Coming Up Roses

Author: Nancy Erdmann

Issue: April, 2008, Page 192

‘Flower Girl’
shrub
Description: Produces pendulous clusters of butterfly-like small pastel-pink-and-cream flowers.
Best traits: Vigorous, showy bloomer; consistent performer; mild apple fragrance; hardy.

Bee’s Knees’
miniature
Description: Small blooms of hybrid-tea form come in multiple colors including yellow-and-pink; offers a slight scent.
Best traits: Vigorous bloomer; more color appears as the blossoms open; excellent flower form.

‘Wing Ding’
polyantha
Description: Puts out hundreds of deep-red, mildly fragrant flowers.
Best traits: Prolific bloomer; eye-catching as both a single plant or in groups; long-lasting blossoms that are uniform in shape.

‘Marilyn Monroe’
hybrid tea
Description: Apricot color with elegantly shaped flowers and thick petals.
Best traits: Likes hot weather; excellent disease-resistance; delicate citrus fragrance; suitable for cutting; good rebloom and vase life.

‘Sexy Rexy’
floribunda
Description: Medium-pink rosette-shaped flowers with a mild aroma.
Best traits: Masses of attractive ruffled blossoms; prolific grower; disease-resistant; excellent bedding rose.

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