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Welcome to our 2021 virtual rose sale! Thank you Friends at 3003 Pleasant Hill Rd, Sebastopol, for supporting this non-profit preservation CA 95472. Later dates for pickup will be effort as we strive to assure the survival of a great announced on our Rose Sales page. collection of historic roses. We know you will WE CANNOT SHIP . recognize the rarity of what we offer this year, in- PRICES cluding many very old varieties that have not pre- viously been available to purchase in North Amer- $20 each for all band roses, $25 for all one-gallon ica. We urge you to give a home to some of these roses and $30 for all 5-gallon plants. beauties and to become a curator of old roses. We currently plan a late summer sale of addition- TERMS OF OUR SALE Comice de Tarn-et-Garonne (Bourbon) al roses in July, and a third sale in September or October. — Submit orders by email to: from Gregg. Once you have received a con- [email protected] firmation, you may make payment by check THE LISTS — Your order should contain the following: to The Friends of Vintage Roses and sent to A simple list for ease of scanning is also posted on our Sebastopol address below, or on our Rose our Rose Sales page next to this PDF link. 1. Your name and preferred email address. Sales Page online, by clicking on the top most We encourage you to go to Help Me Find Roses payment button, labeled “Buy Now”. Your 2. Names of requested roses in LIST form, on the internet. This indispensable free resource confirmation will provide instructions. not in sentence form. is depended upon worldwide by rose lovers both 3. A LIST of alternative selections to — Please do not make payment until you receive to seek more information and to learn more about substitute. (optional) our confirmation of the roses we have for others’ experiences with the varieties. While you you. All orders will be processed in the order are there we urge you to join HMF as a supporting — You should receive an acknowledgement that we receive them. member—if you love roses, consider it a duty! your order was received on the day you send it from Justin. Once plants are pulled for you, — Pickup of Plants in Sebastopol will take place https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/ a confirmation of your order will be emailed on May 8 and May 9, from 10 am to Noon membership.php and from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the garden of the CLASS CODE—NAME—QUANTITY IN STOCK (B / 1G /5G)—DATE OF INTRO— CODE—FRAGRANCE—REBLOOM—DESCRIPTION

A Alba maxima 4 / / Old w ff r Dark growth habit type, showing a Noisette ances- B Leveson-Gower 11 / / 1846 dp fff rrr foliage with a finish on a moderately tall tory in the clusters which can be immense, Dusky rose of good size, opening flat plant, with shapely pure flowers, loosely and in the fragrance. Large, near-white with a large buttoned center, petals silky and double with petals gracefully turned towards blooms touched , tightly buttoned. Very alluring, with much of the same beautiful stamens. Late summer rebloom in California highly recommended! character as Souvenir de la Malmaison. This is reliable on mature plants well grown. is not directly related to that rose, so far as B Eugène Desgaches 1 / / 1840 mr fff rrr records indicate. B Boule de Neige 6 / / 1867 w ff rrr Rose with a glow, large flowers Cupped white buds that are tipped with red with recurving outer petals. Very floriferous B Martha 2 / / 1912 dp ff rrr A soft salmon- open globular and then reflex nearly to a and a handsome, colorful shrub. The back- pink sport of Zéphirine Drouhin, a shade ball shape, with a sometimes buttoned eye ground of this rose is something of a puzzle; deeper in color than Kathleen Harrop, with that is often tinted . Much in demand numerous roses were introduced with the flowers that are tighter, more neatly formed and valuable for its stark whiteness of petal, name Desgaches, some with first names, of and smaller that her sisters’. Thornless. it is I think less beautiful than such roses as various classes. The rose we grow is identical B Mistress Bosanquet 4 / / 1832 lp f rrrr Comtesse de Rocquigny and Coquette des with one portrayed in Choix des Plus Belles Compact and supremely beautiful, a ghost- Blanches. Roses au Debut du Vingtieme Siecle, and ly slate pink, fragile of form. This compact despite its appelation, Tea, this is a Bourbon. B Comice de Tarn-et-Garonne 32 / / 1887 growing Bourbon might be taken for a Tea mb fff rrr We have grown this for several B Gruss an Teplitz 1 / / 1897 mr fff rrrr rose but for its greyish bloomy foliage and years, but only recently did I see a really ex- Out of Fellenberg, Papa Gontier and Gloire upright flowers. ceptional plant growing in Brenda Freeman’s des Rosomanes, this rose com- B Mme d’Enfert 9 / / 1904 lp ffff rrr garden in Southern California. The very bines their best qualities of coloring, scent, A seedling of Mme. Ernst Calvat with the large, full and complex blossoms are quite poise and stature. Of compact habit, it is ideal fragrance and generosity of its parent; flowers spectacular; a blend of rose pink, , lav- for the smaller garden, where it will shine. are large, globular, with rolled petal edges, ender pink and carmine, making for a grand B Honorine de Brabant 7 / / unknown pb lilac-blush to white tinted with rosy lilac on blend of old rose . fff rrr A rose unique for its subtle crimson the edges, almost in a picotee fashion. Superb B Commandant Beaurepaire 11 / / 1874 spotting and pale pink striping and splashing, fragrance. pb f rr The most complex striping I have admirable for the grace of its arching flow- B Mme Pierre Oger V F ( Hahn) 8 / / ever seen in a rose; mauve and cherry crim- er-studded habit and thornless stems. A sport of La Reine Victoria and extremely son stripes on a pink and white ground, B Kathleen Harrop 12 / / 1919 lp ff rrr This popular. One of the ‘Shell Roses,’ with very varying from very pale to very dark from one soft pink sport of the famed Bourbon Zep- cupped smallish flowers of ivory usually dis- to the next. Very pale, lime-green foli- herine Drouhin is to my taste more subtle tinctly edged pink, everblooming.This age can appear chlorotic from a distance, but and more beautiful than her brightly colored lovely virus-free clone comes from Siegfreid is a perfect foil to the flowers. Always some parent. Also thornless with a light but refined Hahn of Albuquerque. Thank you Siegfreid! flowers to pick on this. scent. Lighter caned than others of its habit. B Mme. Cornélissen 15 / / 1865 lp fff rrr B Comtesse de Rocquigny 16 / / 1874 lp fff This rose we have offered under the spurius rrr A stouter bush than most others in this friends rose sale 2021 — 2 CLASS CODE—NAME—QUANTITY IN STOCK (B / 1G /5G)—DATE OF INTRO——FRAGRANCE—REBLOOM—DESCRIPTION

name “Edith de Murat” for several years, well pink sport of Souvenir de la Malmaison with Ch “Belfield” 1 / / unknown dr f rrrr Much aware that it was closely related to Souvenir all its fine characteristics of habit and bloom. has been said about this rose and many are de la Malmaison. It is indeed this sport of now willing to consider this the original Banks Purezza 5 / / 1961 w fff rr Flowers that rose, with tight flowers of scooped over- Slater’s Crimson China, introduced to large for a banksia, with quilled petals and lapping petals, glistening white, open with in the late 18th century; we count ourselves sweetly scented, pure white. This delightful high centers, revealing a button eye, tinted among them. Small, deep red flowers saturat- hybrid from Mansuino reblooms very reliably with , the outer petals cupping back- ed with color, only slightly paler in the very for us in Northern California. Deep green ward in layers. center of the bloom, where the sta- foliage. mens appear. B Mme. Ernest Calvat 9 / / 1888 mp ffff rrr C Blanchefleur / 6 / 1835 w ffff 0 White Our friend Jean Vieth was able to show us that Ch Bengale d’Automne 6 / / 1825 mp ff rrr tinted blush; beautifully formed. This is his is indeed correctly a sport of Mme. Isaac Large flowers of rose red, paler at the petal among the more coveted roses I know, as Pereire, which we had doubted before, as it is bases, sweetly scented with a hint of pepper. those who love white flowers are always ask- different in many ways from her mother. This ing for it. Its habit is more broad and sprawl- Ch Comtesse du Cayla 2 / / 1902 ob f rrrr is lovely, with large, shapely flowers ing than most Centifolias, and seems part Combining the apricots, buffs, light crimson of great fragrance, more deeply cupped and of Gallica. and copper of Mutabilis in one moment in paler stem and coloring as well. a flower. Loose cups droop against darker C Bullata 4 / / c1815 p fff 0 The Lettuce- B Mme. Isaac Pereire 7 / / 1881 dp ffff rrr foliage. Vigorous. leaved Rose is more than an oddity, though This is perhaps the most extraordinary of its large puffed and crimpled foliage touches Ch Five Yuan 8 / / 1996 mr ff rrrr Named the Bourbons. Large, intensely colored claret the beholder first. Flowers of typical Centifo- by travelers from Europe to the famous Tem- pink, and flowers of sur- lia charm, fragile of petal and sweetly scented ple of 10,000 Camelias in China, Five Yuan passing fragrance, anywhere, anytime! are lovely in bud with their feathery sepals. refers to the modest price the tourists paid for B Sophie’s Perpetual 2 / / 1960 pb fff rrr a plant sold there. A very ancient rose accord- Ch Archiduc Charles 9 / / c1840 rb fff rrr Sweet Damask mingles with sweet anise in ing to Wang Gouliang. The small blooms are Exhibiting that delightful trait of many Chi- a cupped flower of blush and cherry pink, quite double, pale pink to deep dusky nas, dramatic color change, the Archduke is edged darker. Low and spreading; China-like -red as the petals age. Never out of a lovely madder pink, sometimes a very pale in flower production. Very unusual. bloom. blush shade, with cherry-rose edges which B Souvenir de la Malmaison 8 / / 1843 lp fff in some seasons spread out over the whole Ch Grandmom Schmidt 5 / / 2004 pb Red, rrrr Ivory, pink and cream in a flat bowl of blossom. A fine fruity scent, making this one rose pink and blush pink blooms well distrib- petals almost perfectly and symmetrically of the more fragrant of the Chinas. uted across the plant. arranged. Richly scented; strong but compact. Ch Arethusa 2 / / 1903 yb ff rrr Unusual Ch L 19 Laos 2 / / found 1999 mp f rrrr Truly one of the best roses of all time, and coloring for a China; baize yellow with This was discovered in Laos by Katsuhiro deserving of its widespread popularity. apricot shadings, the flowers large of petal, Maebara and Prof. Yoshihuro Ueda in 1999, B Souvenir de St. Anne’s 9 / / 1916; Reintro, blowsy, small and freshly scented. and is believed to have originated in Yunnan, 1950 lp fff rrr Semi-double to single blush China. Semi-double flowers of rose pink to

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blush, are cupped and globular, opening to The blooms fade to creamy yellow, white and former blooms sporadically through Summer delicate bowls of very rounded form with a then blush to pink, and as will Mutabilis it is and Fall, as well as abundantly in the Spring. large, shapely boss of straw-yellow stamens. the overall effect of the plant cyclying these All are exceedingly fragrant. An ancient heirloom. colors continually that is endearing. Peter D Ispahan 6 / / 1832 mp ff 0 Not a pure Beales nursery has offered this in the UK Ch “Mableton Agrippina” 5 / / Found rb Damask but perhaps a descendent; nonethe- for some years, but to date it does not seem Found in the garden at Mableton in Santa less exceptional. High-centered buds of bright to have been put in commerce in the USA. Rosa, this rose appears to be identical to pink open slightly cupped in loose clusters. Beales also says this is a seedling of Mutabilis, Cramoisi Superieur but for the scale of the The bouquet effect of Ispahan makes it one of but it is in fact a sport. plant—this being very compact, rarely reach- the most desirable in this group. ing above 3'. ChCl Bengale Gontier 2 / / c.1890 mp ff rr D Mme. Hardy 8 / / 1832 w fff 0 Mme. Something of a mystery, apparently intro- Ch “Ruth’s Red China” 2 / / unknown dr ff Hardy is far from pure Damask, but appears duced by “Papa” Gontier, this rose is in the rrrr Intensely red flowers are the hallmark of to have no China influence in it. Perhaps a style of Climbing Old Blush, very similar this foundling, shared with me by my friend Gallica strayed into its ancestory. Its very indeed, but with larger, fuller blooms than Ruth Knopf. Most red Chinas are marked double soft white flowers with green centers usually seen and a much richer, deeper range with the usual glints of white or light pink, are the subject of many beautiful portraits. of . Spicy scent. or veined with gradations of tint, but this is Widely grown and loved. Delicious fragrance. simply red red. Small, globular flowers with a ChCl Fortune’s Double Yellow 4 / / 1845 yb ff 0 E Rosenwunder / 1 / 1934 dp fff 0 Larger peppery scent always remind me of the front This is not a China as we know them, and in its parts than the Penzance hybrids, gateway of Ruth’s garden on Sullivan’s Island is thought perhaps to be a hybrid of Rosa Rosenwunder is truly superb; 3" globular, in South Carolina. bracteata; it certainly shares a thorniness semi-double flowers of rose pink to rose red and sprawling, semi-climbing habit with that Ch “Vincent Godsiff ” 3 / / found dp ff rrr in small clusters, followed by lovely, squat, species. Golden amber flowers are burnished Small tight rosettes, rose-red to China pink turban shaped fruits which ripen fleshy and with rose red and copper, making a fantastic in pyramidal clusters. One of the famous bright . display in the spring. Bermuda mystery roses. Fl Arthur Bell 1 / / 1965 my f rrr Fruity- D Autumn Damask 29 / / V Old lp fff rr Ch Yellow Mutabilis 16 / / 1999 yb f rrrr scented blooms of clear yellow to golden One has only to read Dr. Hurst’s treatise on This unforgettable sport of Mutabilis was yellow, very large, showing the influence of the Autumn Damask in The Old Shrub Roses found in Bermuda by Ronica Watlington Hybrid Teas on the development of Floribun- by Graham Thomas, to become thoroughly on a plant in her garden in the late 1990s. It das. A very vigorous plant with a stiff upright confused about this rose, which he believed has since then been a favorite on the show stance. to be a seedling of Rosa moschata. We can benches at the Bermuda Rose Society. Much only affirm that versions of the Damask rose Fl Bridal White 3 / / 1970 w ff rrr This as I love Mutabilis, this sport has truly stolen have been grown for hundreds of years, hav- sport of Bridal Pink has all the fine qualities my heart; the bright freshness of the yellow ing formed the basis for the industry. of its parent, making an excellent cut flower buds and the moment of strong yellow on The Autumn Damask to our minds is identi- of modest size. Scrolled flowers of ivory white the first day of the open flower are striking. cal with the Summer Damask, except that the to pure, satiny white with a nice light scent.

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Though these roses are classed as Floribund Fl Lili Marlène 5 / / 1959 mr ff rrrr Fl Orange Sensation 1 / / 1961 or fff rrrr as they bloom one to a stem. Intensely saturated -red rounded Sensation is a good word for the reactions we flowers; one of the most brilliantly colored see to this saturated orange rose, or Scentsa- Fl Centenaire de Lourdes 2 / / 1958 mp f rrr roses I know, and as such, difficult to place in tion might equally apply, as the rose is sweetly Soft pink flowers shaded with salmon pink, the garden among other colors. If you want a fragrant to boot. There is a subtle blending of double, cupped, opening to show dark sta- RED, RED rose; this is it. color which makes this semidouble Floribun- mens. Strong and bushy with an astonishing da special, and overcomes the strong orange, abundance of bloom. Fl Lilibet 1 / / 1953 lp fff rrr Cupped flow- which otherwise might be difficult to place ers with rolled petal edges, glowing warm pink Fl D. T. Poulsen 1 / / 1930 mr ff rrr Deep in the garden; use it with apricots and golden blending to cream within. Lilibet is Queen scarlet blooms with a crimson cast; very . Elizabeth’s pet name, and this was introduced brilliant and unfading in the garden. Blooms the year of her coronation. We were surprised Fl Paprika 3 / / 1958 or f rrr Bright, brick- cupped in modest clusters to about 12. We to see that the English are growing the wrong red flowers with a dusky overlay; now almost have sold this foundling in the past as Donald thing in the place of this charming rose. forgotten, but in its day Paprika was awarded Prior, but the error of our idenfication was numerous medals in Europe. Meilland who brought to our attention through imports to Fl Mandarin 2 / / 1951 mr fff rrr Roses now apparently own a trademark on this the San Jose Heritage . of most unusual coloring which are a deep name have used it for a rose introduced in shimmering -red. An abundant bloomer, Fl Else Poulsen 2 / / 1924 mp - rrrr With 1997 which has the same parentage as this, and rather tall and gracefully broad. her sister seedling, Kirsten Poulsen, Else according to Star Roses 2000 Catalogue. This marked the beginning of the new class of Fl Matador 2 / / 1972 ob - rrr The globu- new Paprika is supposed to grow 8 to 10 feet Floribundas: large three-inch semi-double lar, imbricated blooms of Matador hold their tall; might that be a sport of the original Tan- flowers of bright rose pink in large, crowned form very well, showing off the bright bicolor tau ? sprays. Dark soft foliage. Superb for color in effect of clear coral-orange reversed light Fl Red Pinocchio 1 / / 1947 dr f rrr Very the garden. yellow. This rose is undergoing a small revival cupped, swirled blooms of dark crimson- of popularity now. Fl Eyepaint 5 / / 1975 rb f rrr Lovely as a scarlet, showing a pool of soft yellow stamens large shrub with its bright single scarlet flow- Fl Mazurka 3 / / 1965 mp fff rr Very large within. ers, each with a golden eye, glittering against flowers full of petals, cup shaped and lightly Fl Rumba 1 / / 1958 rb f rrr This eyepopper a background of glossy forest green foliage. scented of Damask rose, this rich rose pink is golden yellow shaded with orange-rind beauty always steals the show. Fl Improved Cécile Brunner 2 / / 1958 lp fff orange. The flowers are quite double and rrr Warm satiny pink with a deeper reverse; Fl Neon 1 / / 1991 dp Deep magenta- remain cupped when fully open. Last year flowers in sprays. A very lovely sweetheart pink petals and a flower that opens exposing we had numerous requests to start this from type. This flower was selected for the florist a center of near-white. our garden, and offer it for the first time. If trade, and is not directly related to Cecile you want a dwarf version of Joseph’s Coat, try Fl News 2 / / 1968 m ff rrr Wide flat flow- Brunner. this. It maintains a much more pleasant blend ers of purple-rose with white flecks and am- of colors. ber-gold stamens; semi-double and fragrant.

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Fl Southampton 1 / / 1971 ab ff rrrr G Camaieux 11 / / 1830 mb fff 0 White the petals shingled tightly in shallow cups; A tremendously important rose from a striped pale rosy-purple flowers are among a broad arching grower of moderate height. breeding standpoint; Southampton brought the most striking of parti-colored roses. This Very striking. healthfulness to roses of its coloring; a golden plant is reluctant to strike for us, and because HCh Crêpe Rose 4 / / 1870 dp fff 0 Luxurious apricot, flushed with red on the guard petals. of its popularity we may not ever be able to pink blooms, very large and globu- Flowers are lightly double, pointed in the bud supply the demand. We do not recommend lar, petals beautifully imbricated, with a fruity and open charminly cupped. It is weather however growing budded plants, as they are Damask fragrance. Whether this is correctly resistant and a remarkable bloomer. For color very short lived. identified is a hotly debated topic. in a healthy rose, it is unsurpassed in its color G Cardinal de Richelieu 5 / / 1840 m fff 0 range. HM Annie Laurie McDowell / 2 / 2001 ff rrrr Dark purple cups, white within; arrest- Sweetly fragrant, this versatile rose from Kim Fl White Ma Perkins 1 / / 1962 w fff rrr ing in the garden. It is understandable that Rupert is very joyful as well. Soft pink flowers Long pointed large buds of white barely this rose remains so popular. Very mannerly blushed lavender pink, loosely double, bloom touched within with blush-pink. Fragrant! on its own roots. without stopping, and may need to be pinched This is a sport from Ma Perkins, whose G Daphné 4 / / 1819 pb ff 0 Crimson in the off to give the young plant a chance. A modern licorice scent was bred into the David Austin bud, the smallish flowers of Daphné open to Hybrid Musk of great value in the garden. roses, and is largely responsible for the so- very double rosettes of rose pink stained and called Myrrh scent. HM Art Deco 1 / / 1981 rb - rrr Simple tinted with purple. The petals are white on the flowers in a rich crimson to crimson scarlet, FlCl Frensham, Climbing 16 / / 2018 ff rrr reverse often creating a striking effect in the the flowers held in elongated panicles that are This sport occurred recently in the garden small buttoned eye when the white is revealed. quite striking. It forms an arching shrub with of Larry Hinman, on an own-root plant of HB Fantin LaTour 7 / / unknown lp fff 0 flexible canes—lovely as a mound or trained the virus indexed Frensham. The rebloom is A rose that hardly needs introduction these as a small climber. excellent and the flowers have all the richness days, so widely is it grown. Its popularity is of color, grace of form of the original bred by HM Bishop Darlington 3 / / 1926 ab fff rrr deserved; blush pink blossoms are cupped amateur, Albert Norman, and introduced by Semi-double flowers of soft peachy pink with and full with guard petals that reflex back in Harkness & Sons in 1946. a yellow glow. An upright shrub, rather like a the most poised of fashions. tall Floribunda, to 6'. Delicious scent. G Alain Blanchard / 3 / 1839 rb ff 0 This HB Gipsy Boy—Zigeunerknabe / / 1 1909 dr low-growing shrub produces dusky, crimson HM Buff Beauty 8 / / 1939 ab fff rrr Apricot fff 0 This rose has an odd parentage, pos- mauve flowers; pale spotting on large petals; buff flowers of many large petals forming a sibly including the old Multiflora hybrid, semi-double with glowing yellow stamens. lucious whole, the effect in bloom causes love Russelliana. Deep magenta-purple blooms at first sight! Fragrant and repeating well. G Belle Isis 5 / / 1845 lp fff 0 Warm with crimson shadings, open to show a tight are nonexistant among the Gallicas, so this mass of buff stamens. Rather low and broadly HM Ceres 3 / / 1914 Goddess of agriculture rose comes as a surprise; very pale blush arching; suitable for pegging. and fertility certainly belongs in more gar- with a shrimp pink undertone. Belle Isis is dens than grow it today! If you are lucky HCh “Alice Vena” / 6 / found m f 0 Velvety now famous as the parent of Constance Spry, enough to live in garden you may find one -violet, cupped flowers in clusters, grandmother of the David Austin roses. friends rose sale 2021 — 6 CLASS CODE—NAME—QUANTITY IN STOCK (B / 1G /5G)—DATE OF INTRO—COLOR CODE—FRAGRANCE—REBLOOM—DESCRIPTION

today for sale. Loose and languid small large and fragrant. One of the most popular violet will want to grow this treasure. Our blooms in draping clusters, starting apricot of Hybrid Musks for good reason. thanks to the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden and quickly paling to salmon-blush, this is a for preserving and sharing this rose. HM Plaisanterie 4 / / 1996 pb ff rrr All of treasure for lovers of grace and beauty. the colors found in Mutabilis are seen in HP Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild 9 / / 1868 HM Clytemnestra 9 / / 1915 ob fff rrr Buds tones in Plaisanterie. A single seedling of that lp ff rrr Cupped, silvery pink flowers of copper, flowers ruffled salmon-chamois. famous rose, this makes a large spilling shrub ideal formation for this type, pale, almost This rose of formidable name is a formidable or delightful climber. It’s other parent was that white on the reverse, with a nice fragrance grower, a great candidate for ascending a stair famous patriarch of the Hybrid Musks, Trier. and a leafiness of plant which tends to nestle or any other tall object close at hand, where Our thanks to Cass Bernstein who kept en- the flowers against the upper on the the fragrance may delight. couraging us to grow more Louis Lens roses, stems. Graham Thomas calls this the “high and brought us this tough and beautiful rose. shouldered look.” This seems to be identical HM Ghislaine de Féligonde 4 / / 1916 ly fff rrr to a related sport, Spencer. What has been of- Bright, clear-yellow buds open to double HM Rosalia 3 / / 2009 dp f rrr From the fered in this country as Baroness Rothschild flowers of intriguingly blended color; yellow, raiser of Rosalia, Pamela Temple: Rosalia is in fact a seedling of this variety, Baronne tinted and overlaid with pink, fading to white produces small dark pink doubled blooms Nathaniel de Rothschild. at the petal edges. An excellent rebloomer, in sprays. Years ago when I first met Gregg rather hardy for a yellow Multiflora; this is Lowery, I attended a pruning workshop at HP “Benny Lopez” 10 / / 2005 dp fff rrr possibly an offspring of one of Lambert’s ros- the nursery. One of the roses we pruned was A very deep purple-pink sport of Baron es, and we feel it belongs here with the larger Eva. At the end Gregg handed me a stem with Prevost, Benny Lopez is a recently discovered growing of the Hybrid Musks. beautiful hips to take home. I decided to try form of Ardoisee de Lyon. There is some to root the stem and to, for the first time, start confusion about the relationship between HM Lavender Lassie 3 / / 1960 m fff rrr Very rose seeds. The result was five beautiful roses, Ardoisee de Lyon and Baronne Prevost which double ruffled flowers of cool lilac pink in the best of which is Rosalia (the stem rooted will one day be cleared up, we hope. We have small bouquets are freshly offset by the bright too). I named it after my daughter Rose, who grown the two side by side for many years, shiny green foliage. An elegant plant in the calls herself Rosalia. Rosalia is also a celebra- and Benny Lopez and Ardoisee de Lyon for garden, with a graceful arching habit. tion of roses. Gregg thinks this rose may be a almost a decade, side by side, and believe they HM Miss Maisie 9 / / 2020 mp f rrrr This cross between Eva and Eutin, because it looks are identical. Benny Lopez is very healthy, tough and handsome plant arose as a seedling a great deal like Eutin. where the European import is not. in Pamela Temple’s garden. Clusters of small, HM Sibelius 1 / / 1984 m f rrrr Small cups of HP Caroline de Sansal 5 / / 1849 lp fff rrr mid-pink, semi-double flowers are set off rich purple, striped white in the center and Large, globular, tightly imbricated buds open against dark green glossy leaves that begin as lighted by a fluffy boss of golden stamens, to lovely clear pink pompons, 4" to 5" across. deep red shoots. white eyes. Shade tolerant, Sibelius is a memorable contribution to the A hardy seedling of Baronne Prévost and vigorous, upright, setting many small hips, Hybrid Musks by Louis Lens of Belgium. The almost as good. this is a delightful discovery. flowers come in massive sprays on a plant of HP Clio 5 / / 1894 lp fff rrr -blush, HM Pax 4 / / 1918 w fff rrr Creamy white willowy growth, arching and spreading along silken-petalled flowers of immense size, ele- flowers unfurl from pink buds. Semi-double, the ground. Those who admire purple and

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gantly imbricated, opening well most of the purple with age. This sport-parent of Baron others has gained devotées in California, year despite their crepy substance. A show Girod de l’Ain makes a spreading plant of 4' x Texas and the Carolinas. Superb rebloom- stopper. 5'; it is the best of this group of HPs. ing of satiny pink, shapely flowers, excellent rebloom and a handsomely foliaged plant. HP Comtesse Cécile de Chabrillant 3 / / 1858 HP Fisher Holmes 2 / / 1865 dr fff rr Not as Miriam Wilkins and Barbara Worl saw this in pb ff rrr Low and spreading. Scrolled little vigorous as its growth habit would suggest, German rose gardens labeled Cornet, HP, and blooms of rosy pink to blush in clusters. This being long caned with short flowering later- it seems to fit the descriptions we run across rose is much sought after and among the als; with coddling it will make a bushy, broad in old literature. We have moved it back to Hybrid Perpetuals is one of the most delicate. plant, and worth the trouble for its cheerfully the mystery rose section, pending further bright cherry crimson blooms, so perfectly HP Comtesse d’Oxford 5 / / 1869 mr ff rrr research. made. Ovoid buds open to full, cupped flowers of HP “Granny Grimmetts” 2 / / 1955 dr f rrr rose-crimson to rose-madder, with a glow- HP Général Cavaignac 1 / / 1850 mr fff rrr Cherry crimson to amaranth velvet flowers, ing, yellow base to the petals. Wonderful A Géant des Batailles type HP with crim- wide and cupped with a casual array of petals, fragrance. At long last we anticipate growing son-scarlet flowers of full, rosette form, tight and a crepey texture. Compact, dark and this great beauty; previously we had believed and dense of bloom. Like Giant of Battles, intriguing. we had received this from Sangerhausen this rose needs ideal conditions (desert?) to under the name ‘Duchess of Sutherland’, remain disease free. A treasure for those who HP Henry Nevard 9 / / 1924 dr fff rrr however that rose turned out to be the pale prize the early Hybrid Perpetuals. Well illus- A stout rosebush with immense blooms of pink sport discovered in the 19th century trated in Curtis’ Beauties of the Rose. crimson scarlet, cupped, petals imbricated. by William Paul and named for his village, This is the model of the rose which so many HP General Washington / 1 / 1861 dr fff rrr ‘Pride of Waltham’. of our customers are looking for in a Hybrid Deep rosy-crimson with touches of scarlet Perpetual; a shapely plant with big cabbagey HP Dr. Masaryk 2 / / 1930 lp ff rrr Intro- and paler reverses. Flowers must contain over dark red flowers, heavily perfumed. duced by the Czech breeder Jan Bohm in 100 petals. When well-opened, they are grand 1930—a late addition to the HPs, and proof boutonnières for a general. HP Hugh Dickson 5 / / 1905 mr fff rrr of their worthiness in cold-winter climates, A robust plant with immense rose-red flow- HP “Glendora” / 1 / found lp fff rrr at a time when Hybrid Teas were preemi- ers drenched with red rose . Blooms Applause is due this exceptional perform- nent though not cold-resistant. Pale blush continuously with great goblets of color. er, both floriferous and shapely as a garden pink flowers of large petals, lightly double plant. This, Reine des Violettes and Sydonie HP James Bougault 3 / / 1887 w fff rrr with huge petals, the safron-colored stamens make a trio of roses very similar; all large Modest flowers of globular form open to revealed in the open blooms. Nicely scented. shrubs, clothed to the ground in foliage, cov- cupped blooms, white tinted blush. Fragrant Named for Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk , Czech ered with perfectly formed flowers in small and very productive of bloom. A dense, light- philosopher, author and politician, 1st Presi- clusters. Glendora is rich rose-pink with caned grower that is quite bushy. dent of Czechoslovakia 1918-1935. purplish shades. HP La Reine 4 / / 1842 mp fff rrr Aptly HP Eugène Fürst 6 / / 1875 dr fff rr Globu- HP “Grandmother’s Hat” 23 / 2 / found mp named for the Queen. Not only an important lar deep velvety crimson flowers shading to fff rrr This foundling of Barbara Worl and HP parent, but a longtime favorite among

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gardeners throughout the United States. Santa Rosa cemetery. Named for the famed one day to her Reine des Violettes which she Flowers of rich, true pink are unrivaled when champion of old roses who founded the was upset with because parts of the plant had at their best. Heritage Roses group, and who has devoted so become rather thorny and the color of the many years of her life to the encouragement of flowers on those stems had lost their HP Louis Noisette 5 / / 1865 dp fff rrr Little folks like us who love old roses. tones and become a rather reddish-purple. information has been unearthed about this They were also more vigorous and she won- beyond the descriptions of the rose HP “Miriam’s Pink Powderpuff” 6 / / 2 dered whether she ought not just cut them grown at Roseraie de l’Hay. In color it is sim- unknown pb fff rr A very beautifully out. To our delight we had been introduced ilar to that of Baronne Prevost, of deeper tint formed HP, light to medium pink of the to the sport parent (by most accounts the verging on red, but the large flowers are com- Baronne Prévost type. We saw this rose in seed parent) of Reine des Violettes, Pie IX, or posed of large petals, loosely gathered into England wrongly labeled both Spencer and Pius the Ninth. a pointed bud, opening shallowly cupped, Enfant de France. Whatever its original nearly flat, and broad. A glowing rose in color name, we are grateful to Miriam Wilkins of HP Pierre Notting 50 / / 1863 dr ffff rrr Very and form! Heritage Roses fame for passing this on to full, large velvety red flowers which at their us; its trademark foliage, smooth, elegant and best have no peer among the Hybrid Perpetu- HP Marchesa Boccella 8 / / 1842 lp fff rrr drooping, a dense foil for the pale fragrant als. This rose may develop slowly but evenu- Pink pompon flowers, rose pink at the bursts of petals. tally can acheive 4' by 6' across. centers, densely overlapping with large half- open central buttons. A compact plant full of HP Mrs. F. W. Sanford 2 / / 1898 lp fff rrr HP Président Willermoz 3 / / 1867 lp fff rrr light green foliage which grows right up the The pale silver-pink sport of Mrs. John Laing, Large-petaled flowers of light rose pink form stems to the flowers. Highly recommended. with all of her fine qualities of form, fra- a nearly circular bloom with notched and grance and repeat-flowering. scalloped petals. The effect is elegant and se- HP Merveille de Lyon 3 / / 1882 w ff rrr rene. Though the blooms are very large, and Silky camellia-like white flowers, cupped HP Paul Neyron 7 / / 1869 mp fff rrr The open wide and flat, there are not too many and beautifully formed, quite long-lasting. very largest flowers imaginable in a bright petals, and the simple, somewhat open form A compact grower with ample foliage. Sport claret-pink blued to a unique shade tending is inviting. A strong grower and a great re- of the rose, Baronne Adolphe de Rothschild, to carmine at times. Stout and tall, continu- bloomer. Has also been imported by EuroDe- also known as Baroness Rothschild. Mabel ous, scented. A dream as a show rose or for sert Roses and may be available from them in Morrison is indistinguishable from Merveille the at home. the coming years. de Lyon, under which name we received this HP Pfaffstadt 9 / / 1929 Immense white flow- many years ago from the Lykkes of Denmark. HP Reine des Violettes 8 / / 1860 m fff rrr ers are globular and slightly pointed in form. We list it thus, because we received it under The famous ‘’ that Graham Thomas Fragrance is powdery and Damask. The plant this name. praises is a favorite of ours too. Again, this is a super vigorous grower that can reach 8 or makes a great companion to “Glendora” and HP Miriam Wilkins 1 / 1 / found lp fff rrr 9 feet under good conditions. Sydonie. Lilac-mauve. A deeper pink, fuller, shapelier Autumn HP Pie IX 8 / / 1849 dm fff rrr This is the Damask, very fragrant with excellent rebloom. HP Rembrandt 2 / / 1883 mr fff rrr Deep purple sport parent of Reine des Violettes. Thought to be a chance seedling, found in a bright red double flowers with flecks of white Our friend Candace Saxman introduced us

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are born profusely on an upright, somewhat the abundance of these rather sumptuous lasting as a cut flower. We no longer believe tall plant. blooms which come one after another on the this ID to be correct, but list it as is continues floral stems. Fragrant and choice! to be passed in the trade. HP Robert Duncan 3 / / 1897 pb fff rrr Immense cups of carmine pink with many HP Triomphe de L’Exposition 6 / / 1885 mr fff HT Barcelona 17 / / 1932 dr fff rrr Deep petals and a Damask perfume; many thanks rrr More spreading and stout that others blackish-crimson cupped flowers open wide to Don Myers of Fair Oaks, California, for of this growth habit, rose crimson to crim- brightening to clear red with a very spicy passing this rarity on to us! son-scarlet flowers, petals nicely imbricated scent. and pointed, paler rose pink on the reverse, HP “Rose du Roi à Fleures Pourpres” 2 / / HT British Queen 1 / / 1912 w fff rrr The making a very handsome dark flower. unknown dr fff rrr The correct rose of this Bride was a white sport of Catherine Mermet. name should be a compact sport of Rose du HP Ulrich Brunner, Fils 5 / / 1881 dp fff rrrr This rose has a very different look: globular Roi with deep mauve flowers. Apart from Flowers that seem to foreshadow a style blooms of rolled-back petals and silky sub- coloring, this is quite different; an arching, continued by Hybrid Teas, tall, goblet-shaped stance of white blushed with pink; growth spreading grower, flowers globular opening blooms of deep rose with a carmine touch of compact and flowers often nodding. We are flat, deep glowing claret red with soft yellow brilliance. Superior in all its parts! convinced that this rose, sold in Britain as stamens. The Bride is in fact British Queen. Our cur- HP Vick’s Caprice 2 / / 1891 pb ff rrr A sub- rent clone (2020) from the San Jose Heritage HP Sachsengruss 1 / / 1912 lp fff rrr Very tly striped sport of Archiduchesse Elizabeth is very vigorous. large and sweetly scented medium pink d’Autriche; madder pink with blush and rose flowers with great form and substance; long pinstripes that read only on close inspection. HT Capistrano 3 / / 1949 mp fff rrr Very in commerce as the Marchioness of London- This tends to revert to the Archduchess, so large flowers are deeply saturated with rose derry. we often hold plants a bit longer to be certain pink, which intesifies in contrast to the rose they are striped. red veins that feather up from the petal bases; HP Souvenir du Dr. Jamain 14 / / 1865 dr excellent fragrance. So rarely seen today; so fff rrr Flowers of a wine color shading HP “Wolverstone Church Rose” 2 / / found well deserving of its original honor; AARS, to velvety crimson, near . Noted for its mp fff rr Rich rosy carmine to crimson; 1950. fragrance. A moderate arching grower. long lax canes. This rose may be, as Phillip Robinson suggests, a climbing Hybrid Tea, HT Christopher Stone 8 / / 1935 mr fff rrr HP Sydonie 11 / / 1846 mp ff rrr Sometimes as the lovely smooth foliage would seem to From Sangerhausen we received this bush grouped with the de Trianon HPs, a little indicate. Sumptuous in early summer, with form of Christopher Stone, a rose that is very known and very fine rose, deep pink, full, enough blooms to satisfy the gardener in late much admired in our garden in the its climb- quartered, with reflexing guard petals that summer and fall. ing version. Large, beautifully shaded blooms lend poise. Very fragrant. of deep red and brilliant scarlet blended with HP Yolande d’Aragon 10 / / 1843 pb fff rrr HP “Temple HP” 4 / / unknown mp fff rrr -black. Fragrant and very florif- An ancient sort of HP; stout, upright branch- Cupped flowers of rich rose pink are tight- erous. This does appear to be identical with es, a compact display of small clusters of very ly packe with petals that unfold into a tight what has been grown for many years under full deep pink flowers. The rich array of petals domed mass. The glory of this foundling is the name Hortulanus Budde. forms half-globes, flat side on top. Long-

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HT Crimson Glory VID 2 / / 1935 dr ffff rrr adopted Gruss an Aachen as a member of open are a delightful, clean lilac-blue tint and Few roses can touch this today for fragrance, this family. We have finally brought this rose very fragrant. rich crimson coloring and beauty of flower. A home to the class it was initially introduced HT Lemon Spice 8 / / 1966 my ffff rrr moderate grower, it gradually builds up with as the “Hybrid Teas.” One of Herbert Swim’s seedlings introduced flowers that nod outward. HT Hermann Lindecke 1 / / 1929 lp fff rrr by Armstrong when Swim was working with HT Editor McFarland 1 / / 1931 mp fff rrr A fine rose in which to observe the gradual O. L. Weeks; this lemon-yellow rose fades to Deep warm pink flowers, glowing with yellow development of the La France progeny; this cream goblets of a strong fruity-spicy scent; it petal bases, very fragrant, well formed and sport of a famous, brilliant pink rose has full deserves an award for fragrance, yet has never blooming freely on a bushy plant. This rose large flowers, light strawberry rose veined been recognized. See also Sunday Lemonade, honors Dr. Horace McFarland, whose contri- and shaded coral, very sweetly scented. a cream sport with equally strong scent. butions to the rose are legend. HT Irish Elegance 5 / / 1905 pb ff rrr HT Literary Giant 1 / / R:1991 lp fff rr HT El Dorado 3 / / 1972 yb fff rrr Very Who can resist the subtle charm of the single A very interesting rose of immense floral fragrant golden-yellow flowers marked with HTs? Once you’ve grown this one you will proportions, very globular, of fine petal tex- scarlet on the outer petals; tall and florifer- become a convert; veined salmon-flame buds ture, often not opening altogether. We doubt ous, the color holding very well. open peach, then fade to salmon-buff. that this is ancient in any way, though it was brought recently from China; more likely an HT Futura 2 / / 1975 or ff rrr To me this is HT Jeanne Corboeuf 1 / / 1902 lp fff rrr older HT that made it to China before WWII, like a very healthy version of Tropicana (Su- Light pink blooms are warmed by peach pink or a seedling raised there in modern times. perstar), which was the darling of the 1960’s centers, highlighted by the reveal of golden Light pink with lavender shades, and cream but prone to mildew. Futura’s tulip shaped stamens. The flowers of Jeanne Corboeuf are petal bases, and quite nicely perfumed. buds are pure rich orange, with a deeper, cor- composed of large petals that fold and twist al-orange reverse. It has a good fragrance and into intricate and casual patterns of great HT Marian Anderson 2 / / 1964 dp fff rrr vigorous growth. beauty. A deep pink rose, elegantly formed of great perfume, this seems an appropriate tribute to HT Gorgeous/“Lundy’s Lane Yellow” 4 / / 1915 HT Kuroshinju 2 / / 1988 dr f rrr Crisp, the great singer it celebrates. ob fff rrr An old Pernetiana of golden- elegant, perfectly scrolled blooms of the most salmon to clear yellow to straw, small but full intense velvet red coloring I have encoun- HT McGredy’s Yellow 2 / / 1934 my ff rrr and well-formed. Apple green foliage covers tered. This show rose by the Japanese master A favorite of mine, this mannerly grower pro- this shapely shrub abundantly. breeder Seizo Suzuki is in a class by itself. Of duces flowers of lovely design in a rich clear fragrance there is very little, but just enough yellow without a trace of gold. HT Gruss an Aachen 1 / / 1909 lp ffff rrrr for me to love it for its color and form. As Pale flesh pink blending to creamy white, HT “Mendocino Honey” 1 / / unk ab fff rrr with other such dark red roses, afternoon sometimes pure ivory white, flowers large Unknown Pernetiana type found by Alice shade may help to preserve the blooms in hot and fully formed, opening with a lovely flat Flores. Flowers apricot yellow blushed with weather. swirl of petals. It has the old fashioned, flat, copper. This has made it to the “must” lists of full-flowers that Austin tried to create with HT Lagerfeld 1 / / 1986 m fff rrr Long those few who’ve seen it. his English Roses, and Austin himself has conical buds which are rather formless when

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HT Midnight 2 / / 1956 dr fff rrr We re- assort well in a garden of Teas, for its bushy, Star. They have always been at home in the ceived this in 1994 from the old collection of floriferous habit and nodding flowers give it garden as well. roses at the Oakland (California) Rose Gar- that look. HT Pink Gruss an Aachen 1 / / 1925 mp den and have been mightly impressed with HT Mrs. Lovell Swisher 1 / 1 / 1926 pb fff rrr ffff rrr A soft pink sport of Gruss an Aachen this dark beauty; very black-red blooms that From the 1920’s through the 1950’s Fred How- with all the lovely attributes of the original retain their depth of color long after opening; ard of Southern California produced some of but pinker. flowers large and fully formed, this was in fact Herbert Swim’s aim in breed- the most beautifully colored Hybrid Teas ever opening with a lovely flat swirl of petals. ing, and we know of few other black-red introduced; The Doctor, Tom Breneman, Will roses that do this successfully in the hottest HT Président Plumecoq 1 / / 1931 yb fff rrr Rogers, California Centennial, Pearl Harbor, and driest of climates. Slender Tea-like flowers of coppery-buff Santa Anita, and Los Angeles to name a few. warmed with pink, often clean apricot-yellow. HT Mint Julep 2 / / 1983 w f rrr Flowers This is one of my favorites; shapely flowers A rose that I am astonished so few people of pale creme-de-menthe green with pink in soft salmon-pink edged parchment with a know; it is quite exceptional. overtones and shades, long-lasting but with a delicious fragrance; bushy bronze foliage. tendency to develop darker spots with age. HT Red Jacket 1 / / 1950 mr f rrr A ser- HT Mrs. Oakley Fisher 12 / / 1921 dy ff rrr viceable red rose which opens wide and flat HT Mission Bells 1 / / 1949 pb fff rrr Single apricot flowers float like butterflies and does not blue, somewhat ordinary, but a Cupped flowers full of smokey salmon to atop this bushy, Tea Rose like plant. This was resiliant variety which is well worth growing. carmine pink petals, flushed with soft orange. a favorite of Vita Sackville-West, and we love Catherine Yronwode describes the fragrance it too, despite the somewhat blowsy shape of HT Red Radiance / / 2 1916 dp ffff rrr The as “1940’s Constant Comment Tea.” the flowers. Lovely scent. rosy crimson sport of Radiance; globular buds and flowers. Vigorous and floriferous! HT Mme. Marie Curie 6 / / 1943 dy fff rrrr HT New Yorker 2 / / 1947 mr fff rrr We With the same delightful Damask perfume of Clear yellow, high-centered, cool and elegant. have searched for this rose for several years, all the Radiance group. In the fields this rose is a refreshing beacon; having grown it and lost it, astonished that it is at close range it rewards even more. AARS, no longer available. Now we are proud to offer HT Red Rose Ridge 3 / / 2009 dr - rrrr 1944. it to you; one of the finest red roses ever in- From the raiser, Pamela Temple: This is a troduced; deep scarlet crimson, high-centered sister seedling to Michael’s Big Wadoo. It has HT Mrs. Arthur Robert Waddell 3 / / 1909 ab blooms that always seem to “do.” Fruity scent! beautiful fully doubled, cupped, dark red f rrr Faintly scented of apricots, semi-dou- blooms that are not harmed by the hot . It ble blooms of informal abandon in large HT Ophelia 8 / / 1912 lp fff rrr For many is named after our garden, Red Rose Ridge. sprays. Salmon opening salmon-buff, fading years Ophelia held sway over the market to pale peach with coppery pink stamens. of cut flower roses; her delicate satiny petal HT Selfridges 2 / / pre 1982 yb fff rrr Gold- This has the charm and effect of a large- complexion, soft cream tinted pink coloring en yellow, spiraled blooms fade to buff in the flowered Tea rose. and sweet perfume assured her fame. She outer petals, creating a rich warm effect, but gave rise to a series of sports, all used equally one that is glowing rather than harsh. Very HT Mrs. Herbert Stevens 4 / / 1910 w fff rrrr successfully by the florists, including Mme. fragrant and a good, compact plant grown on Long pointed pure white buds unfurl with Butterfly, Rapture, Lady Sylvia, and Westfield its own roots. all the grace of a Tea rose. The plant would

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HT September Morn 6 / / 1915 lp ffff rrr open cupped and swirled, strong lemon recommend that rose to those seeking the It has come to our attention that this has been yellow which does not fade dramatically, and same effect in a shrub. identified at the San Jose Heritage Rose Gar- glaucous foliage, the blue tint combining well HTCl Gruss an Aachen, Climbing 1 / / 1937 den, and we are delighted. Such a distinctive with the yellow. lp ffff rrr The much sought after climbing rose was certain to be given its real identity HT Sunblest (Landora) 1 / / 1970 dy f rrr sport of the famous old Hybrid Tea, some- again. Light clear pink, full of petals, opening An excellent light, clear yellow, of perfect times called (by us and others) a Floribunda, flat and buttoned in the old style, this is one high-centered form and many petals; ideal it is laden with flowers, pale flesh pink blend- of the most fragrant roses we know. for cut flowers. ing to creamy white, sometimes pure ivory HT Sir Henry Segrave 3 / / 1932 ly ffff rrr white. They come in clusters, old fashioned, HT Sweet Afton 3 / / 1964 w ffff rrr Intensely fragrant primrose yellow blossoms, flat, full-flowers. Perfumed, very large white flowers open wide, very double and high-centered, elegant, cool, rather like very pure blooms, lightly HTCl Reine Olga de Wurtemburg 2 / / 1881 mr and poised, and with all the delicacy of an old blushing and showing red- stamens. ff rr We follow Ellwanger on the classifica- Hybrid Tea. tion of this rose which has very large, rather HT “Wagon Wheel Bright Pink” 2 / / found HT Souvenir de Marcelle Balage 1 / / 1930 pb modern foliage, flowers that are semi double dp fff rrr Our friend Ruth Knopf has found ffff rrr Intensely fragrant flowers of flesh and brilliant cerise with white centers. It very her share of all kinds of roses including a pink tinted with peach and salmon are full, much reminds us of a rose we discoverd in few lovely HTs; this one has the look of the broad and globular in the bud, opening a local cemetery and which we call “Forest- Brownells’ roses with very healthy foliage. cupped and full of petals. ville Hybrid Gigantea”. We are offering plants Flowers are large, goblet shaped and deep grown from Carol Patterson’s mother to com- HT “St. Helena Cemetery Very Double HT” rose pink to rose red, loosely double but very pare this with Forestville. 4 / / found dp fff rrr An old and intrigu- shapely. ing HT of soft straw-pink, opening wide and HTCl “Ritchie’s Red Climber” 1 / / found dr HT “Zalud House Shingled Raspberry” full of petals. Very leafy sepals add to the fff rrr This large bright crimson with scarlet 3 / / found mp ff rrr A very lovely and beauty of buds and open flowers. highlights, makes a vigorous climber with unusual rose found by Jim Joannides in the large and luxurious foliage. Strong red-rose HT Stephen’s Big Purple 0 / 1 / 1985 m fff rrr Central Valley, large flat flowers of a sort of fragrance; excellent for a wall or fence. We There are only a handful of roses with this bland pink with a shingled arrangement of have been impressed by its rebloom, and the coloring, a rich plum purple which we seen petals, very old fashioned and charming. first flush is so spectacular that our visitors all occasionally in old Hybrid Perpetuals, a color HTCl Christopher Stone, Climbing 5 / / want it when they first see it. which is very handsome on the large petals of 1942 dr fff rr Intense red-scarlet flowers this perfectly formed HT. HTCl Rose Marie, Climbing 2 / / 1927 mp with a -scarlet flush to the outer fff rrr Perfectly formed rosettes of large size HT Summer Sunshine VID 4 / / 1962 dy petals; this is so brilliant that we have many are pure rose pink with a pale, silver-pink fff rrr Now overlooked, this rose was very requests for it in the spring when our garden to white underlay. This very fragrant rose is successful in its day, and even today offers is in full bloom. We do not grow the bush a sport of the 1918 Hybrid Tea that was very much to the gardener; double flowers of form of this rose, but this is so similar to the popular at the start of the 20th century in sweet fragrance, particularly in cool seasons, well known HT, Hortulanus Budde, that we America. friends rose sale 2021 — 13 CLASS CODE—NAME—QUANTITY IN STOCK (B / 1G /5G)—DATE OF INTRO—COLOR CODE—FRAGRANCE—REBLOOM—DESCRIPTION

HTCl Snowbird, Climbing 5 / / 1949 w fff rrrr (also known as ‘Odorata’ and not the HT as Good rebloom comes with this easy, healthy Be forewarned that you are missing some- stated in Modern Roses 11). plant. thing very good if you don’t grow this. Very LCl Ilse Krohn Superior 4 / / 1964 w ff rrr LCl Salita 1 / / 1987 or f rrr Among climb- double white touched with blush at the Snowy white flowers are tinted ivory blush as ers it would be difficult to find a compara- center, fragrant, opening very flat. It might be they open from scrolled buds into fat, double ble rose; Salita’s flowers are intensely bright taken for a Tea rather than a Climbing HT, cups. The blooms come in modest clusters set orange with an almost electric glow; not to for its flower form looks “older” that the date against a full display of handsome, small foli- everyone’s taste, but strangely compelling. its introduction implies. age. Kordes in his own book, Roses, describes LCl The Prince’s Trust 7 / / 2002 mr f rrr HTCl Souvenir de Mme. Boullet, Climbing this as a climber, so it puzzles me why it was Robust and bursting with healthy, dark 4 / / 1930 dy ffff r Rather like a Hybrid registered as a shrub. It will make a lovely foliage; seldom have we seen a rose grow so Tea version of Lady Hillingdon, more apricot sprawling ground cover as well. quickly as this has done. Clusters of deep than golden; very fragrant Tea-scented flow- LCl Lawrence Johnston 3 / / 1923 my ff rr rose red flowers, the blooms semi-double and ers, large and pointed, on wiry stems, foliage An early seedling from the work of Pernet- smallish; this is a constant bloomer. bronzey purple. Very vigorous, but shy to Ducher who bred the flame colors from R. rebloom. LCl Zeus 2 / / 1959 my ff rrr One of hardier foetida into modern roses, this large climber of the modern large flowered climbers, with LCl Coral Satin 1 / / 1960 op fff rrr An has clusters of small flowers which open a Rosa setigera in its ancestry through ‘Dou- interesting climber derived from New Dawn piercing clear yellow, contrasting handsome- bloons’. Globular-pointed buds of rich yellow and Fashion, with rich coral pink flowers of ly with the dark, smooth leaves. Flowers are open to loosely double open blossoms. Excel- beautiful form, large, rounded, high-centered, very disheveled, but charming. lent rebloom. There is a strong resemblance opening slowly. Fragrant. LCl Pink Mermaid 2 / / c. 1940 lp ff rr to the Brownell hardy climbers. LCl Dreaming Spires 4 / / 1973 my fff rrr Not at all like Mermaid, but a much looser, M Mousseline 5 / / 1881 w ff rrr Very In recent years we have seen this in many lighter plant whose first crop of flowers really Portland-like in habit and flower; white light- English gardens with its very fragrant flowers, smothers the foliage, later crops being plen- ly marked with rose, rose-colored in the bud, cupped and reflexed, tawny yellow opening tiful but much more reserved. Pale, Mutabi- with full, flat, wide flowers. This and Salet get to gold, fading to an amber cream with an re- lis-pink, single blossoms. Phillip Robinson my highest marks! vealed eye of orange-red stamens. A modest wonders whether this may not be one of upright grower. Francis Lester’s seedlings from Kathleen. M Nuits de Young / 1 / 1845 dr fff 0 Very black roses touch me deeply, perhaps because LCl Frank’s Climber 2 / / unknown yb f rrr LCl Pink Powderpuff 5 / / 1990 lp ff rrr they are so unusual. This, with its violet-mauve The semi-double apricot and yellow blend Bravo, Ralph Moore! Understanding what heart-shaped petals, burnished moss and flowers have stamens that are colored an a superb rose Mermaid is, Mr. Moore has refined growth, is a rose I will always love. intense crimson. Blooms and foliage show a tried his hand at providing us with new Rosa Deliciously scented, especially the moss. clear relationship to ‘Sweet Vivien’ and they bracteata hybrids, and this one is apropos of are probably sister seedlings out of ‘Little the times; large, rich pink flowers of many M William Lobb 2 / / 1855 mb fff 0 Grand Darling’ and the understock rose Fun Jwn Lo petals open flat and very old-fashioned. splashes of crimson purple and silvery lilac

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flowers on an arching, hummocking plant with heart shaped petals, very fragrant. P Marie de St. Jean 1 / / 1869 w fff rrr making a fine display in the midsummer gar- Thanks to both Frances Grate and Malcolm Satiny white occasionally splashed with den. I have often thought of planting the old Manners for supplying us with the correct red, often edged red on the circumference; clematis, C. viticella purpurea plena elegans plant which we did not have previously. cupped flowers with rolled-back petals open to grow into Wm. Lobb, as their flowers are fast. Highly desirable in the garden. N Jacques Amiot 3 / / pre-1867 mp fff rrr so similar in effect. A moderate, bushy shrub with clear pink P Pamela Temple 8 / / 2017 mp fff rrr M Zoé 1 / / 1861 mp ff 0 A saturated bright flowers, cupped, with stark white at the petal Deep pink sport of Marie de St. Jean, this pink with folded petals in rays like a compos- bases, half-buttoned but showing stamens, beauty is the color of the petal edges of ite flower, or like the old Japonese anemone we have previously been unable to find a Marie’s flowers as they begin to open, a color “Margarette”, with a button eye. Sweet-pun- source for this name except for the Tea-Noi- that quickly vanishes. To my view the most gent moss. sette introduced in 1844 by Varangot. Brent vibrant pink flower found in this small and Dickerson recently shared information he significant class, the Damask Perpetuals. Min Baby Betsy McCall 3 / / 1960 lp ff rrr uncovered in a Soupert et Notting catalogue Light pink flowers with many petals in a cup, P Pickering “Four Seasons Rose” 5 / / of 1867, from which we take this new spelling reminiscent of its parent, The Sweetheart Found dp ffff rrr Light crimson flowers of and information. Thanks, Brent! We do think Rose; plant very compact with tiny, slender great poise; petals cupped above and reflexed this has some Bourbon in it despite its desig- stems and a continuous outpouring of new below opening to barely reveal soft sulfur yel- nation as a Noisette. blossoms. One of the old popular varieties. low stamens. Handsome apple-green foliage P Duchesse de Rohan 3 / / 1847 mp fff rrr deeping to olive, pale stems, heavy Damask Min Cinderella 4 / / 1953 lp f rrr Cinderella Large full flowers of deep rose-purple to fragrance. is a classic Mini that should be grown more crimson edged with a border of lilac to deep today; very tiny scrolled fat buds with rolled P Rose de Rescht 9 / / found dp fff rrr lavender petals, creating a halo of paler color back petals, blush pink to white with a hint Nancy Lindsay’s Iranian foundling is so well reminiscent of the effects found in some Gal- of fragrance; always in bloom on a tiny bun known under this name that we exclude the lica roses. Vigorous and easy to grow. Larger shaped plant to about a foot in height. mystery rose categorization. Those who love than many Portlands, to 5' or 6'. deep purple will adopt this rose for life; its N Babe of the Woods 2 / / 2020 lp ff rrr P 3 / / before 1845 m fff rrr If you deep amaranth pompons surround a swirl- Another of the magical seedlings that have have ever seen material that has been dyed ing button. Grey-green foliage and splendid arisen at Red Rose Ridge, garden of Pamela with natural Indigo, you know the color this rebloom. My favorite of the Portlands. and Michael Temple. This appeared in the rose can be; it is a deep blue-jean color with a shade garden and continues to grow in bright P Rose du Roi (original) 8 / / 1815 mr fff rrr purple infusion. Double flowers continuously shade where it has proven a substantial grow- Double flowers, smaller than Rose du Roi (of produced on a compact and healthy plant.We er with minimal pruning. Fragrant, double, commerce), rich red with dark overtones, but are delighted to be able to distribute this fine pale rose flowers are charming. not purplish. We hope to have this available old Portland, thanks to the efforts of the San in coming years, as we stabilize this reversion N “Cato’s Cluster” 3 / / found w fff rrr Jose Heritage Rose Garden. from our plant of Panachée de Lyon. From Carl Cato comes this lovely Noisette find. Three-inch shapely pink flower-cups

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Pol Bashful (Giesebrecht) 6 / / 1955 pb - rrr Pol La Marne 3 / / 1915 pb - rrrr Shallow the greenhouse rose business, which grew her Tiny single blooms of rose pink with a white cups of cerise pink-edged blooms, salmon in great numbers for pot plants. Can build eye in large clusters that smother the plant pink within, paling to a white center. The up to 4', but more often seen as a bushy 3' with color. Excellent repeat and very dwarf. flowers alone are lovely and different, but what mound. a rose! La Marne is one of the all-time best Pol Doc (Degenhard) 4 / / 1954 mp - rrr Pol Mevrouw Nathalie Nypels 6 / / 1919 mp flower producers. Under the best conditions, Bright pink flowers of 10 to 15 petals in large ff rrr Semi double rose pink flowers, she is never without bloom. Vigorous to 6', clusters on a very compact plant; one of the cupped shaped in small clusters make a con- with very glossy disease-resistant foliage and “Seven Dwarves” series of Polyanthas. tinuous display from May till December. This smooth green stems packed tightly together. is one of the most widely used polyanthas Pol Etoile de Mai 6 / / 1893 ly f rrr Double Pol Lady Anne Kidwell 2 / 1 / 1948 dp fff rrr today in Britain, and has, sadly, usurped Old white flowers with a lemon glow, delicately One of the Polyantha-Teas which Graham Blush in many famous plantings, including scented, high-centered opening somewhat Thomas about, Mlle. Cecile Brunner being the Great Platte at Hestercombe, designed by cupped and ribbon-like. Very charming. the most recognized. This too has elegant Gertrude Jekyll, and the parterre at Blickling Pol “Footlights” 1 / / found w fff rrr Found scrolled and very narrow buds of an almost Hall, designed by Nora Lindsay. Graces the by George Matson growing in the old garden glossy claret-pink, opening wide like an un- cover of Penelope Hobhouse’s Garden Style. of Mabelton mansion in Santa Rosa; very tied bow. See also Perle d’Or, Pasadena Tour- Pol Mlle. Cecile Brunner 8 / / 1881 lp fff rrr double white pompons, sweetly fragrant, in nament, Red Sweetheart, Improved Cecile The famous ‘Sweetheart Rose’ created a clusters of many dozens. Brunner, Rita Sammons, and Topaz. standard which astonishingly did not lead Pol Grumpy (Burkhard) 6 / / 1956 dp f rrr Pol Leonie Lamesch 5 / / 1899 ob ff rrr to its own great class of roses. The small Rich, bright pink flowers of 25 or more petals, Large open salmon-cream cups with cher- high-centered blooms, like little Tea rose Grumpy has a cheerful heart. Petal bases are ry petal edges, flowers open almost flat and flowers in bud, open soft pink with a regu- white which gives a lively look to the crowded semi-double; upright Tea-like growth with lar pattern of petals, strongly scented. A few clusters of bloom. small glossy olive green foliage in abundance. others of its breeding were created, including Not in the floral style of the Poly-Teas but one the exquisite Perle d’Or, and lovely seedlings Pol Happy (Alberich) 3 / / 1954 mr - rrr of their kind. were raised, such as Red Sweetheart (Fl) and Very tiny quilled blooms of berry red in large Lady Anne Kidwell, but this remains a small clusters; a sort of micro-mini Polyantha to Pol Lullaby 5 / / 1953 w f rrr Very very and very precious group of roses. about 15". double ivory-blush flowers, flushed with pink at the centers, lightly fragrant, very florifer- Pol Mme. Francisque Favre 4 / / 1915 Single Pol Heinrich Karsch 12 / / 1927 m ff rrr This ous. blooms of cherry crimson with a large white wonderful plum lavender Poly is a welcome eye appear in very big sprays on this stout rediscovery for those who love this class, or Pol Margo Koster / 1 / 1931 op f rrr The rose but compact plant. It is very similar to Papa who love . Nearly the same color as that started a dynasty, pretty Margo Koster, Hemeray but of much deeper coloring. Baby Faurax but with larger, looser flowers on with her globular blossoms of soft coral, was a more robust plant. a sensation at her debut. Then she spawned a Pol Paul Crampel / 1 / 1930 or - rrrr The chain of color sports, much to the delight of most brilliantly orange of the polyanthas,

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Paul Crampel’s small globular flowers, come was introduced as a Floribunda but belongs de Montplaisir combines the best qualities in elongated clusters, orange-red overlaying here with its Poly-Tea relatives. of both; an abundance of bloom all year long golden yellow for a mesmerizing effect. Even with clusters of small, very double pompon Pol Rita Sammons 2 / / 1925 pb fff rrr Deep by today’s standards it is bright, and one can flowers of rich mauve-pink coloring. Des- pink sport of Mlle. Cecile Brunner, which imagine what a stunning rose it must have tined to win the hearts of many, it serves well is not noticably darker than Cecile, except seemed in 1930. both as a modest climber, lightly thorned, that it retains the deep coloring which Cecile and as a shrub, free-standing. Pol Perle d’Or 5 / / 1884 yb fff rrrr A Tea looses altogether in the heat of summer. A rose crossed with a Polyantha. In character very worthy introduction. R Albéric Barbier 2 / / 1900 ly ff r Glossy, like Cécile Brünner, soft golden-pink to buff, black-green foliage provides a fine foil to the Pol Sleepy (Baldwin) 5 / / 1955 dr fff r Single full of petals, elegant in bud, opening like a creamy white, formally double flowers of to loosely double flowers of rich rose red with crown of ribbons. A mature old plant of Perle Alberic Barbier; perhaps the most elegant of a striking broad eye of white—the coppery sta- d’Or can reach 8' tall and 8' across. all ramblers. mens are bright eyed and anything but sleepy. Pol “Pink Pet” 3 / / found mp f rrr Very R Bess Lovett 4 / / 1915 dp fff r Large, Pol Verdun 2 / / 1918 mr f rrrr Nickel sized double buttoned rosettes of deep pink fad- reflexing, peony-formed flowers of deep rose, flowers of many petals, neatly, flatly packed ing to light pink in great bunches. The name red in the bud; this rose forms a trio of sisters together of deep carmine crimson shading to originally stamped on this at the Hunting- with Alida Lovett and Mary Lovett, which royal red-purple with age. ton is very questionable; grown in Texas as were considered by Horace McFarland to be “Caldwell Pink”. Pol Yvonne Rabier 2 / / 1910 w fff rrr the very best of the Large-Flowered Climbers. A fresh dose of Rosa wichurana brought Pol Pink Soupert 1 / / 1896 mp ffff rrr R Cherries Jubilee / 1 / 1999 dr f o Cupped bright glossy green foliage to Yvonne, and Almost a ringer for Clothilde Soupert, and single flowers of intensely saturated true red, added a fresh apple sweetness to the pineap- every bit as fragrant, but with somewhat lighted within by a white eye and golden ple of her flowers; nearly pure white with a smaller flowers a bit less double, foliage nar- stamens. touch of lemon, of silky substance. rower, more rugose; this seedling of Clothilde R Dundee Rambler 5 / / before 1837 w fff 0 lay lost in the oblivion of time until recently PolCl Dopey, Climbing (Eberwein) 6 / / Very double, cupped, pure white flowers rediscovered by Ruth Knopf in the Charlotte c.1954 mr - rrr This deep garnet red roses come in handsome large clusters with a sweet Elmwood cemetary; an informal garden of produces tight clusters of rosettes. One of a perfume. Dundee hails from the same group roses well worth visiting if you go to that group of roses sent to the San Jose Heritage as The Garland which are hybrids of the Ayr- lovely city. Rose Garden from the Swedish rose col- shire rose, and has a certain affinity with the lection; all of which arrived without labels Pol Red Sweetheart 3 / / 1944 dr fff rrr Musk Rose. attatched. We received this separately from Large sweetheart buds of deep crimson-car- Lynn Schweissinger of Sacramento. R Easlea’s Golden Rambler 1 / / 1932 yb fff 0 mine with a delightfully spicy scent open Large, very double flowers of primrose wide and rather like a poorly tied rib- PolCl Rose de Monplaisir 4 / / 2007 mb f rrr stained with gold in the outer parts of the bon--charming nonetheless. A result of cross- Raised from two stellar rose parents, Ghis- petals, very fragrant; this rose, though a once es between Cecile Brunner seedlings which laine de Feligonde and Veilchenblau, Rose bloomer is still worth growing in modern

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gardens. Its foliage, bronzey green and lus- oring Mel Hulse and the San Jose Heritage cherry pink to lilac, reflecting the cool tones trous is always attractive. Rose Garden, this is a very vigorous grower of the old China roses. A Rosa gigantea hy- with glowing peach to apricot pink blooms, brid. R “Forestville Hybrid Gigantea” 5 / / found quite double and perfectly formed. For all its dm fff 0 In the mold of such beauties as R Prior M. Oberthau 1 / / 1925 dp A Multi­ vigor, and its Rosa luciae parentage, it blooms Belle Portugaise, this rose offers large, full, flora rambler introduced by Bruder Alfons, non stops and smothers itself in blooms. We Tea-like flowers of deep carmine-rose to whose creations are all very distinctive. This have propagated this to make sure it contin- purple; a great spectacle when in bloom. The very double, rich rose pink flower begins very ues in gardens and as a reminder of a great habit is less climbing, more shrublike and bright, almost warm in tone and darkens to a volunteer and a great rose garden. arching. cool cherry pink. R Micurin 2 / / 1936 dr A hybrid of Rosa R “Lijiang Road Climber” 2 / / found The R Violette / 5 / 1921 m fff r Pure deep luciae that Anne Belovich imported from original Hybrid Gigantea, known from Odile violet flowers, very double, perfect rosettes in Europe several years ago. The small, very Masquelier’s garden. A massive climb- large clusters. Certainly a candidate for the double blooms are colored richly of smoky ing rose with very large, deep cerise pink “bluest” of roses, but apart from that a lovely, plum purple tinted violet. I know of no other blooms, rose pink within the cups of petals richly colored rose that reminds one of pur- rose of this unique coloring, so difficult to A stunning beauty, that Chinese rose scholar ple grapes, with a sweet, fruity fragrance. describe. Like others of this group it shows Wang Gouliang has identified as Rosa odorata a tendency to continue blooming into the R Zi Hua Fen Tuan 12 / / unk dr f rr erubescens. autumn. Gouliang Wang, the great old rose investi- R Lykkefund 3 / / 1930 W fff 0 A tree gator from Nanjing, China, found this rose R Paul’s Himalayan Musk Rambler 5 / / climber of great beauty, Lykkefund combines growing in hedgerows of Nanjing. Flowers c.1916 lp ffff 0 Much beloved and late to the pendant, soft-orange fruit of Rosa hele- are quite double, crimson-scarlet deepening our collection, Paul’s Himalayan Musk stifles nae with rather remarkable flowers, frilly, to a mauve purple. A fairly robust climb- the senses with its fragrance. Very big clus- semi-double, white but overpowered by the er or rambler with some re-bloom. It has a ters of small flowers, the blooms are blush to stamens which give an orange glow to the presence similar to Russelliana but with very rose pink. A vigorous, massively mounding mass of flowers. Very sweetly scented, blend- smooth canes and striking leaf stipules. plant, it tip-roots and seeds readily around it. ing the musky fragrance with Damask. Beware; we have seen it envelope acres when Rug Dart’s Dash / 5 / 1980 dr fff rrr R Mary Wallace 1 / / 1924 mp fff rr given the chance. Semi-double blooms of rich lavender-purple Cupped, reflexed blooms of soft, warm pink, hold an intense fragrance. What is so excep- R Paul’s Lemon Pillar 4 / / 1915 my fff r large, in small clusters. We have been very tional about this Rugosa is its compact habit Very large, scrolled, delicious flowers the impressed by the duration of bloom on Mary and freedom of bloom. Despite its reputation color of whipped cream blended with lemon Wallace, which gives flowers for most of the as a modest rebloomer, we have found it juice, more lemony with part shade. Very summer in California. among the very best of the class for remont- fragrant. ancy. R Mel’s Heritage 14 / / 2003 pb fff rrrr R Pennant / 1 / 1941 mp ff r Double A breakthrough rose that perhaps needs a Rug Nyveldt’s White / / 1 1955 w fff rrr cupped blooms with a mass of small petals, class of its own. Created by Paul Barden, hon- Immense, single, clean white flowers of crisp

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form, spicily scented and productive of an of pale rose pink, nealy white in the centers, grance, disease free and a very handsome abundance of scarlet-orange hips. Very dense are produced in an avalanche of pink that is modern shrub. and upright, creating one of the best barri- breathtaking. Though largely a once-bloomer, S Little Mermaid 1 / / 1995 ly f rrr Like ers available in a rose. Our great thanks to it continues to bloom through the summer in Happenstance, a dwarf sport of Mermaid Siegfried Hahn for sending us this excellent many climates. with very round, single, butter yellow flowers Rugosa which was until now unavailable in S Freckles 2 / / 1976 pb ff rr Double and a more adaptable nature, being less prone America. flowers open wide to a cupped form showing to dieback in poorly drained soils than Hap- Rug Roserie de l’Hay / 7 / 1901 dr ffff rrr yellow stamens; flowers are bicolored, peach penstance. Cupped, semi-double rose-red blooms of pink inside, the reverse flecked, stained, spot- S New Face / 1 / 1982 pb f rrrr Single soft intense fragrance. Though derived from a ted with cerise pink. but bright salmon pink flowers with white eyes Hybrid Perpetual, this bears almost typical S Happenstance 5 / / 195? ly ff rrrr One and yellow stamens come in huge panicles. It Rugosa foliage, but sets few hips. of our favorite roses, believed a root-sport of is rather like a Hybrid Musk in character, and S Bastei 1 / / 1977 ob - rrr An intensely Mermaid, with Mermaid’s single canary-yel- seems to tolerate shade in some degree. I find colored flower of antique form; very double low flowers and amber stamens, about 3" it bright but very pretty in the garden. blooms of deep orange shaded burnt umber across, and a miniature version of the glossy, S Pearl Drift 3 / / 1980 w f rrr An unlikely which open to a perfect flat form, finally olive green foliage of Mermaid. Like its combination of two famous roses, New recurving to a ball the way some dahlias do. parent blooming continuously from May till Dawn and Mermaid, produced this delight- Healthy, with attractive foliage. Devoid of December. We have been told that this was ful groundcover rose. Delicate, ivory-pink, scent. in fact introduced by Denison Morey, but cupped, semi-double blooms profusely cov- include the introduction information we have S Dr. E. M. Mills 3 / / 1925 fff r A beautiful ering the dark, glossy foliage. Spreading but gleaned from the pages of the Combined hybrid whose ancestry remains in question, also upright to 4' or more. Rose List, presuming that Peter Schneider has but most often is considered a hybrid of Rosa been able to research this. S Pink Star / 2 / 1978 mp f rrr Hand- hugonis. Lemon creme semi-double flowers some deep pink flowers pale to deep rose, festoon the arching branches with their soft, S Jazz Club 1 / / 1995 ab ff rrr Lustrous, semi-double blooms which are nearly circular grey green leaves. A plant that delights the bright-green foliage that is iron-clad, always in appearance with creamy stamens. These gardener and comes early in the season with disease-free, and densely covers the plant; cluster dramatically on a plant with tough, some later flushes. informal, semi-double flowers of soft-apricot glossy foliage and a spreading habit; excellent shot with yellow and amber. This everbloom- S Ferdy 5 / / 1984 lp f rr A sensational for a high ground cover. ing rose will fit beautifully every garden modern shrub rose by Japanese breeder Seizo where a touch of apricot is wanted, and S Private Arthur Panciera 2 / / 2018 ff rr Suzuki, Ferdy, as it was dubbed by Meilland, fussing is not. A new exclusive from Vintage was introduced briefly in the USA in the S Rachel Bowes Lyon 5 / / 1981 yb fff rrr Gardens. early 1990s, and dropped almost immediate- A rare creation full of character; Rachel ly. Since then it has been nearly impossible S Lady Elsie May / 1 / 2002 pb ff rrr Coral Bowes Lyon is a seedling from Rosa califor- to obtain. Small, flat, semi-double flowers rose semi-double flowers with a light fra- nica with soft orange-pink cupped flowers,

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and the pungent scent of our wild native rose. sprays of single white flowers which grow flat S/Aus Jayne Austin 3 / / 1990 yb fff rrr It grows compactly and blooms steadily all along the ground. Not to be confused with Reminiscent of the Tea-Noisette, Celine Fores- season. LeGrice’s Floribunda of the same name, a tier, in flower and fragrance; cupped, swirled very different rose. flowers of lemony-yellow with touches of apri- S Raubritter / 3 / 1 1936 lp f 0 This is cot in the unfurling petals. Excessively bushy the rose that tumbles into many an English S/Aus Auspot (Potter & Moore) 5 / / 1988 mp and robust, a habit that is nicely checked when garden pool, including the central pool at fff rrr Large, globular peony flowers of deep plants are grown on their own roots. Mottisfont Abbey. Its very very globular pink rose pink tinted creamy pink. Fragrant and flowers are unlike the flowers of any other very beautiful. S/Aus John Clare 6 / / 1994 dr fff rrr Rich rose I know. Low, to about 3' and mounding, rose red or crimson pink flowers of many S/Aus Charlotte 7 / / 1994 my ff rrr Flowers covered with bloom in May and June. Has the petals, globular in form, with a sweet fra- form a hemisphere, neatly cut into a cup, held unfortunate habit of not dropping its faded, grance. An older, often overlooked variety upright and are a soft gold, almost a deep brown petals. well worth preserving. primrose, fragrant and lovely. Strong grow- S Star of Persia 5 / / 1919 dy fff rrr ing, out of Chaucer and Graham Thomas. S/Aus Lordly Oberon 2 / / 1982 lp fff rrr Changeable flowers of glowing apricot-yel- Immense globes of blush-pink with an intense S/Aus Cymbaline 11 / / 1983 lp ffff rrr I will low within, salmon rose deepening to copper fragrance of anise, blended with Damask. It not hesitate to reveal that this is my personal orange on the petal edges, undersides veined is a wonder that this rose has received so little favorite among the Austin roses, and perhaps with rose; flowers have a wavy cupped form. attention, considering how like to Constance an all-time favorite among roses. Cymbaline This came to us as an old Pernetiana, but is Spry it is, in a lighter shade with such superb has the soft, dove-gray coloring that few oth- much more modern, probably circa 1980. rebloom. Definitely worth growing. er roses posesss, except perhaps Grey Pearl. S Valentine Ruch 2 / / 1983 mp ff rrr Coupled with that is an intense “myrrh” S/Aus (Mary Webb™ aka) Auswebb 1 / / 1983 w Salmon pink semi double flowers. Very hardy. fragrance. Excellent as a climber. fff rrr Very Hybrid Tea-like in habit and Valentine Ruch is an author who with Henry flower; blooms are large, with stiff substance, S/Aus Eglantyne 3 / / 1994 lp fff rrr Pale rose Fuchs published in German a book called The holding well when cut, lemon-ivory in color, pink blooms formed like old Gallica blossoms, Rose, Queen of the Garden (Die Rose; Kônigin with a fresh, fruity fragrance. They can have a not highly formal but generous. A lovely scent der Garten, 1979.) superb form when fully open, but are often less and modest grower on its own roots. old-fashioned than most of the English Roses. S White Meidiland 3 / / 1987 w f rrr Very S/Aus Falstaff 4 / / 2000 dr fff rrr Huge double flowers of white tinted with French S/Aus Noble Anthony 2 / / 1995 mr Magenta flowers of deep crimson and very rich fra- grey, these luxuriant blooms nestle in bunches pink flowers are very double and fragrant. grance. in a most appealing way. A ground cover rose Often called red, it will be a stretch in a plant- of moderate size, both in height and spread. S/Aus Hero 4 / / 1982 dp fff rrr A good com- ing of “red” roses. Glossy, deep green leaves form a solid carpet. panion for the delightful Belle Story, Hero has S/Aus Sir Edward Elgar 5 / / 1992 lr fff rrr similarly cupped, nearly single, peony-like S White Spray / 1 / 1980 w - rrr I am A nice addition to Austin’s roses with flat, flowers of deep rose, strongly perfumed, much enamored of this plant with its small, cupped, quartered flowers of crimson shad- making a broad-spreading and low shrub. glossy, dark green leaves and herring-bone ing to deep rose pink; lovely!

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S/Aus Sophy’s Rose 5 / / 1999 rb fff rrr Full Sp Rosa moschata f.“Temple Musk” 2 / / blooms, often finishing with a bright rose- flowers open flat with rounded, pointed pet- found w ffff rrr I saw this growing as a pink blush over all of the exposed petal als in a striking form that is unique; the color, sport on the old Double Musk at a gravesite surfaces. Centers tinted with copper. Nicely a rich rose red is unusual for an Austin rose. in the Charlotte Elmwood cemetery where scented and with the vigor of its parent roses, Exquisite fragrance, strongly Tea rose in char- others collected some years ago. Flowers are Marie van Houtte and General Schablikine. acter. very beautifully formed, symetrical and age It has been pointed out by one observer that very well, unlike the sport parent’s. the original rose of this name was semi- S/Aus Sweet Juliet 4 / / 1989 yb fff rrr double. Cupped flowers of rich orange apricot, fading Sp Rosa roxburghii normalis f. ‘Dark Pink’ to pale buff on the outer petals. Very fragrant, / 1 / 1908 dp f rrr A beautiful dark pink T “Arcadia Louisiana Tea” 6 / / found pb and surely one of the great achievements of flowered form of the single Chestnut Rose fff rrrr A very lovely find, and unlike any David Austin’s life of breeding roses. which was given to us by Barbara Worl. Rosa Tea rose we know; large globular blooms with roxburghii varies in color in the wild from reflexing petals; soft amber pink infused with S/Aus The Dark Lady 4 / / 1991 dr fff rrr blush pink to deep purpley pink. Among oth- peach and pale yellow, strongly Tea-scented. Full, almost quartered blooms at their best er textural treats, this rose has dramatically are not the darkest shades to be found among T Baronne Henriette de Snoy 12 / / 1897 peeling bark of reddish-gold, reminiscent of the Austin hybrids, but are a deep purple-red, pb fff rrr Flesh reverse carmine pink, very sticks of raw cinnamon. Golden yellow fruits the sort of color and floral style of the old double, very large, beautifully formed. Rather are the highlight of autumn, blended with the Bourbon roses. Generally not very tall. smooth stems of deep maroon make a rich rich orange and yellow leaves. foil to the subtly shaded flowers. Sp Rosa foetida persiana / 5 / 1833 my fff r Sp Rosa xanthina / / 1 species Primrose The pure yellow, double form of Rosa foetida T Blumenschmidt 4 / / 1906 yb fff rrrr yellow simple flowers come very early in the provides a much needed color to the garden A primrose yellow sport of Mlle Franziska spring accompanied by allied species from of old roses; its clarity and absence of orange Krüger, outer petals pink. A compact and China. This is the purely single form, and it or golden allows it to work well with the modest grower for a tea, but strong and flor­ related to the double forms and the R. hugo- palette of pinks, lavenders, and crim- iferous. nis group. son found in the Old European roses. Flowers T Catherine Mermet 5 / / 1869 lp fff rrr double, 2" across, with a strong, aromatic Spx Barbara Worl’s Brunonii Hybrid 3 / / c1995 This mid 19th-century hybrid foreshadowed scent. w ffff r A chance seedling in the garden the floral form of the Hybrid Teas with its of Barbara Worl in Redwood City. It grew Sp Rosa horrida 1 / / 1796 w f 0 Tiny, exquisitely spiraled, upright flowers of soft, up her great arbor at the front of the garden round leaflets, canes packed with large and warm pink, tinted peach. and thrilled all visitors. Very fragrant simple small, hard bristles, flowers small and white blooms, nearly white with a rosy blush in the T Clementina Carbonieri / 1 / 1913 yb fff rrr born singly or in twos or threes, tiny, dark- fresh petals. I am so indebted to my dear friend Carolyn red fruits; short, suckering and altogether Lanphere of Albuquerque who passed this menacing. I haven’t taken pains to test the T Anna Jung / 1 / 1903 pb ff rrrr Beauti- on to me several years ago, from her imports fragrance, for fear of losing my nose! What a fully sculpted buds of blush pink to creamy from England. It has become one of my lovely solution for a dog barrier. pink open to large, crowded, peony-like favorite roses, and is certainly the most richly

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colored Tea rose of all; deep golden apricot It was brought Europe and to the Hooks aloft. Has the slender finesse and density of flowers are tinted salmon-rose, flowers and by Helga Brichet. For many years we have plant of a China rose. Will build to 4' or more. petals quite large. Very fragrant, making a speculated that the Bermuda mystery rose, T Mme. Caroline Küster 5 / / 1872 ly fff rrr robust and rounded plant. Spice, may be Hume’s Blush; this rose from This shrubby, branching Tea rose is derived Laos however is different, and may even more T Duchesse d’Orleans (“J. E. Murphy’s Pink from the Tea-Noisettes. The flowers vary ressemble the earliest images of Hume’s Blush Tea”) 2 / / found lp fff rrr High- from light lemon yellow with hints of a pink even more. Very fragrant and with a lush centered buds, opening cupped with an inner edge to buff orange. Flower form is a wide quality in the blooms. swirl, very much like Rubens but of deeper cup full of petals, reminiscent of ‘Reve d’Or’. pink with many color nuances. The central T Isabella Ducrot 3 / / found 2001 pb ffff T “Mme. Charles” 4 / / 1864 yb fff rrr Soft petals will often bond together forming a rrr Large blooms of creamy pink, sometimes blush salmon blooms shaded peachy yellow crest, sometimes in conjunction with a yellow that open full of petals, often stained in the center, elegant buds and blooms with a green carpel. with bright strawberry, this rose reminds us strong Tea fragrance. Does not seem to fit the of the colors found in the climber E. Veyrat T Enchantress 5 / / 1904 m fff rrr Some original descriptions of the rose by this name, Hermanos, though perhaps are even more describe this as rose-pink, which I find quite but it’s delightful, nonetheless. variable. A great treasure found by Walter inadequate and misleading. It is claret-rose to Branchi of Italy. T Mme. Joseph Schwartz 6 / / 1880 w rosy-lilac, reversed lilac, cupped and swirled, fff rrrr Probably a sport of Duchesse de flat, domed. T Isabelle Nabonnand 11 / / 1873 op ff rrrr Brabant, flowers white, washed pink with the An extremely beautiful Tea rose, with flat T Etoile de Lyon 1 / / 1881 my fff rrrr Light Duchesse’s habit of bushy, floriferous growth, cupped flowers of peach, orange, and pink. golden-yellow, of exceptional form, texture and globular, pendulous blooms. The blending of colors is reminiscent of those and substance, but will not do well in rain or in Clementina Carbonieri. In dryer weather T Monsieur Tillier 4 / / 1891 pb fff rrrr with overhead irrigation. Plum-colored wood. an cooler seasons the colors are very thrill- The very fragrant flowers of M. Tillier are a T G Nabonnand 8 / / 1897 ly fff rrrr Large ing—more full of gold than any Tea rose I unique purplish-pink shaded brick red, the buff-pink flowers with large petals rolled back know. John Hook is not certain of the cor- center salmon pink, quartered with quilled showing stamens. A very vigorous and bushy rectness of the name on this rose. petals. plant which grows quickly and blooms freely. T “Laujazan Tea” 5 / / found 2007 mp T Mrs. B. R. Cant 9 / / 1901 mp ffff rrr One of the best! ff rrrr Bright rose-pink flowers of lovely huge globular dusky pink flowers, packed T Général Galliéni 1 / / 1899 rb fff rrrr form, the color stained and mutable and tint- with petals scrolled tightly in a full cup, and Coppery red overlays pinkish-buff, cupped ed with cream from the petal bases. A rose scented of Tea and Damask. A very vigorous flowers open dramatically. discovered in France by John Hook in 2007. shrub of spreading habit. According to some rosarians, this may be the T “Hume’s Blush Laos Form” 2 / / 1809 lp T N 92 Nanjing 2 / / found 2002 pb ff rrrr true Comtesse Riza du Parc. ffff rrrr This foundling discovered by Pro- Brought from China by Helga Brichet to Eu- fessor Yoshihuro Ueda of Japan in 1999 came T Mme. Antoine Rébé 3 / / 1900 mr fff rrr rope, this brilliant pink Tea was collected by from the garden of a farmer in southern Laos. Semi-double rose-red with large petals held Professor Yoshihuro Ueda at the gate of the

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Jiangsu Forestry Academy in Nanjing. Ac- golden inside with outer petals stained and TCl Comtesse de Labarthe, Climbing 7 / / 1900 cording to John Hook it has been planted in edged with pink. A strong grower with pur- lp fff rrr A sport of the famous Tea rose parks and along roadsides in the provinces of ple-red stems and a handsome upright stance Duchesse de Brabant, found in 1900 by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang in China, and, in John’s to about 5'. Australian Lewis, it has recently been redis- words is “a plant that won’t stop flowering.” covered in South Australia and elsewhere on T Susan Louise 2 / / 1929 lp fff rrr Narrow the continent. Now here is a great mound T Rosette Delizy 5 / / 1922 yb ff rrr Small, scrolled buds unfurl to pale pink flowers with to cover your hillside, and bloom through perfectly formed pointed flowers of a porce- a deeper reverse. Very abandoned, blowsy but months of heat. Fragrant, pale blush pink lain quality, primrose edged with a deep pink. irresistable. Tall and exceedingly productive blooms in small goblets engulf the plant. Exceedingly free and very poised and charm- of flower. ing in the garden. TCl Comtesse de Labarthe, Climbing 7 / / T “Westside Road Cream Tea” 6 / / found w 1900 lp fff rrr A sport of the famous Tea T Seven Days Rose 4 / / very old ly fff rrrr fff rrrr A fresh, lemony Tea rose scent rose Duchesse de Brabant, found in 1900 by Through John and Becky Hook in France, via pervades these delicate paper-white to cream the Australian Lewis, it has recently been re- John Bagnasco in Fallbrook CA, this enigma flowers. The shrub is very compact with discovered in South Australia and elsewhere came to us as an old Tea rose grown in petite and graceful foliage. In time capable of on the continent. Now here is a great mound today by the cut flower trade. The blooms are building up to 4'. to cover your hillside, and bloom through small for a Tea, creamy white to pale amber, T White Maman Cochet 5 / / 1896 w fff rrr months of heat. Fragrant, pale blush pink very fragrant and phenomenally remontant. Maman Cochet sport. White flushed pink, blooms in small goblets engulf the plant. According to online posts from India today, the guard petals always rose pink to rose red. this rose produces new flowers in only seven TCl “Florence Bower’s Pink Tea” 2 / / found pb days. What we have observed is that it is per- T William R. Smith 4 / / 1908 pb fff rrr fff rrr A real treasure among Tea Roses, this petually in bloom here except for the coldest Immense buff-pink flowers of great fragrance deep pink flower is very fragrant. The flower weeks in December and January. and fine large form. This was an outstanding pedicels carry an abundance of glandular favorite when introduced and remains highly growth. We thank our friend Ruth Knopf T Souvenir de Germain de St. Pierre 1 / / 1882 desirable today; perhaps the most vigorous for passing this on to us. In few years it has rb fff rrr An absolutely delightful rose of Tea rose we’ve ever grown, easily building to grown to be massively large and generous the Duchess de Brabant style, particularly 8' tall. with its huge blooms. similar to that rose in its large, globular flow- ers of bright cherry pink, yellow at the petal T “Windsor Tea” 3 / / found pb fff rrr TCl Lady Hillingdon, Climbing 21 / / 1917 yb bases, blooms opening rather helter-skelter, Small double flowers of pale cream edged fff rrr Everything the Lady has and more. flamed with white, rather like old parrot pink, fruity-Tea scent; handsome dark wavy This lovely apricot-flowered climber is always tulips in appearance. We have strong doubts foliage on a bushy, twiggy shrub that builds in great demand with good reason. about the name attatched to this rose. on itself. This is unlike any Tea we have ever TN Alister Stella Gray 1 / / 1894 y/w fff rrrr come across and delightful for its clean flow- T Souvenir de Victor Hugo 2 / / 1886 pb Pointed buds, flowers pale yellow, center ers and nuanced coloring. fff rrr Tight cream-colored buds widely orange, fading to white. A vigorous climber edged pink open to quartered flowers, pale with a magnificent autumn display where

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seasons are mild. We have recognized that a ranging from yellow-apricot to nearly cream, TN Mme. Julie Lassen 2 / / 1881 mr ff rrr more vigorous form of this exists which can the spring and fall displays being particularly Very large blooms of rose-crimson shaded scale 50' upwards in just a few years; the form colorful. with vermillion, Mme. Julie Lassen produces we sell is more demure and very remontant. an abundance cupped flowers of deep pink TN “Manchester Guardian Angel” 7 / / found to light crimson, shaded with vermillion and TN Chromatella 4 / / 1843 ly fff rrr Large w fff rrrr An almost Tea-Noisette which cerise. The blooms open to very handsomely globular flowers, reminscent of Marechal is so strongly influenced in its look by the formed flat flowers revealing yellow stamens Niel, clear yellow to lemon yellow to cream, Musk rose that we place it here. Very large at the center. This rose extends the color strongly Tea scented with a musky undertone. to massive flower heads, semi-double white range of the Tea-Noisettes in a very welcome Gray green stems and olive gray foliage. blooms with a penetrating fragrance; almost direction toward crimson. never without flowers. The habit is extremely TN Earl of Eldon 16 / / 1872 yb fff rrrr Very vigorous and upright, growing easily to 12'. TN “Phil Edinger’s Noisette” 4 / / found y/w large, full blooms of cupped and buttoned fff rrr Large, rounded blooms of buff-yel- form, buff yellow tinted with coppery orange TN Milkmaid 2 / / 1925 w fff r I first saw low to pale butter yellow, fragrant and very and lilac; this stunning rose was introduced this blooming in a garden near Perth, Aus- abundant in spring and fall. Collected by Phil by an English amateur in 1872, and consid- tralia, and fell in love. A seedling of Crepus- Edinger and passed to Joyce Demits who in ered to be an excellent wall climber in Brit- cule, Milkmaid bears a wealth of small flow- turn gave it to the San Jose Heritage Rose ain. Strong fragrance and excellent rebloom. ers, creamy white with faint hints of amber. Garden. It is a very heavy spring bloomer and sets a TN Fellemberg 1 / / 1835 mr f rrrr Double, glorious display of round orange hips, which, TN Rêve d’Or 22 / / 1869 my fff rrr Golden cupped, bright crimson-magenta flowers if removed allow the plant to bloom again in yellow flowers of neat and charming form, in delightful sprays, recycling continuously the autumn and set another crop of hips for often shaded apricot or amber; displays of through warm weather and cool. Very much the winter. bloom in the spring season are exquisite, and a tall China rose. a steady stream of flowers continues through TN Mme Alfred Carriere 13 / / 1879 w fff rrr TN Gribaldo Nicola 7 / / 1890 lp fff rrrr till Winter. Along our old highway in Sebastopol this Many years back we received cuttings of what rose was passed from gardener to gardener at TN Triomphe de la Duchère 2 / / 1846 lp was purported to be this beautiful rose which one time until now old plants of it peek out fff rrrr Bourbon or Noisette? The creator of turned out to be Reine Marie Henriette. This from every bend in the road, surviving with this rose, Beluze, who introduced Souvenir de appears to be correct; large flowers formed no summer water and blooming continuous- la Malmaison, called it a Noisette, but soon like those of Souvenir de la Malmaison, soft ly. Soft cream flowers lightly blushed with after Guillot published an article indicating it pink, slightly deeper in color than that rose. pink, globular, fragrant. was an old Noisette type. Many Noisettes had A very elegant, flat bloom of great perfection, white Bourbon roses in their ancestry, and in this is seedling of a cross between Bouquet TN Mme. Bérard 5 / / 1870 ob ffff rrr Large fact the Noisettes were used to create white d’Or and the Tea rose, La Syphide. honey colored flowers which take on gold- Bourbons. Very fragrant, double, rose pink en-apricot shades in the Spring and Fall, TN Jaune Desprez 7 / / 1830 yb fff rrr Small flowers in large clusters, with great continuity opening wide with large petals full of Tea rose amber-buff pompons with a button eye; of bloom. A treasure! scent; stems nearly thornless. flower color is greatly affected by weather

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