Rose Trials
University of Vermont Horticulture Research Center
Dr. Leonard Perry, Professor, University of Vermont
Species, cv |
type |
flw color |
flw type |
flw cycle |
frag. |
hxw |
year |
notes |
acicularis |
species x |
rose |
single |
yes |
3x3 |
1805 |
very early, circumpolar |
|
Adelaide Hoodless |
Parkland |
red, bright |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
yes |
3x3 |
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alba maxima |
Alba |
white |
semi-dbl |
yes |
6x4 |
old |
Jacobite R., org hips |
|
Alchymist |
Shrub |
apricot |
double |
yes |
6x6 |
1956 |
Germany |
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Alex MacKenzie |
Explorer |
red, deep |
recurrent |
5x5 |
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Amy Robsart |
Shrub |
pink |
single |
yes |
8x6 |
1894 |
Engand, eglantaria, nice hips |
|
Belle Poitevine |
rugosa |
pink |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
5x5 |
1894 |
France |
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Birdie Blye |
Shrub |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
5x5 |
1904 |
USA |
Blanc Double de Coubert |
Rugosa |
white |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
5x4 |
1892 |
fall color |
blanda |
species |
pink |
single |
yes |
5x5 |
old |
Hudson's Bay/Labrador Rose, thornless |
|
Camaieux |
Gallica |
white,red |
double |
yes |
3x3 |
1830 |
France |
|
Canary Bird |
Shrub |
yellow |
single |
early |
yes |
5x5 |
arching branches, nice hips, R. xanthina |
|
Captain Samuel Holland |
Explorer |
red |
double |
continual |
6x6 |
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Carefree Beauty |
shrub |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
4x3 |
1978 |
Buck--Iowa, good hips |
centifolia |
Centifolia |
pink |
double |
yes |
6x6 |
1596 |
Provence or Cabbage Rose" |
|
Charles Albanel |
Explorer |
pink |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
yes |
2x3 |
1982 |
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Charles de Mills |
Gallica |
red |
dbl |
yes |
5x6 |
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Complicata |
Gallica |
pink |
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Conditorum |
Gallica |
purple-red |
semi-dbl |
yes |
4x4 |
old |
Hungarian Rose |
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Constance Spry |
David Austin |
pink |
yes |
5x3 |
1961 |
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Cuthbert Grant |
Parkland |
wine red |
recurrent |
3x3 |
1967 |
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David Thompson |
Explorer |
pink |
Semi-dbl |
Recurrent |
Yes |
4x4 |
1979 |
Disease resistant |
Delicata |
Rugosa |
lilac pink |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
yes |
4x5 |
1898 |
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DeMontarville |
shrub |
pink |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
3x3 |
1998 |
Ag Canada (Que.), disease resistant |
|
eglanteria |
species x |
pink |
single |
yes |
7x6 |
old |
Sweetbriar of Eng., fragrant lvs, red hips |
|
Elveshorn |
Shrub |
red |
double |
yes |
3x3 |
1985 |
Kordes, thorny |
|
Essex |
Shrub |
pink |
single |
continual |
2x4 |
1988 |
Denmark, large clusters, trailing |
|
Felicite Parmentier |
Alba |
pale pk |
dbl |
yes |
5x5 |
1834 |
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foetida bicolor |
species |
orange |
single |
yes |
6x6 |
pre1590 |
Austrian Copper |
|
Frontenac |
Explorer |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
4x4 |
1992 |
abundant bloom in clusters |
Fru Dagmar Hastrup |
Rugosa |
pink |
single |
recurrent |
4x4 |
1914 |
fall color, large red hips, large flowers |
|
gallica officinalis |
Gallica |
red |
semi-dbl |
yes |
4x3 |
midages |
Apothecary's R, Red R. of Lancaster |
|
George Vancouver |
Explorer |
red |
double |
recurrent |
3x3 |
1994 |
disease resistant, nice hips |
|
Geranium |
Moyesii |
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glauca (rubrifolia) |
species x |
pink |
single |
6x5 |
old |
pur-red stems, gray-gr lvs, red hips |
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Grootendorst Supreme |
Rugosa |
red |
dbl |
recurrent |
4x5 |
1936 |
clustered flowers |
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Gros Chou d'Hollande |
Centifolia |
"Big Cabbage of Holland" |
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Hansa |
Rugosa |
red-pur |
double |
recurrent |
spicy |
7x7 |
1905 |
red hips |
Harison's Yellow |
species x |
yellow |
semi-dbl |
5x3 |
1830 |
foetida x spinosissima x xanthina |
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Henri Martin |
Moss |
red-pur |
dbl |
yes |
5x8 |
1863 |
among hardiest of Moss |
|
Henry Hudson |
Explorer |
white |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
spicy |
3x4 |
1976 |
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Henry Kelsey |
Explorer |
red |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
7x5 |
1984 |
arching, hardy |
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Hope for Humanity |
shrub |
red |
double |
recurrent |
2x2 |
1998 |
Canada |
|
hugonis |
species x |
yellow |
single |
8x6 |
old |
China, Father Hugo's R., arching canes |
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J.P. Connell |
Explorer |
yel |
recurrent |
yes |
4x3 |
1987 |
few thorns |
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Jens Munk |
Explorer |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
spicy |
5x5 |
1974 |
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John Cabot |
Explorer |
red |
double |
6x6 |
1978 |
partially recurrent |
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John Davis |
Explorer |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
8x5 |
long canes |
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John Franklin |
Explorer |
red |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
3x3 |
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Koenigen von Daenemark |
Alba |
pink |
double |
yes |
5x5 |
1826 |
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Lambert Closse |
Explorer |
pink |
double |
3x3 |
1996 |
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Louis Jolliet |
Explorer |
pink |
double |
yes |
4x4 |
1990 |
clustered bloom, disease resistant |
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Madame Hardy |
Damask |
wht |
dbl |
yes |
5x5 |
1832 |
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Magnifica |
Shrub |
pk-red |
dbl |
4x5 |
1905 |
eglanteria, org-red fall hips |
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Maidens Blush |
Alba |
pink |
dbl |
yes |
6x6 |
1738 |
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Marguerite Hilling |
species x |
pink |
single |
recurrent |
yes |
6x6 |
1959 |
England, hardy, Moyesii hybrid |
Marie Bugnet |
Explorer |
white |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
3x3 |
1963 |
long bloom, no hips, red winter canes |
Martin Frobisher |
Explorer |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
light |
5x4 |
1968 |
no hips, red winter canes |
Max Graf |
shrub |
long canes |
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Meidiland Pink |
Meidiland |
pink |
single |
continual |
5x5 |
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Meidiland White |
Meidiland |
white |
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Moje Hammarberg |
rugosa |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
4x4 |
1931 |
Sweden, red hips |
Mont Blanc |
Rugosa |
white |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
yes |
4x4 |
1986 |
fall hips, Ger. |
Monte Casino |
Rugosa |
red |
one of best shrub reds |
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Monte Rosa |
Rugosa |
pink |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
yes |
4x4 |
1986 |
fall hips, Ger. |
Morden Blush |
Parkland |
pink ivory |
long |
3x3 |
1988 |
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multiflora inermis |
species x |
wht |
10x10 |
old |
Korea,Japan, thornless, arching, hips |
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Odense City |
shrub |
yellow |
semi-dbl |
3x3 |
Denmark |
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Parfum de L'Hay |
Rugosa |
red, dark |
single |
yes |
4x4 |
1901 |
strongest rugosa scent, dk gr fol. |
|
Polareis |
rugosa |
white |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
4x4 |
1994 |
Meilland--France |
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Pompon Blanc Parfait |
alba |
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Prairie Dawn |
Parkland |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
5x5 |
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Prairie Fire |
shrub |
red |
single |
recurrent |
yes |
5x4 |
1960 |
Univ MN |
Prairie Joy |
shrub |
pink |
single |
yes |
4x4 |
1990 |
Canada |
|
primula |
species |
yellow |
single |
yes |
6x6 |
old |
China, Incense R., arching, frag. fol. |
|
Purple Pavement |
shrub |
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Quatre Saisons |
Damask |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
4x3 |
BC |
Autumn Damask, damascena bifera |
Redoute' |
David Austin |
pink |
4x4 |
1992 |
sport of Mary Rose |
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Refulgence |
Shrub |
red |
semi-dbl |
8x6 |
1909 |
England, eglantaria, scented foliage |
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Rosa Mundi |
Gallica |
pink/red |
semi-dbl |
yes |
4x5 |
pre1581 |
gallica versicolor, oldest striped |
|
Rosanna |
shrub |
pink |
8x4 |
1983 |
long cane |
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Rose of Castile |
Damask |
pink |
double |
yes |
5x5 |
pre1600 |
species "Damask" rose |
|
rugosa alba plena |
rugosa |
white |
double |
recurrent |
yes |
4x6 |
old |
fall color |
Schneekoppe |
Rugosa |
white |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
3x3 |
1986 |
Snow Pavement, lilad blush |
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Schneezwerg |
Rugosa |
white |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
4x4 |
1912 |
Snow Dwarf, red hips |
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Sea Foam |
Shrub |
white |
double |
continual |
yes |
2x6 |
1964 |
disease resistant, groundcover |
Seven Sisters |
Shrub |
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Shropshire Lass |
David Austin |
pink |
semi-dbl |
yes |
8x8 |
1968 |
climbing |
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Simon Fraser |
Explorer |
pink |
semi-dbl |
continual |
2x3 |
1992 |
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Sir Thomas Lipton |
Rugosa |
white |
dbl |
recurrent |
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Snow Pavement |
shrub |
white |
Ger. Pavement series |
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Souvenir Philemon Cochet |
rugosa |
pink |
double |
recurrent |
6x4 |
1894 |
large flowers |
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Stanwell Perpetual |
species x |
pink |
double |
yes |
4x4 |
1838 |
damascena bifera x spin., rebloom |
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The Fairy |
Polyantha |
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Therese Bugnet |
Rugosa |
pink |
double |
yes |
5x4 |
1950 |
repeats, arching, gray-gr fol, fall color |
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Tuscany |
Gallica |
red |
double |
yes |
3x3 |
1596 |
velvety, purplish, gold stamens |
|
Viking Queen |
shrub |
pink |
recurrent |
yes |
10x4 |
1963 |
long cane climbing, parent of Explorers |
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White Bath |
Moss |
white |
double |
yes |
5x5 |
1810 |
England, "White Moss" |
|
William Baffin |
Explorer |
pink |
semi-dbl |
recurrent |
8x6 |
1983 |
hardy climber |
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Winnipeg Parks |
Parkland |
red |
double |
yes |
3x3 |
1991 |
Canada |
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xanthina |
species x |
yellow |
semi-dbl |
very early |
6x4 |
old |
Asia, Manchu R. |
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York & Lancaster |
Damask |
wht-red |
yes |
5x4 |
pre1550 |
damascena versicolor |
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Zwerg |
Rugosa |
pink |
semi-dbl |
yes |
3x3 |
1984 |
German "Dwarf Pavement" |
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Appreciation is expressed to the following for support of and assistance in 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 complete data, check the rose hardiness trials' ratings on the web:
http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/rosedata.htm
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