Roses in Review 2009- What Reporters disliked about roses

Variety /Dislike

A MacKenzie Only slight repeat after 1st showing of blooms.

Alan Titchmarsh Blooms don’t last long.

Aloha (Kordes) The blooms were illregular. One would be exhibition form the next would show

a bull nose or a vegatative center – weird.

Ambiente

Andie MacDowell Didn’t survive the winter

Benilli Small size roses; very winter tender; took forever to come back each year

and then finally died….

Black Cherry Nothing

 Burgundy Iceberg Rose bush is now about 2-3 ft high with light weight foliage. Blooms were small.

Had extreme blackspot; grows slow; flowers scorch in Colorado sun.

Caliente Dies back each winter in exposed location. Not very abundant flowering.

Candy Land

Cinco de Mayo

Cinnamon Twist

Citrus Splash Habit isn’t attractive so far.

Coffee Bean

 Crested Damask

Deidre Hall Rain spoils the blossoms

Deja Blu

Dream Come True Too few blooms; repeat slow; poor exhibition for a hybrid tea; 2 years in

garden and only now shows a bit of vigor; leaves too small; blooms don’t last.

Bloom turns ungly as it ages.

Ebb Tide

 Edisto Second flush not too impressive; slow to grow.

Slow to grow.

Falling in Love Awesome thorns might bother some.

 Fire ‘n’ Ice Not winter hardy here at all. Slowly died off each winter until it did not come

back at all, no matter how much protection was given them..

Gentle Giant

Glenda Marie

Golden Fairy Tale

Good ‘n Plenty

Grande Amore

Happy Thoughts Not a hardy rose for my area.

Here’s Gert

Home & Garden

Iced Raspberry

In The Mood

Incantation

Julia Child Blooms fade from bright yellow to pale yellow;

Bushes slow to develop size,although full of bloom even when small;

tends to fade and doesnt finish nicely,

Jupiter Doesn’t bloom that much

Just Peachy

King’s Macc Blooms lose form very fast.

Kismet Very ugly bloom form when fully open. First year plant a little slow to start.

Lasting Love

Leading Lady Bloom is a bit large for a miniflora; second year didn’t bloom much and

didn’t add to size of the plant.

Lichfield Angel

Mardi Gras Needs more blooms; repeat is slow.

Marilyn Wellan

Moondance Nothing

 Morden Amorette

Pink Bianca

Pope John Paul II

Power Point

Queen of Sweden Color fades if placed in harsh sunlight for long period.

Rainbow Knock Out Bloom color is more pink than the pink/yellow blend that I expected.

Rainbow Sunblaze Did not like the first winter and did not come back from her second winter here….

Redoute

Ricky Hendrick Nothing to dislike.

Rock & Roll Nothing yet. A very good rosebush.

Scarborough Fair Did have some balling with this rose

Show Stopper

Sisters at Heart Not winter hardy at all. Even with rose collars.

Sky’s the Limit

Snowcone

Snowdrift More for the garden than the show table – a minor quibble

Strike It Rich

Super Excelsa

Tahitian Sunset Gets leggy.

Teeny Bopper

The Shepherdess

Tiddly Winks

Topsy Turvy Lack of blooms since 1st year.

Unbridled A bit bloom stingy in her first year but may well improve with establishment.

Vavoom Not enough bloom production and just had a hard time with winter here even

with rose collars. Did not make it thru winter of 2008.

We Salute You It didn’t jump into my shopping cart two months earlier.

 Whirlaway The greenish color in the white flower. Bottom notch disease resistance.

Wild Blue Yonder Small size roses; blackspot; flowered minimally.