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Gallicas Rose

 The Gallicas are the oldest cultivated Western rose surviving the fall of the Roman Empire by becoming naturalized wherever they had been planted. Gallicas tend to make bushy upright shrubs with fine prickles and dull green, heavily veined foliage that turns dark red in the fall.

 Gallicas are extremely hardy and are tolerant of soil not overly fertile. Fragrance is variable. Flower color is limited to stronger pink and purple-crimson shades.

Damask Rose

Damasks are among the most ancient of garden roses. They were cultivated by the Romans and may have died out had it not been for the European monasteries that cultivated roses for medicinal purposes. Damasks are taller than the Gallicas with paler, larger foliage. Their habit tends to be a graceful, somewhat arching plant that opens up under the weight of its flowers.

Centifolia Rose

These are the "hundred petaled" roses or "cabbage roses" made famous by Dutch still life painters and are the result of hybridizing efforts by Dutch breeders in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Centifolias are distinctive shrubs, with large, coarse leaves, numerous prickles, and long, floppy canes. All are extremely fragrant. Centifolias are also very tough, winter-hardy plants that show few problems with fungal disease. Centifolias are one-time, mid-summer bloomers noted for the fullness and size of their flowers

Alba Rose

Alba roses are known as the "White Roses of Shakespeare." Albas are noted for their soft scent, sparse prickles, and deep blue-green foliage. Albas often reach a height of 7-8 feet, making them the tallest of the old European garden roses. Contrary to what their name suggests, blooms range from white to medium-pink. All Albas are once-blooming in mid-summer. Because of their height and foliage color, they make good backdrops for other plants
 
Bourbon Rose

The Bourbon rose first appeared in the 1800s on the Isle of Bourbon (now Reunion) in the Indian Ocean. Bourbons bear large, full blooms that have a very heavy fragrance. They are extremely vigorous, producing shrubs that are big, wide, and very adaptable for training as pillar roses or on a fence. Most rebloom very reliably in colors that range from white to deep pink to scarlet

Hybrid Perpetual Rose

The hybrid perpetual class is truly a hybrid. This class came about from the crossing of Bourbon roses with roses from just about every other class. Hybrid perpetuals are a varied group and were very popular during the Victorian era. Some varieties tend to be less reliable in their rebloom ability, and there is variation in height. Most hybrid perpetuals are tall-growing, up to 6 feet or more. This makes them excellent candidates for use as pillar roses or along a fence.

Grandiflora Rose

"Grandiflora" is a term coined in 1954 to describe a new rose developed from a cross between hybrid tea and floribunda roses. Grandifloras tend to carry their flowers in clusters on top of tall stems.
Grandiflora blooms are usually double but lack a striking fragrance. 'Queen Elizabeth' was the very first entry in the grandiflora class.


'Double Delight' Rose

'Double Delight' is the large, strongly fragrant red and white flowers have a high-centered bloom form and appear continuously throughout the season. They are double, have a diameter of more than 10 cm (4") and up to 30 petals.

'Tiffany' Rose

The 'Tiffany' rose is a pink hybrid tea rose with fragrant blooms great for cutting.
'Tiffany' produces an abundance of blooms throughout the season.
This rose has won many awards, and is a Gold Medal Winner, and an AARS Award Winning Rose.
The large flowered style high centers blooms have an intense sweet rose fragrance.
 
'Dr. Huey' Rose 

The 'Dr. Huey' rose is a vigorous, arching climber with velvety red flowers.
The name for this rose was announced at the meeting of the American Rose Society held in the Bloomfield Gardens on 4 June 1919. Dr. Robert Huey died on 12 March 1928.