Roses in Review 2009 – What Reporters liked about Roses

Variety/ Like

A MacKenzie Good, reliable rose.

Alan Titchmarsh Color of the blooms

Aloha (Kordes)

 Ambiente

Andie MacDowell Color and reliable repeat blooming cycle.

Benilli I loved her soft color and how the bush looked in the garden. Large spray of flowers. Fragrant

and blooms fade into good colors.

Black Cherry Red velvety blooms, good foliage, hardy. Transpanted to new area this summer and is

producing 2 + inch flowers.

Burgundy Iceberg This is a first-year plant. Small blooms but are very pretty; unusual color; grows like Iceberg;

Color of flowers and habit of shrub.

Caliente STRONG CANES AND SHINY DARK GREEN LEAVES.

Candy Land

Cinco de Mayo The abundance of blooms; blooms profusely; the color of flowers.

Cinnamon Twist

Citrus Splash Bloom bright and cheerful.

Coffee Bean Color of the blooms; extremely winter hardy here; the color a cross of Hot Cocoa and

Santa Claus; well formed blooms; good foliage.

Crested Damask

Deidre Hall

Deja Blu Color & substance of petals is outstanding; long lasting blooms.

Dream Come True Will be an excellent exhibition entry if I get one at show time (not yet); potential for nice

sprays; long stemmed; like the look of the overall bush; foliage has good tones;

wintered well.

Ebb Tide The clovelike fragrance; color of the blooms; petal substance; long lasting; exhibition quality

blooms.

Edisto Color; petal substance; long lasting; exhibition quality blooms; unusual bicolor.

perfect bloom form, unusual bicolor.

Falling in Love The flower form and sturdiness of petals; vigorous growth; good repeat; no disease; color;

foliage; destined for Queen.

Fire ‘n’ Ice The bloom form and color mix.

 Gentle Giant

Glenda Marie

Golden Fairy Tale Bloom form and color.

Good ‘n Plenty Great color and lots of blooms. Small bush good for front of bed; long lasting colorful blooms.

Grande Amore

Happy Thoughts The bush form and the blooms coloration.

Here’s Gert

Home & Garden The blooms last a long long time. The pure pink color is delightful.

Iced Raspberry Lovely show quality blooms & color combination. Repeats well.

In The Mood

Incantation Color of the blooms.

Julia Child Vert pretty rose with multiple light yellow blooms. Minimal disease. Good foliage. Shape of

bush; long bloom cycle; very healthy plant; fragrance, fullness of bloom, free flowering;

good repeat; beautiful clusters of yellow roses.

Jupiter Bloom form and color

Just Peachy

King’s Macc Healthy full plant, lots of blooms

Kismet Beautiful color combination and saturation. Good substance, foliage and exhibition form.

Lasting Love The burgundy color

Leading Lady High exhibition center; almost no disease; fair repeat; long lasting cut blooms delicate

color; good flower form; pleasing color.

Lichfield Angel

Mardi Gras The color; grew to 5 ‘.

Marilyn Wellan

Moondance Beautiful rose with perfectly formed clusters of white blooms. Disease resistant and pretty

Moondance foliage. Puts up good sprays.

Morden Amorette Hardiness, compact bush with good repeat

Pink Bianca Beautiful coverage of soft pink roses with great repeat.

Pope John Paul II Fantastic bloom form! Free flowering; fragrance. One of finest white roses on the market.

Beautiful full blooms, free flowering, fragrance. The bloom form exceeds that of Crystalline

and is more likely to give you those well formed blooms time after time.

Power Point Great color and fully open flower form. Great bloom form; very hardy.

Queen of Sweden Lovely open cup soft pink rose.

Rainbow Knock Out Slow, but steady development in growth habit. Excellent border plant; minimum care; lovely

pink color; full; always in bloom; appealing color blends.

Rainbow Sunblaze Lots of long lasting blooms. Pleasing blends on blooms; no real disease of any kind.

Redoute Beautiful full blooms, vigorous bush, good repeat; color of blossom; self cleaning.

Ricky Hendrick Bloom form and rich color, holds form a very long time.

Rock & Roll Beautiful color mix on the blooms; beautifully formed bush. Should do well at show.

Scarborough Fair Blooms nicely

Show Stopper

Sisters at Heart Loved her beautifully light apricot blooms and her pretty foliage to set them off.

Sky’s the Limit Many canes/shrubby while young. Almost always in bloom all summer long. Glossy foliage.

Snowcone

Snowdrift A 3-way winner – winter hardy, disease resistant & very floriferous

Strike It Rich Bright color

Super Excelsa

Tahitian Sunset Great color and large blooms.

Teeny Bopper Blooms nicely, beautiful buds

The Shepherdess

Tiddly Winks Color of the blooms.

Topsy Turvy Beautiful blooms that are long lasting.

Unbridled Great exhibition flower form. Very hardy bush; nice medium size; no real disease problems.

Vavoom Beautiful electric color; bright orange blooms; seems like it will take off.

Her bright orange blooms are a real eyecatcher in the rosebeds. The bush seemed like it would take off and do well.

We Salute You Planted in July and showed superior vigor. Disease resistant, great foliage, fragrance, bloom color,

size and exhibition form, borne on long stems. Vigorous.

Whirlaway Top notch exhibition flowers; bloom form; pureness of color.

Wild Blue Yonder Last year the blooms were very striking with brillent stamins.