2003 UVM Shrub Rose Trials
Horticulture Research Center, So Burlington VT
Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor, University of Vermont
HRC: d=dead, r=removed
hardiness ratings (June) 02=2002, 03=2003; yrs=years in trials:
1=dead, 3=25-75% regrowth, 5=100% regrowth; *best for given year
| Species, cv | 02 | 03 | yrs | mean | HRC | type | notes |
| acicularis | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.3 | species x | very early, Circumpolar Rose, spreads | |
| Adelaide Hoodless | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | Explorer | profuse bloom |
| Adelaide Hoodless | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Explorer | |
| Agathe Incarnata | 5 | 5* | 2 | 5 | Gallica | ||
| Agnes | x | x | 3 | 3 | d | Rugosa | |
| Alain Blanchard | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | Gallica | ||
| Alba maxima | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.2 | Alba | Jacobite R., org hips | |
| Alchymist | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3.4 | shrub | Germany, long cane | |
| Alex MacKenzie | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.7 | Explorer | shrub | |
| Alika | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Gallica | Russia |
| Alika | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Gallica | ||
| Amy Robsart | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Shrub | England, eglantaria, nice hips | |
| Anna Zinkeisen | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Shrub | Harkness--England, died 99 |
| Assiniboine | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Shrub | from Canada |
| Autumn Bouquet | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Shrub | |
| Belle de Woking | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | unknown | ||
| Belle Poitevine | 5 | 5* | 3 | 5 | Rugosa | France | |
| Birdie Blye | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2.6 | Shrub | USA, leaf spots and drop | |
| Blanc Double de Coubert | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Rugosa | |
| Blanc Double de Coubert | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Rugosa | fall color | |
| blanda | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3.1 | species | near thornless, fall: red stems, gr. lvs, Labrador Rose | |
| Bonica | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | Meidiland | |
| Camaieux | x | x | 2 | 3 | d | Gallica | France |
| Canary Bird | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.4 | Shrub | arching branches, nice hips, R. xanthina, very early | |
| Captain Samuel Holland | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Explorer | arching | |
| Cardinal Hume | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Shrub | Harkness--England |
| Carefree Beauty | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | shrub--Buck | Buck--Iowa, good hips | |
| centifolia | x | x | 2 | 2.5 | d | Centifolia | Provence or Cabbage Rose", |
| Champlain | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Explorer | shrub |
| Charles Albanel | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Explorer | rugosa | |
| Charles de Mills | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Gallica | largest flowered gallica | |
| Complicata | x | x | 4 | 2.5 | d | Gallica | org-red hips |
| Complicata | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | Gallica | ||
| Conditorum | 1 | x | 4 | 2.8 | d | Gallica | Hungarian Rose |
| Constance Spry | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.2 | David Austin | 1st Austin, more tender gallica | |
| Country Dancer | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | Shrub | continuous |
| Cramoisi Picotte | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4.5 | Gallica | ||
| Cuthbert Grant | x | x | 4 | 3 | d | Parkland | poor vigor |
| Cuthbert Grant | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | Parkland | ||
| David Thompson | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Explorer | rugosa | |
| Delicata | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.8 | Rugosa | twig blight '98 | |
| DeMontarville | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | shrub | Ag Canada (Que.), disease resistant | |
| Dornroschenschloss Sababurg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | r | Shrub | Kordes hybrid |
| Dunwich Rose | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | spinosissima | ||
| eglanteria | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3.6 | r | species x | Sweetbriar of Eng., fragrant lvs, red hips |
| Elveshorn | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Shrub | Kordes, thorny, fls. late |
| Essex | 1 | x | 4 | 2.8 | d | Shrub | Denmark, large clusters, trailing |
| Felicite Parmentier | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Alba | ||
| Flower Carpet | x | x | 3 | 1.7 | d | Shrub | Ger., fall color |
| foetida bicolor | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | species | Austrian Copper |
| Frau Dagmar Hastrup | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4.7 | Rugosa | fall color, large red hips, large flowers | |
| Frau Dagmar Hastrup | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Rugosa | |
| Frontenac | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | Explorer | abundant bloom in clusters | |
| gallica officinalis | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3.3 | Gallica | Apothecary's R, Red R. of Lancaster, small | |
| gallica officinalis | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Gallica | |
| George Vancouver | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.3 | Explorer | nice hips, leafspots | |
| Geranium | x | x | 3 | 3 | d | Moyesii | |
| glauca (rubrifolia) | x | x | 3 | 3.3 | d | species x | pur-red stems, gray-gr lvs, red hips |
| Grootendorst Supreme | 5* | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Rugosa | clustered small flowers | |
| Gros Chou d'Hollande | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Centifolia | "Big Cabbage of Holland" | |
| Hansa | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3.8 | Rugosa | red hips, twig blight '98, weak | |
| Harison's Yellow | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | species x | foetida x spinosissima x xanthina | |
| Harison's Yellow | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | species x | |
| Henri Martin | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.8 | Moss | among hardiest of Moss, good grn lvs. late | |
| Henry Hudson | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Explorer | rugosa | |
| Henry Kelsey | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3.2 | Explorer | arching, hardy | |
| Hope for Humanity | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.3 | shrub | Canada | |
| hugonis (China R.) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | species x | arching canes, red fall color | |
| J.P. Connell | x | x | 4 | 2.8 | d | Explorer | few thorns, shrub |
| Jacqueline Du Pre | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | r | Shrub | Harkness 1988 |
| Jens Munk | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Explorer | nice org. fall color, rugosa | |
| John Cabot | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Explorer | partially recurrent, arching | |
| John Davis | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Explorer | long canes, arching | |
| John Franklin | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.3 | Explorer | weak | |
| John Franklin | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Explorer | |
| Kazanlik | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Damask | Germany prior to 1850 | |
| Koenigen von Daenemark | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Alba | ||
| Lambert Closse | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | r | Explorer | |
| Leander | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Austin | |
| Leander | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Austin | ||
| Louis Jolliet | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Explorer | clustered bloom, disease resistant |
| Madame Hardy | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.5 | Damask | weak, leafspots | |
| Magnifica | 5* | 4 | 6 | 4.9 | Shrub | eglanteria, org-red fall hips/color, good foliage | |
| Maidens Blush | 5 | 5* | 6 | 4.5 | Alba | Cuisse de Nymphe 15th C., alba incarnata, pink to wht | |
| Marguerite Hilling | x | x | 3 | 2 | d | species x | England, hardy, Moyesii hybrid, poor vigor |
| Marie Bugnet | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Explorer | long bloom, no hips, red winter canes | |
| Marie Louise | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | r | Damask | |
| Martin Frobisher | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2.3 | d | Explorer | no hips, red winter canes, rugosa |
| Max Graf | 5 | 5* | 4 | 4.5 | Shrub | long cane, low, vigorous groundcover | |
| Meidiland Alba | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Meidiland | small fls |
| Meidiland Cherry | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | Meidiland | |
| Meidiland Fuchsia | x | x | 3 | 1.7 | d | Meidiland | |
| Meidiland Pearl | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Meidiland | |
| Meidiland Pink | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.8 | r | Meidiland | |
| Meidiland Scarlet | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | Meidiland | |
| Meidiland White | x | x | 4 | 2.3 | d | Meidiland | |
| Metis | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Shrub | Canada 1967, nitida hybrid | |
| Moje Hammarberg | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Rugosa | Sweden, red hips | |
| Mont Blanc | x | x | 3 | 3 | d | Rugosa | fall hips, Ger., twig blight '98 |
| Monte Casino | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.2 | Rugosa | twig blight '98, Germany | |
| Monte Rosa | 4 | 5* | 5 | 4.4 | Rugosa | fall hips, Ger., twig blight '98, compact | |
| Morden Blush | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3.2 | Parkland | weak, small | |
| Morden Centennial | x | x | 3 | 2 | d | Parkland | lg fls, dk fol. |
| Morden Fireglow | x | x | 3 | 2.3 | d | Parkland | |
| Morden Ruby | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | Parkland | |
| Morden Ruby | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3.8 | Parkland | weak | |
| Morden Snowbeauty | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | Parkland | Prairie Princess x Morden Amorette | |
| multiflora inermis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.2 | species x | Korea,Japan, thornless, arching, bright hips, very vigorous | |
| Nevada | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | species x | Spain, flushed pink, Moyesii hybrid |
| Odense City | 5* | 2 | 3 | 4 | shrub | Denmark, nice org-yel | |
| Orange Triumph | x | x | 1 | 1.5 | d | Polyantha | Germany, hardy, disease resistant |
| Parfum de L'Hay | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3.2 | Rugosa | strongest rugosa scent, dk gr fol. | |
| Perpetual White Moss | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Moss | sport of Q. Saisons, brown-gr moss stems |
| Polareis | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4.7 | Rugosa | Meilland--France | |
| Pompon Blanc Parfait | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | Alba | arching, open habit | |
| Prairie Dawn | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3.5 | Parkland | weak | |
| Prairie Fire | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | shrub | Univ. MN | |
| Prairie Joy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.2 | shrub | Canada, weak | |
| Prairie Princess | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.5 | Shrub | Griffith Buck 1972 | |
| primula | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | species | China, Incense R., arching, frag. fol, red hips | |
| Purple Pavement | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | shrub | spreads | |
| Quatre Saisons | x | x | 3 | 2.7 | d | Damask | Autumn Damask, damascena bifera |
| Redoute' | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2.8 | David Austin | sport of Mary Rose | |
| Refulgence | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3.6 | Shrub | England, eglantaria, scented foliage | |
| Rita Bugnet | 5 | 5* | 2 | 5 | unknown | bluish lvs, pk fls nice contrast, early | |
| Rosa Mundi | 1 | x | 4 | 3 | d | Gallica | gallica versicolor, oldest striped |
| Rosanna | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4.3 | Shrub | long cane, weak vigor | |
| Rose of Castile | 1 | x | 4 | 2.3 | d | Damask | species "Damask" rose |
| Royal Edward | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Explorer | kordesii hybrid | |
| rugosa alba plena | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.7 | Rugosa | fall color | |
| rugosa Superba | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Rugosa | ||
| Schneekoppe | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | Rugosa | Snow Pavement, lilac blush, yellow stamens | |
| Schneezwerg | x | x | 4 | 2.8 | d | Rugosa | Snow Dwarf, red hips |
| Sea Foam | x | x | 2 | 2 | d | Shrub | disease resistant, groundcover |
| Seven Sisters | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | Shrub | multiflora platyphylla, fr. Japan, low, long cane, late | |
| Shropshire Lass | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3.4 | David Austin | climbing | |
| Sir Thomas Lipton | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Rugosa | late, yellow fall lvs. | |
| Snow Pavement | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | Rugosa | Ger. Pavement series, Schneekoppe | |
| Souvenir Philemon Cochet | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4.7 | Rugosa | large flowers | |
| Spong | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Centifolia | France 1805 | |
| Stanwell Perpetual | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | spinosissima | |
| Stanwell Perpetual | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | spinosissima | recurrent | |
| Starina | x | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | miniature | |
| Sunblaze | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | miniature | |
| Sweet Sunblaze | x | x | 2 | 3 | d | miniature | |
| The Fairy | x | x | 4 | 2 | d | Polyantha | twig blight '98 |
| Therese Bugnet | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4.6 | Rugosa | arching, gray-gr fol,fall color/red stems, early | |
| Tuscany | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Gallica | velvety, purplish, gold stamens, Old Velvet R. | |
| Viking Queen | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4.3 | shrub | long cane climbing, parent of Explorers | |
| White Bath | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | r | Moss | England, "White Moss", weak |
| Wild Flower | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | David Austin | |
| William Baffin | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | Explorer | hardy, arching, 7', vigorous | |
| Winchester Cathedral | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | David Austin | sport of Mary Rose |
| Windrush | x | x | 1 | 1 | d | David Austin | |
| Winnipeg Parks | 1 | x | 2 | 1.5 | d | Parkland | |
| xanthina (Manchu R.) | 5 | 5* | 6 | 4.9 | species x | Asia, nice org. fall color, red stems, good habit, very early | |
| York & Lancaster | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2.5 | r | Damask | damascena versicolor |
| Zwerg | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.6 | Rugosa | German "Dwarf Pavement", groundcover | |