Coming Up Roses

Author: Nancy Erdmann

Issue: April, 2008, Page 192

‘Wild Blue Yonder’
grandiflora
Description: Clusters of ruffled deep-purple roses with bright-yellow stamens.
Best traits: Strong citrus and rose fragrance; camellia-like form; deeper colors with cooler temperatures; AARS winner.

‘Molineux’
shrub
Description: This David Austin English rose features many-petaled golden-yellow blooms that open to apricot-color centers.
Best traits: Continuous bloomer; extra vigorous; highly perfumed.

‘Marmalade Skies’
floribunda
Description: Five to eight tangerine-orange blooms on each stem bearing a mild scent.
Best traits: Blooms continuously; a single cluster can produce a full bouquet; makes an exceptional hedge rose; disease-resistant; AARS winner.

‘Gemini’
hybrid tea
Description: Well-shaped coral-pink blossoms form—in singles and clusters—on long stems.
Best traits: Vigorous bloomer; scent is reminiscent of fresh papaya; disease-resistant foliage; ideal for cutting; considered to be one of the best-performing hybrid teas; AARS winner.

‘Julia Child’
floribunda
Description: Small clusters of butter-yellow blossoms.
Best traits: Blooms in the heat of summer; vigorous grower; many flowers to a stem; disease-resistant foliage; sweet licorice perfume; fully petaled flower; AARS winner.

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