The last two entries here were filled with tales of winter and cold weather. Let's start something new today. We'll take a tour of the roses in the various beds throughout the garden.
Today, we'll look at some from the Hybrid Tea Bed in the front yard:
Bewitched
Hybrid Tea, Queen Elizabeth x Tawny Gold
Bred by Dr. Walter Lammerts, 1967.
Butterscotch
Hybrid Tea, Souvenir du Claudius Pernet x RMS Queen Mary
Bred by Joseph H. Hill Co., 1942
Dagmar Spaeth
Floribunda, sport of Lafayette
Introduced by Wirtz & Eicke in Germany, 1936
Dairy Maid
Floribunda, (Poulsen's Pink x Ellinor LeGrice) x Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont
Bred by LeGrice, 1957
Gail Borden
Hybrid Tea, RMS Queen Mary x Viktoria Adelheid
Bred by Reimer Kordes, 1957
Golden Ophelia
Hybrid Tea, Ophelia x Mrs. Aaron Ward
Bred by Benjamin R. Cant & Sons, 1918
Gruss an Coburg
Hybrid Tea, Alice Kaempff x Souvenir du Claudius Pernet
Bred by Johannes Felberg Leclerc, 1927
Lady Alice Stanley
Hybrid Tea, parentage unknown
Bred by Samuel McGredy II in Ireland, 1909
Lyon Rose
Pernetiana/Hybrid Tea, Madame Melanie Soupert x seedling of Soleil d'Or
Bred by Joseph Pernet-Ducher, 1907
Ma Perkins
Floribunda, Red Radiance x Fashion
Bred by Gene Boerner, 1952
Nellie E. Hillock
Hybrid Tea, Golden Dawn x seedling
Bred by Verne Stone Hillock, 1934
Pink Gruss an Aachen
Floribunda, sport of Gruss an Aachen
Introduced by Jan Spek Nurseries, 1930
Poulsen's Pearl
Floribunda, Else Poulsen x seedling
Bred by Poulsen Roser A/S in Denmark, 1949
Snowbird
Hybrid Tea, Chastity x Louise Crette'
Bred by Hatton, 1936
The Doctor
Hybrid Tea, Madame J. D. Eisele x Los Angeles
Bred by F. H. Howard, 1936
Wagon Wheel Bright Pink
Hybrid Tea, parentage unknown
found rose
White Killarney
Hybrid Tea, sport of Killarney
Introduced by Waban Rose Conservatories, 1909
Next time, we'll look at some roses from other parts of the garden.