‘Show Biz’ a Floribunda rose that has been blooming all summer on short and stout plants (2 feet tall). All-America Rose Selection in 1985. Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses
Day Twelve of the Digital Flower Pictures.com Rose Festival
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I would like to thank everybody who visited this site during the Rose Festival. Thanks for leaving the comments and encouragement. I learned a lot about roses and I hope you learned a little bit and maybe will be inspired to try some of these great roses. Rose culture isn’t that hard to get the hang of especially with today’s disease resistant varieties. You do have to keep after them and I know that isn’t for some people. So for today I have decided to post a dozen roses, you'll have to count the 'Sunset Celebration' Wordless Post below. I tried to crush the pictures down as small as possible but it is still going to be a lot.
Here we go (some of the roses have been posted before during the Festival and on this site. These are all new views of the varieties and most varieties are making their first appearance):
‘Eureka’, a beautiful Apricot blend rose introduced in 2003. Won the All-America Rose Selection the same year.
‘Ultimate Pink’, Jackson & Perkins 1999 Rose of the Year. Hybrid Tea rose.
‘The Fairy’, a pink Polyantha rose developed in the 1930’s. Still a strong performer and a good landscape rose.
‘Gene Boerner’, bred by and named after Gene ("Papa Floribunda") Boerner. AARS award in 1969.
‘Escapade’, a highly disease resistant Floribunda Rose.
‘Playboy’, 1976 introduction from Scotland.
‘Melody Perfume’ a French rose bred in 1992 and introduced into the US in 1997. Strong fragrance.
‘Republic of Texas’, a Pioneer Rose introduced in 2006. You would think Texas would have a bigger more grand rose named after it.
‘Charlotte Armstrong’, the second oldest rose on this list. Breakthrough breeding in 1940 and All-America Rose Selection in 1941. Hybrid Tea.
This is an unknown pink rose growing at the farm. Let me know if you recognize it. I am going to take Friday off from this blog and pick it up again on Saturday, hopefully with some fall flowers. Since I have been focusing on the roses I will have to see what is blooming. I want to get some seasonal pictures, too. Happy rose growing.
