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2014 New Rose IntroductionsThis is paid advertisement
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Boscobel
• Class/Color: Salmon pink • Comments: 'Boscobel’
bears beautifully-formed rich salmon flowers. Red buds
open at first to pretty cups, which gradually develop a
classic rosette shape. They are filled with numerous
small petals of varying shades, mingling to provide a
most pleasing effect. It forms an upright shrub of
medium size, with dark green, glossy foliage. Excellent
health and vigor. • Bloom/Size: 3 1/2-inches •
Height/Habit: 3-feet x 2 1/2-feet • Petal Count: 78 •
Fragrance: A delightful, medium to strong myrrh
fragrance with hints of hawthorn, elderflower, pear and
almond. • Parentage: Seedling x seedling • Hybridizer:
David Austin • Introducer: David Austin Rose
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Climbing O’Brien
• Class/Color: Climber hybrid tea/orange/yellow
center • Comments: Vigorious, repeat bloomer •
Bloom/Size: 3- to 4-inches • Height/Habit: 10- to 12-
feet • Petal Count: 16 • Fragrance: none-slight •
Parentage: 'Playboy' x seedling • Hybridizer: Burling
Leong • Introducer: Burlington Rose Nursery
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Coretta Scott King
(cv WEKstohoco) PPAF
• Class/Color: Grandiflora/creamy white blushing coral-
orange • Comments: Elegant long buds of cream begin
to ‘frost’ with blushes of coral-orange as they spiral open.
This color persists on the blossoms for a great display of
color and flower power...big clusters held high for all to
see. Very good disease resistance means her ‘wrapper’
of green stays handsome in the garden for a full season.
• Bloom/Size: Double, in clusters/medium-large, around
4-inches in diameter • Height/Habit: Tall/very upright,
bushy • Petal Count: 25 - 30 • Fragrance: Moderate tea
and spice • Parentage: 'Moonstone' x 'Hot Cocoa' •
Hybridizer: Bédard • Introducer: Weeks Roses
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Dee-Lish® Meiclusif
• Class/Color: Hybrid Tea/Deep Pink • Comments: 'Dee-
Lish®' is a tall hybrid tea rose with an old fashioned
flower and a very strong fragrance of verbena and
citrus. It has a large, deep pink non-fading bloom. And it
makes for an excellent cut flower. It is a multiple award
winner in Europe for disease resistance and aesthetics
and one of the first hybrid tea roses to win the
prestigious ADR contest in Germany • Bloom/Size: Old
fashioned • Height/Habit: 6- to 6 1/2-feet x 3-feet/very
upright • Petal Count: 35-40 on average • Fragrance:
Very strong, verbena and citrus • Parentage: ('Meirestif'
x 'Ausmas') x 'Meicapinal' • Hybridizer: Meilland
International • Introducer: Star® Roses and
Plants/Conard-Pyle
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Easy Elegance® Head Over
Heels
• Class/Color: Shrub Rose/Light Pink • Comments: Fall
in love with the fluffy, cotton candy colored blooms of
Easy Elegance® 'Head Over Heels' rose. This 2013
introduction is easy to love and easy to grow. The
frilly, 2-inch blossoms sit atop dark, glossy-green
foliage, adding a perky pink hue to your garden all
season long. 'Head Over Heels' makes a wonderful
accent plant or an amazing low hedge when planted in
groups. Hardy and disease resistant, 'Head Over Heels'
pairs beauty with simplicity. • Bloom/Size: Full, 2-
inches • Height/Habit: 3-feet/30-inches • Petal Count:
30-40 • Fragrance: Slight • Parentage: Not disclosed •
Hybridizer: Ping Lim • Introducer: Bailey Nurseries
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Eyeconic® Lychee Lemonade
Sprolych PPTBS
• Class/Color: Eyeconic® series/Ivory cream w/deep
burgundy • Comments: 'Lychee Lemonade' is a new color
edition to the Eyeconic® series. The color is ivory cream with
a deep burgundy blotch finishing almost white with a pink
blotch. The flower is a semi-double. It is vigourous but with
the smaller habit of a minature. The blotch does not fade in
the heat of summer. It would make a great container plant
for the West. • Bloom/Size: Cuplike • Height/Habit: 18-inches
x 18-inches w/compact and bushy • Petal Count: 15 on
average • Fragrance: None noticeable • Parentage:
('Orangeade' x 'Abraham Darby') x 'Midnight Blue' x ('Geisha'
x 'Baby Love') x mixed Hulthemia pollen • Hybridizer: James
Sproul • Introducer: Star® Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle
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First Editions Campfire Rose
• Class/Color: Pink bi-color • Comments: An exciting
rose from the Canadian Artist Rose series, 'Campfire'
has exceptional hardiness combined with eye-catching
blooms & bright glossy foliage. Shapely buds with
yellow and red tones open to semi-double flowers of
yellow, edged in a deep rosy pink. As the season
progresses, the pink edging becomes more prominent
and produces an incredible smoldering blend of yellow
and deep pink blooms that continue until frost. Dark-
green glossy foliage has excellent disease resistance;
stems are smooth with only the occasional short thorns.
'Campfire'’s luminescent blooms on a compact shrub
will light up a landscape. Named in honor of Tom
Thomson, one of the foremost artist in Canadian history.
• Bloom/Size: Semi-double/3 1/4-inches • Height/Habit:
3-feet/3-feet — upright rounded • Petal Count: 14-20 •
Fragrance: Slight • Parentage: Not disclosed •
Hybridizer: Canadian Nursery and Landscape
Association • Introducer: Bailey Nurseries
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Fired Up™ Meitalrea PPTBS
• Class/Color: Floribunda/striped yellow and bright
orange • Comments: 'Fired Up™' has a very unique and
striking color. The color can best be described as yellow
and bright orange striped, finishing blood orange. The
color does not fade in the heat or when finishing and it
reblooms well. It has very good tolerance to rust and
mildews. 'Fired Up™' is best recommended for the dry
climates of the West. • Bloom/Size: Cuplike •
Height/Habit: up to 5-feet x 3-feet upright •Petal Count:
10 on average • Fragrance: None noticeable • Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling x Unnamed Seedling • Hybridizer:
Meilland International • Introducer: Star® Roses and
Plants/Conard-Pyle
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Good as Gold™ (cv WEKnewchi)
PPAF
• Class/Color: Hybrid Tea/deep golden orange-yellow finish
with a kiss of red • Comments: Some might say “orange,”
some “gold,” some “amber” or maybe it is even “double-
dipped yellow.” However your eyeballs perceive it, we can
guarantee it is bold and beautiful, especially with the kiss
of red on the finish. This handsome bushy bouquet
machine will fill your garden with loads of long-stemmed
lovelies clothes with a clean gown of rich green. •
Bloom/Size: Double, formal/medium to large, up to 5-
inches in diameter • Height/Habit: Tall/upright and bushy
•Petal Count: Around 30 • Fragrance: Grapefruit and citrus
• Parentage: 'Golden Beauty' x 'About Face' • Hybridizer:
Tom Carruth • Introducer: Weeks Roses
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Happy Go Lucky™
(cv WEKsirjuci) PPAF
• Class/Color: Grandiflora/even pure yellow • Comments:
BIG fragrant and full old-fashioned blossoms of pure
yellow have all the charm of an English rose ut born on
this side of the pond. Yet is easily bests the disease
resistance of an English variety hands down retaining its
gown of rich green foliage. The vigorous bushy plant
flowers like a fool well into the season without turning into
a sprawling stingy space-eater in the landscape. •
Bloom/Size: Very double, old-fashioned/large, up to 6-inch
diameter • Height/Habit: Medium-tall/upright to somewhat
rounded, very bushy •Petal Count: Around 40 • Fragrance:
Moderate fruity and tea • Parentage: 'Strike it Rich®' x
'Julia Child' • Hybridizer: Bédard • Introducer: Weeks Roses
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Heathcliff
• Class/Color: Deep crimson • Comments: There are few
roses as popular as those of deep crimson coloring — and
none so difficult to breed. 'Heathcliff' is a beautiful
addition to English Roses of this color. It has large, fully
double flowers of deep rosette shape. The color is a deep
crimson, with a certain softness that is reminiscent of
some of the old red gallica roses. It is a healthy variety,
with shiny, deep green leaves and upright growth. •
Bloom/Size: 3.75-inches • Height/Habit: 3 1/2-feet x 3-feet
• Petal Count: 105 • Fragrance: It has a pleasing tea rose
fragrance with hints of old rose and cedar wood. •
Parentage: Seedling x seedling • Hybridizer: David Austin
• Introducer: David Austin Roses
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Jump for Joy™
• Class/Color: Floribunda/peachy pink • Comments:
Lusciously lovely, delectable peachy-pink color.
Large showy clusters, long-lived flowers with lovely
color, round bushy super-flowerful habit, loads of
glossy green leaves and consistent dark red new
growth. • Bloom/Size: Medium, up to 4-inch
diameter • Height/Habit: Medium/very rounded and
bushy •Petal Count: Around 25 • Fragrance: Mild
apple • Parentage: 'Julie Newmar' x 'Julia Child' •
Hybridizer: Bédard • Introducer: Weeks Roses
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Look-A-Likes® BougainFeelYa
Meickinava PPTBS
• Class/Color: Look-A-Likes® series/Dark red • Comments:
'BougainFeelYa' is the newest edition to the continuously
growing Look-A-Likes® series. This is a new series of roses
with blooms that don’t look like traditional rose blooms. The
flowers of 'BougainFeelYa' are dark red, non-fading and they
are shaped similar to that of a bougainvillea, but don’t be
fooled, this is not a climbing rose! Flowers form continuously
throughout the season and it is covered with hips in the fall.
'BougainFeelYa' performs well on its own roots and is
tolerant to a range of soil pH’s. It is also very resistant to
rust and mildews and has a decent tolerance to blackspot. •
Bloom/Size: Cuplike • Height/Habit:4-feet x 3 1/2-feet/bushy
and rounded • Petal Count: 10 on average • Fragrance:
None noticeable • Parentage: 'Noacas' x Unnamed Seedling
• Hybridizer: Meilland International • Introducer: Star®
Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle
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Mercury Rising™ Meilantmen
PPTBS
• Class/Color: Hybrid tea/medium pink with ivory
cream • Comments: 'Mercury Rising™' is a seedling
of the popular hybrid tea rose, 'Gemini'. It has similar
coloration and a great exhibition type flower, but it is
much more vigorous with glossier foliage. 'Mercury
Rising™' would make a perfect flower for cutting. •
Bloom/Size: Cuplike • Height/Habit: 6-feet x 3- to 4-
feet/tall and upright • Petal Count: 25-30 on average
• Fragrance: Slight • Parentage: 'Jacnepal' x
'Meinomad' • Hybridizer: Meilland International •
Introducer: Star® Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle
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Oso Easy® Italian Ice
(Rosa 'ChewNiceBell' ppaf,
cbraf)
• Class/Color: Landscape roses/yellow and pink •
Comments: Similar to 'Peace' in its coloration, Oso
Easy® 'Italian Ice' rose’s orange buds open to soft yellow
flowers melting into pink blushed margins. The soft
flower color is set off nicely by its dark green, glossy
foliage. This self-cleaning rose has excellent disease-
resistance, abundant flowers and a nice habit making it
an excellent plant for home gardens. • Bloom/Size: 2 1/2-
inches • Height/Habit: 1 1/2- to 2 1/2-feet/mounded •
Petal Count: 20-30 • Fragrance: None • Parentage: Not
disclosed • Hybridizer: Chris Warner • Introducer: Proven
Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
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Oso Easy® Lemon Zest
(Rosa 'ChewHocan' ppaf, cbraf)
• Class/Color: Landscape roses/yellow • Comments: It
took years of evaluation and hundreds of roses for us to
find Oso Easy® 'Lemon Zest' rose, the only variety that
lived up to the demand for brilliant yellow coloring and
excellent disease resistance. The canary yellow blooms
will not fade to white and contrast beautifully with the
glossy, green foliage. This tidy, mounded landscape rose
is also free-flowering and self-cleaning. • Bloom/Size: 2-
to 2 1/2-inches • Height/Habit: 1 1/2- to 2
1/2-feet/mounded • Petal Count: 20-30 • Fragrance:
None • Parentage: Not disclosed • Hybridizer: Chris
Warner • Introducer: Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
Flowering Shrubs
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Oso Easy® Pink Cupcake (Rosa
'ChewAllBell' ppaf, cbraf)
• Class/Color: Landscape roses/pink • Comments:
Oso Easy® 'Pink Cupcake' rose is a delicious shade
of pink, with a touch of coral to keep it from being
too sweet. Large flowers bloom continuously
against a backdrop of glossy, green leaves. The
clean, disease-resistant foliage on this floriferous
rose has red new growth. • Bloom/Size: 2 1/4- to 2
3/4-inches • Height/Habit: 2- to 4-feet/mounded •
Petal Count: 20 • Fragrance: None • Parentage: Not
disclosed • Hybridizer: Chris Warner • Introducer:
Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
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Livin’ La Vida™
(Rosa 'Hornimrod' ppaf, cbraf)
• Class/Color: Landscape roses/bright coral-pink •
Comments: You will be 'Livin’ La Vida' rosa with this
stunning new variety. The remarkable bright coral to
flamingo pink flowers pop against the glossy, dark-green
foliage. This continuous blooming rose produces lots of
showy, full blooms with a high petal county. Its compact,
upright growth and good branching make it an excellent
container plant as well as a great landscape plant. •
Bloom/Size: 23/4- to 3-inches • Height/Habit: 2 1/2- to 3-
feet/compact, upright • Petal Count: 25 - 35 • Fragrance:
None • Parentage: MEIdomonac (female) and Alexander
x (male) • Hybridizer: Colin Horner • Introducer: Proven
Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
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Royal Jubilee
• Class/Color: Deep pink • Comments: Beautiful,
large, deep pink chalice-shaped flowers with
incurving petals. One of the most pleasing aspects of
this rose is its growth. 'Royal Jubilee' is a vigorous
variety with strong, very bushy habit, the flowers
held with great elegance against the typical alba
foliage. It is very healthy, repeat flowers well and has
few thorns. • Bloom/Size: 3-inches • Height/Habit: 5-
feet x 3-feet • Petal Count: 35 • Fragrance: The
lovely, rich, fruity fragrance has hints of blackcurrant.
• Parentage: Seedling x seedling • Hybridizer: David
Austin • Introducer: David Austin Roses
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The Lark Ascending
• Class/Color: Light apricot • Comments: Medium-
sized flowers of a pleasing light apricot color are held
in large heads of up to 15, nicely spaced blooms.
They have a beautiful, open cup shape and are
loosely filled with about 20 petals arranged around a
central cluster of golden stamens. This delightful rose
is exceptionally healthy with airy, shrubby growth. •
Bloom/Size: 3 1/2-inches • Height/Habit: 5-feet x 3-
feet • Petal Count: 22 • Fragrance: The light
fragrance varies between tea and myrrh. •
Parentage: Seedling x seedling • Hybridizer: David
Austin • Introducer: David Austin Roses
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Tahitian Treasure™ Radtreasure
PPTBS
• Class/Color: Landscape shrub rose/deep salmon
pink • Comments: 'Tahitian Treasure™' represents a
breakthrough in breeding as one of the first garden
roses with all the great attributes of a landscape
shrub rose — strong color, good habit, good flowering
density, good rebloom and very disease resistant. It
is hardy to zone 5. • Bloom/Size: Cuplike •
Height/Habit: 5- to 5 1/2-feet x 3-feet/upright, bushy
• Petal Count: 18-20 on average • Fragrance: Slight,
may be stronger at times • Parentage: 'Radraztwice'
x 'Radfab' • Hybridizer: William J. Radler • Introducer:
Star® Roses and Plants / Conard-Pyle
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Tranquillity
• Class/Color: Light yellow to pure white •
Comments: ‘Tranquillity’ has beautifully shaped
blooms with neatly placed petals that make up a
perfect rosette. The opening buds are lightly tinged
yellow at first, later becoming pure white. The
growth is vigorous, upright and bushy; all this
together making an excellent garden shrub. It is
almost thornless and very healthy. • Bloom/Size: 3
1/2-inches • Height/Habit: 4-feet x 3-feet • Petal
Count: 110 • Fragrance: Light apple fragrance. •
Parentage: Seedling x seedling • Hybridizer: David
Austin •Introducer: David Austin Roses
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You’re the One™
(cv WEKtaclogoma) PPAF
• Class/Color: Miniature/ivory white blushing pink and
finishing ruby • Comments: Perfectly miniature-ized
hybrid tea shaped buds of cream open very formally with
several blushing shades of pink. But beyond the show
table, this baby will knock ‘em dead in the landscape
with a bushy flowerful plant you can tuck into smaller
spaces to create a riot of color. Loads of deep, glossy,
green leaves. • Bloom/Size: Medium for the class, 1 1/2-
to 2-inches in diameter • Height/Habit:
Medium-tall/rounded and very bushy • Petal Count: 20 to
25 • Fragrance: Mild apple • Parentage: 'Santa Clause' x
'Goldmarie' • Hybridizer: Tom Carruth •Introducer: Weeks
Roses