Rose Ratings
University of Vermont Horticulture Research Center
Dr. Leonard P. Perry, Extension Professor, University of Vermont
HRC= year planted, Horticulture Research Center, South Burlington, Vermont |
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H98, H99, H20, H01= HRC hardiness rating (May) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001: |
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1=dead, 3=25-75% regrowth, 5=100% regrowth |
For more information on cultivars see separate listing.
Species, cv. |
HRC |
H98 |
H99 |
H20 |
H01 |
type |
comments |
acicularis |
97 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
species x |
very early, circumpolar, spreads, leafspots |
Adelaide Hoodless |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Parkland |
|
Adelaide Hoodless |
99 |
x |
x |
2 |
x | ||
Agnes |
97 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
x |
Rugosa |
|
alba maxima |
97 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Alba |
Jacobite R., org hips |
Alchymist |
98 |
x |
3 |
2 |
5 |
Shrub |
Germany |
Alex MacKenzie |
97 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Explorer |
|
Alika |
99 |
x |
x |
1 |
x |
Gallica |
Russia |
Amy Robsart |
98 |
x |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Shrub |
England, eglantaria, nice hips |
Anna Zinkeisen |
98 |
x |
1 |
x |
x |
Shrub |
Harkness--England |
Assiniboine |
97 |
3 |
1 |
x |
x |
Shrub |
from Canada |
Autumn Bouquet |
98 |
x |
1 |
x |
x |
Shrub |
|
Belle Poitevine |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
5 |
Rugosa |
France |
Birdie Blye |
98 |
x |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Shrub |
USA |
Blanc Double de Coubert |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Rugosa |
fall color |
Blanc Double de Coubert |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
1 | ||
blanda (Hudson's Bay R) |
98 |
x |
3 |
2 |
4 |
species |
near thornless, fall: red stems, gr lvs |
Bonica |
97 |
2 |
1 |
x |
x |
Meidiland |
|
Camaieux |
98 |
x |
5 |
1 |
x |
Gallica |
France |
Canary Bird |
98 |
x |
3 |
5 |
4 |
Shrub |
arching, nice hips, R. xanthina, early to bud |
Captain Samuel Holland |
97 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Explorer |
|
Cardinal Hume |
98 |
x |
1 |
x |
x |
Shrub |
Harkness--England |
Carefree Beauty |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
1 |
shrub |
Buck-Iowa, good hips |
centifolia |
98 |
x |
4 |
1 |
x |
Centifolia |
Provence or Cabbage Rose", |
Champlain |
97 |
3 |
1 |
x |
x |
Explorer |
|
Charles Albanel |
97 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Explorer |
rugosa, excellent foliage, low |
Charles de Mills |
97 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
Gallica |
|
Complicata |
97 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Gallica |
org-red hips |
Conditorum |
98 |
x |
5 |
3 |
2 |
Gallica |
Hungarian Rose |
Constance Spry |
97 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
David Austin |
|
Country Dancer |
97 |
2 |
1 |
x |
x |
Shrub |
|
Cuthbert Grant |
97 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Parkland |
weak, poor vigor |
David Thompson |
97 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Explorer |
|
Delicata |
98 |
x |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Rugosa |
twig blight '98, nice foliage |
DeMontarville |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 |
shrub |
Ag Canada (Que.), leafspots |
eglanteria |
98 |
x |
4 |
4 |
3 |
species x |
Sweetbriar of Eng., fragrant lvs, red hips |
Elveshorn |
98 |
x |
3 |
1 |
x |
Shrub |
Kordes, thorny, fls late! |
Essex |
98 |
x |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Shrub |
Denmark, large clusters, poor vigor |
Felicite Parmentier |
97 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Alba |
leaf damage |
Flower Carpet |
97 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
x |
Shrub |
Ger., fall color; die WP 97 |
foetida bicolor |
98 |
x |
3 |
1 |
x |
species |
Austrian Copper |
Frontenac |
99 |
x |
x |
4 |
4 | ||
Fru Dagmar Hastrup |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Rugosa |
fall color, large red hips, large flowers |
Fru Dagmar Hastrup |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
4 |
good foliage |
|
gallica officinalis |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Gallica |
Apothecary's R, Red R. of Lancaster |
gallica officinalis |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 | ||
George Vancouver |
99 |
x |
x |
5 |
3 |
Explorer |
disease resistant, nice hips |
Geranium |
97 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
x |
Moyesii |
|
glauca (rubrifolia) |
97 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
x |
species x |
pur-red stems, gray-gr lvs, red hips |
Grootendorst Supreme |
97 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
Rugosa |
clustered flowers |
Gros Chou d'Hollande |
98 |
x |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Centifolia |
Big Cabbage of Holland |
Hansa |
97 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Rugosa |
red hips, twig blight '98, sparse lvs, leafspots |
Harison's Yellow |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
species |
|
Harison's Yellow |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
5 | ||
Henri Martin |
97 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Moss |
among hardiest of Moss, good grn. Lvs late |
Henry Hudson |
97 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Explorer |
rugosa, needs more fertility |
Henry Kelsey |
86 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Explorer |
arching, hardy |
Hope for Humanity |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 |
shrub |
Canada |
hugonis (China R) |
97 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
species x |
arching canes, red fall color |
J.P. Connell |
97 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Explorer |
few thorns |
Jens Munk |
97 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Explorer |
nice org. fall color |
John Cabot |
97 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Explorer |
partially recurrent, some leafspots |
John Davis |
86 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Explorer |
long canes |
John Franklin |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Explorer |
|
John Franklin |
99 |
x |
x |
3 |
3 |
poor vigor |
|
Koenigen von Daenemark |
97 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
Alba |
leafspots |
LambertClosse |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
2 |
Explorer |
|
Leander |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
David Austin |
partially recurrent |
Leander |
99 |
x |
x | 2 | 3 | ||
Louis Jolliet |
99 |
x |
x |
3 |
1 |
Explorer |
clustered bloom, disease resistant |
Madame Hardy |
97 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Damask |
extensive leafspots |
Magnifica |
97 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Shrub |
eglanteria, org-red fall hips/color |
Maidens Blush |
97 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Alba |
|
Marguerite Hilling |
98 |
x |
2 |
3 |
1 |
species x |
England, hardy, Moyesii hybrid, weak |
Marie Bugnet |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
4 |
Explorer |
long bloom, no hips, red winter canes |
Martin Frobisher |
86 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Explorer |
no hips, red winter canes |
Max Graf |
99 |
x |
x |
5 |
3 |
shrub |
long cane, quite low |
Meidiland Alba |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Meidiland |
small flowers |
Meidiland Cherry |
97 |
2 |
1 |
x |
x |
Meidiland |
|
Meidiland Fuchsia |
97 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
x |
Meidiland |
|
Meidiland Pearl |
97 |
3 |
1 |
x |
x |
Meidiland |
|
Meidiland Pink |
98 |
x |
2 |
3 |
2 |
Meidiland |
|
Meidiland Scarlet |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
Meidiland |
|
Meidiland White |
86 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Meidiland |
|
Moje Hammarberg |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
5 |
Rugosa |
Sweden, red hips, good foliage |
Mont Blanc |
98 |
x |
5 |
3 |
1 |
Rugosa |
fall hips, Ger., twig blight '98 |
Monte Casino |
97 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
Rugosa |
twig blight '98 |
Monte Rosa |
98 |
x |
3 |
5 |
5 |
Rugosa |
fall hips, Ger., tiwg blight '98 |
Morden Blush |
97 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Parkland |
|
Morden Centennial |
97 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
x |
Parkland |
lg fls, dk fol. |
Morden Fireglow |
97 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
x |
Parkland |
|
Morden Ruby |
97 |
2 |
1 |
x |
x |
Parkland |
small fls |
Morden Ruby |
99 |
x |
x |
3 |
2 |
Parkland |
|
multiflora inermis |
98 |
x |
3 |
3 |
5 |
species x |
Korea,Japan, thornless, arching, bright hips |
Nevada |
98 |
x |
1 |
x |
x |
species x |
Spain, flushed pink, Moyesii hybrid |
Odense City |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
5 |
shrub |
Denmark, compact |
Orange Triumph |
98 |
x |
2 |
x |
x |
Polyantha |
Germany, hardy, disease resistant |
Parfum de L'Hay |
97 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Rugosa |
strongest rugosa scent, leafspots |
Perpetual White Moss |
97 |
3 |
1 |
x |
x |
Moss |
sport of Q. Saisons, brown-gr moss stems |
Polareis |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
5 |
Rugosa |
Meilland--France |
Pompon Blanc Parfait |
99 |
x |
x |
5 |
5 |
Alba |
|
Prairie Dawn |
97 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Parkland |
leafspots |
Prairie Fire |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 |
shrub |
Univ. MN |
Prairie Joy |
99 |
x |
x |
3 |
3 |
shrub |
Canada |
primula |
98 |
x |
4 |
5 |
3 |
species |
China, Incense R., arching, frag. fol, red hips |
Purple Pavement |
99 |
x |
x |
5 |
5 |
good foliage, hips |
|
Quatre Saisons |
98 |
x |
5 |
2 |
1 |
Damask |
Autumn Damask, damascena bifera |
Redoute' |
97 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
David Austin |
sport of Mary Rose |
Refulgence |
98 |
x |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Shrub |
England, eglantaria, scented foliage |
Rosa Mundi |
98 |
x |
5 |
4 |
2 |
Gallica |
gallica versicolor, oldest striped, late to leaf |
Rosanna |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 |
shrub |
long canes |
Rose of Castile |
98 |
x |
4 |
2 |
2 |
Damask |
species "Damask" rose |
rugosa alba plena |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
5 |
rugosa |
fall color, nice foliage |
Schneekoppe |
97 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Rugosa |
Snow Pavement, some leafspots |
Schneezwerg |
97 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
Rugosa |
Snow Dwarf, red hips |
Sea Foam |
98 |
x |
3 |
1 |
x |
Shrub |
disease resistant, groundcover |
Seven Sisters |
97 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
Shrub |
|
Shropshire Lass |
98 |
x |
3 |
2 |
4 |
David Austin |
some leafspots |
Sir Thomas Lipton |
97 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Rugosa |
late, yellow fall lvs., some leafspots |
Snow Pavement |
97 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Rugosa |
Ger. Pavement series |
Souvenir Philemon Cochet |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
4 |
Rugosa |
large flowers, needs fertility |
Stanwell Perpetual |
97 |
2 |
1 |
x |
x |
spinosissima |
damascena bifera x spin., rebloom |
Stanwell Perpetual |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 | ||
Starina |
97 |
2 |
1 |
x |
x |
miniature |
|
Sunblaze |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
miniature |
|
Sweet Sunblaze |
97 |
4 |
2 |
x |
x |
miniature |
|
The Fairy |
97 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Polyantha |
twig blight '98 |
Therese Bugnet |
97 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Rugosa |
repeats,arching,gray-gr fol,fall color/red stems |
Tuscany |
98 |
x |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Gallica |
velvety, purplish, Old Velvet R., late to leaf |
Viking Queen |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
3 |
shrub |
long cane climbing, parent of Explorers |
White Bath |
98 |
x |
5 |
2 |
3 |
Moss |
England, "White Moss", poor vigor |
Wild Flower |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
David Austin |
|
William Baffin |
86 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Explorer |
hardy climber |
Winchester Cathedral |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
David Austin |
sport of Mary Rose |
Windrush |
97 |
1 |
x |
x |
x |
David Austin |
|
Winnipeg Parks |
20 |
x |
x |
x |
2 |
Parkland |
Canada |
xanthina (Manchu R.) |
97 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
species x |
Asia, nice org. fall color, early red hips |
York & Lancaster |
97 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
Damask |
damascena versicolor |
Zwerg |
98 |
x |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Rugosa |
German "Dwarf Pavement", twig blight '98 |
Appreciation is expressed to the following for support of these trials:
New England Grows
VT Assn of Professional Horticulturists
VT Agr Expmt Station
Friends of the Garden and Friends of the Hort Farm
For more information on cultivars see separate listing.
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