellow
flowers.
Rosa 'Belinda's Dream' [1967] - An amazingly disease resistant
rose of grandiflora appearance that grows from 3-6 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide.
It produces intensely fragrant, soft pink flowers all season long and never
needs spraying. Zones 5 - 9.
Rosa 'Buff Beauty' [1939] - This versatile hybrid musk may be
grown as a low, spreading shrub or as the perfect pillar rose. It
repeatedly produces charming, very double flowers of rich, muted apricot that
are richly fragrant. New growth is dark red. Shrub rose from 4 to 12
feet tall and 5 feet wide. Zones 6 - 9.
Rosa “Caldwell Pink” -
an everblooming, disease resistant clone with fully double, lilac-pink flowers
that are produced in large, showy clusters. The shrub gets about 4-6 feet
tall and wide. Zones 6 - 9.
Rosa 'Carefree Beauty' (katy
road pink) [1977] - An extremely graceful, free flowering bush with new,
pink buds opening up to fragrant flowers all the time. Small shrub rose
from 3 to 5 feet tall and wide. Designated as Earthkind by Texas A & M
University. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Cecil Brunner'(sweetheart
rose) [1881] - This old time, disease resistance rose that's been winning
hearts over makes a small shrub to 3
feet with abundantly produced, sweetly scented, fully double, pink flowers
produced all summer long. A polyantha type from 3-5 feet tall and wide.
Rosa ‘Cecil Brunner Climbing’ [1894] - a climbing form of the above that
gets up to 25 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
Rosa ‘Champhey’s Pink
Cluster’ - a splendid, old noisette rose with clusters of beautiful, very
double, light pink roses. One of the most fragrant of all the roses.
Rosa chinensis (chinese rose)
- a deciduous, repeat blooming, semi-climbing shrub to 18 feet with highly
scented, pale pink to scarlet to crimson flowers from summer to early autumn.
Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa chinensis 'Mutabilis' [1894] - this clone to 6 feet has purple or
coppery new growth and flowers that begin yellow with orange backs turning
coppery salmon-pink and eventually deep pink. The flowers are produced off
and on all season and are slightly fragrant.
Rosa chinensis'Viridiflora' (green
rose) - has pretty, long lasting flowers whose petals are reduced to
green scale like petals having crimson or purplish streaks.
Rosa ‘Complicata’ - a large shrub to 5 feet with 5 inch wide,
single flowers of the most beautiful, baby pink having a white center
surrounding the exposed, golden stamens. The flowers are followed by
round, orange hips.
Rosa 'Cramoisi Superieur Climbing' (agrippina)
[1885] - This fine old China rose has velvety, rich crimson flowers with a
silvery reverse and a deliciously fruity fragrance. The double, cupped
form of the blossoms is distinctive, keeping their rounded shape even when fully
open. It is very nearly everblooming in warmer climates. The leaves
are small, dark green, neatly shaped and very healthy looking. This
valuable and beautiful landscape plant provides almost continuous color.
It is a mannerly climber from 10 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide.
Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'Ducher' [1869] - A repeat blooming, China rose that is a good
candidate for container usage. The buds are very round and sometimes have
a hint of pink on the outer petals opening to a delicate swirl of fragrant, soft
ivory white petals. It exhibits typical bronzy new growth but matures a
light green. A small shrub rose from 3 to 5 feet tall and wide.
Designated as EarthKind by Texas A & M University. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'Duchesse de Brabant' [1857] - President Teddy Roosevelt made
this rose famous by often wearing a bud or flower as a boutonniere. It has
cupped, pink flowers that resemble a cabbage in appearance. They bloom
nearly continuously and can be counted on for a rich whiff of fragrance
virtually any time of day. The leaves are slightly wavy and apple green in
color. A Tea rose from 4 to 6 feet tall and wide. Designated as
Earthkind by Texas A & M University. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa x fortuneana (easter
rose) - a mounding shrub to 8 feet with pretty, large, fragrant, double
creamy white flowers up to 3 inches across. Zones 8 - 10.
Rosa 'Iceberg' [1958] - A floribunda type rose from 3 to 5 feet
tall and wide that produces pure white, double flowers that are very fragrant
all season long. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Jeepers Creepers' -
Rosa 'Katy Road Pink': Please see Rosa 'Carefree Beauty'.
Rosa laevigata (cherokee
rose) - a vigorous, climbing shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and
beautiful, fragrant, 4 inch wide, single, white flowers in the early summer.
Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa laevigata ‘Anemone’: Please see Rosa ‘Anemone’.
Rosa ‘Lafter’ [1948] - This hybrid tea rose repeatedly produces
wonderfully scented, delicately double, salmon-yellow flowers. Zones 6 -
9.
Rosa ‘Lamarque’ [1830] - a
large bush to 8 feet or a climber to 15 feet with beautiful, shapely, very fragrant,
fully double, pure white flowers borne on long stems repeatedly during the
season. Zones 7 - 10.
Rosa ‘Linda Campbell’ -
an extremely hardy rose that produces large clusters of medium size, fully
double, brilliant crimson flowers non-stop virtually year around.
Rosa 'Louis Phillipe' [1834] - A double, deep crimson red, China
rose with a touch of blush at the center and an occasional white streak through
the petals. It makes a small shrub from 3 to 5 feet tall and wide that
produces its fragrant flowers repeatedly during the season. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa ‘Madame Hardy’ - a
strong, upright bush to 6 feet with lush green leaves and beautiful, medium
size, very double blooms of the purest white having an intoxicating fragrance.
Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Madame Isaac Pereire' - a bush or climber to 12 feet with
richly scented, 5 inch flowers of rose-pink with numerous rolled petals.
Rosa ‘Maman Cochet’ [1893] - a
very showy tea rose from 3 to 4 feet tall and wide having few thorns. It
repeatedly produces fragrant flowers with pale pink petals that become
deeper towards the center revealing lemon yellow markings.
Rosa 'Marechal Neil' -
Rosa 'Marie Pavie' [1888] - A versitile and handsome, polyantha
type rose that can be used as a border, pot plant, specimen or a low hedge.
It has sweetly shaped, pale pink buds that unfold into creamy white, semi-double
flowers of delicious fragrance. It is sure to be a favorite of all who
grow it as it is almost constantly in bloom and has a wonderful scent. The
foliage is a healthy, dark, rich green and the stems are thornless. A
small shrub rose from 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. Designated as Earthkind
by Texas A & M University. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'Natchitoches Noisette' - Found growing near a grave on the
grounds of an old fort in Natchitoches, Louisiana. This gem of a rose
repeatedly produces medium sized, cupped, light pink flowers of outstanding
fragrance. The foliage is neat and healthy. A small shrub rose from
3 to 5 feet tall and wide. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'New Dawn' [1930] - This healthy climber is a repeat blooming
sport of 'Dr. W. Van Fleet'. It bears long, pointed buds which are soft
pink and fade to blush cream as the fragrant flowers open. The foliage
maintains a lustrous, dark green hue throughout the growing season. A
climber from 15 to 20 feet tall. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa ‘Old Blush’ (the
monthly rose) [1752] - an old China rose to 6 feet with almost continual bloom
having graceful clusters of slightly fragrant, loosely double, silvery pink flowers that darken as
they age. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'Peggy Martin' (hurricane
katrina rose) - Reputedly found alive after being submerged under 15 feet
of saline water, this is a vigorous climber that can easily reach 15 plus feet
in height. It bears clusters of fragrant, pink flowers from spring through
the fall. Nearly thornless. Zones 5 - 9.
Rosa ‘Penelope’ [1924] - a
vigorous hybrid musk type rose of bushy habit to 5 feet tall and wide bearing large trusses of bright,
pink-orange buds that open to sweetly scented, loosely double, pale yellow
flowers. It has glossy foliage and blooms over a long period.
Rosa 'Radcon' (pink knock
out rose) [PP#15070] - A pink flowered mutation of the original "Knock
Out" rose! As disease resistant and care free as the original. Grows
from 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Radcor' (rainbow
knock out rose) [2007 - PPAF] - This seedling of 'Radrazz' is not quite
as disease resistant as the original but still miles ahead of most other modern
roses. It covers itself in coral pink blossoms having a rich yellow
center. This form is more compact and floriferous than other in this
series reaching about 3-5 feet in height and width. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Radrazz' (knock out
rose) [2000 - PP#11836] - An almost carefree shrub rose that is
extraordinarily disease resistant. It is also very hardy and reliable
producing rich rosy red flowers from early spring through till frost and beyond.
Height from 6 to 8 feet and width from 4 to 6 feet. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Radsun' (carefree
sunshine rose) [PP#13063] - Bred by the same guy as the "Knock Out"
series, this disease resistant rose looks and grows just like a yellow flowered
"Knock Out".
Rosa 'Radtko' (double knock
out rose) [2005 - PP#16202] - This sister seedling of the original "Knock
Out" rose has more double flowers than its sister. Otherwise, it has the
same color, disease resistance and carefree culture as the original. It
grows from 4-6 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa 'Red Cascade' [1976] - Originally sold as a weeping
miniature, this versatile rose can also climb or be used as a groundcover.
It has tiny leaves and attracts attention with its profusion of one inch wide,
blood red flowers. A rambling rose from 12 to 18 feet (tall if climbing or
wide if used as a groundcover). Zones 5 - 9.
Rosa 'Reve d'Or' (dream of
gold) [1869] - This lovely, graceful climber is nearly thornless and is
useful for close quarters. It is especially recommended for porch pillars
where the pendulous, globular flowers can be seen and appreciated more easily.
Once established, it displays a wealth of large, loosely double, buff yellow
roses with a rich, perfume scent. It blooms all season. A climber
from 10 to 18 feet tall and 5 feet wide. Zones 6 - 9.
Rosa ‘Rosette’ (connecticut
rose) - an extremely prolific producer of small, fully double, brilliant
red flowers that last long when cut.
Rosa roxburghiiformanormalis (chestnut rose)
- a large shrub to 15 feet or so with deliciously fragrant, 3 inch wide, single,
baby pink flowers that result in unusual, burr like hips that resemble chestnut
husks. Zones 6 - 10.
Rosa rugosa (japanese rose)
- an erect to fountain shaped, deciduous shrub to 7 feet with appealing,
fragrant, rose-purple to red flowers. Zones 2 - 7.
Rosa rugosa'Alba' - a very free flowering selection with
pale pink buds that open up into single, white flowers.
Rosa rugosa ‘Hansa’ - a
compact selection to 4 feet with extremely fragrant, double, crimson-purple
blossoms followed by a profusion of hips.
Rosa rugosa varietyrosea - has single, fragrant,
brilliant rose-pink flowers up to 3½ inches across in the early summer and
autumn that later become large, edible, orange-red hips.
Rosa ‘Sara Van Fleet’ -
a Rosa rugosa hybrid up to 9 feet tall with a continual production of
fine, fragrant, double, pink flowers through summer and fall.
Rosa ‘Sir Thomas Lipton’
- a vigorous, bushy plant to 8 feet with dark green leaves and cup shaped,
double, white flowers having a good fragrance. Repeats.
Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' [1843] - a short, spreading
Bourbon type rose up to 4
feet tall that continually produces cup shaped, soft pink flowers up to 5 inches
wide having a pronounced fragrance. Zones 4 - 9.
Rosa ‘Souvenir de Madame
Leonie Viennot’ - a climbing rose up to 18 feet with repeat production of
wonderful, double flowers that are scented and have a peach colored outside and
a pink interior.
Rosa 'Spice' - Possibly the same as 'Hume's Tea Scented China',
this rose produces that palest pink blossoms on a 4 to 6 foot tall and wide
shrub. The flowers are good for cutting and have an unusual fragrance from
whence the name is derived. Designated as EarthKind by Texas A & M
University. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'Therese Bugnet' - an exceptionally hardy, strong, upright
growing rose to 6 feet with few thorns and fragrant, ruffled, 4 inch wide,
double flowers of a soft, lilac pink. Repeats. Zones 2 - 8.
Rosa ‘Topaz Jewel’ - a
Rosa rugosa hybrid with completely double, medium yellow, 4 inch wide
flowers that fade to pale yellow as they age.
Rosa “Variegata” (variegated
rose) - a thornless clone with beautiful foliage that is mottled and
marbled with creamy yellow to golden yellow variegation. Zones 7 - 9.
Rosa 'Veilchenblau' [1909] - an almost thornless, rambling rose to 15
feet with semi-double, purple (almost blue) flowers which fade to a pale
mauve-grey. They are scented somewhat like apples. Zones 5 - 9.
Rosa
'Vernell Deville' - This rose was found by a friend of the family looking
for the elusive "Seven Sisters Rose". Although not what we were looking
for, it is quite a beautiful rose becoming a rambler about 6 to 8 feet tall and
as wide as you will let it get. The blossoms are produced once in
mid-spring and are semi-double, rose colored and scented.
Rosa virginiana - a bush
to 6 feet with single, dainty, pale pink flowers having exposed, golden yellow
stamens and followed by red hips.
Rosa 'Wekcisbako' (homerun
rose) [2006 - PP#?????] - This seedling of "Knock Out" is more disease
resistant, more compact in habit and has a truer red color to its blossoms.
Its ultimate size is about 4 to 6 feet tall and wide.