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Selecting Roses
2007 AARS Rose Winners
2005 AARS Rose Winners
Vines
and Roses in Containers
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 Julia Child is a floribunda destined to be as
famous as her namesake. Personally chosen by the award-winning
chef herself, this rose combines old-fashioned style with
delicious fragrance rarely found in a free-flowering plant.
This rose has a rounded habit and excellent
disease resistance, raising the bar for any English-style rose.
Julia Child also features a sweet licorice perfume that exudes
from each fully-petaled flower, as well as a butter-gold color
that’s perfectly suited to any landscape. |
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Class:
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Floribunda
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Plant
Habit:
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Medium Low
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Growth Habit:
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Very rounded & bushy
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Stem Length:
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Medium
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Foliage
Color:
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Bright super-glossy green
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Disease
Resistance:
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Excellent
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Flower Color:
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Warm butter gold
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Hardiness |
Zone 5,
Zone 4 with winter protection |
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Bud
Form:
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Pointed and full
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Flower Form:
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Old-fashioned, very full
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Flower Size:
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Medium, up to 3.5 inches
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Petal Count:
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Over 35
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Fragrance:
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Strong sweet licorice and
spice
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Parentage:
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(Voodoo x
R.soulieana derivative) x Summerwine] x Top Notch
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Rainbow Sorbet
(floribunda) |
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 Rainbow Sorbet is as cool and delicious as it
sounds. This multicolor floribunda harkens back to the popular
variety Playboy from which it is a descendant.
More rugged and winter hardy, Rainbow Sorbet shows
a resistance to black spot similar to many shrub roses on the
market. With a symphony of bright color uninterrupted throughout the
season, Rainbow Sorbet can be used either as a powerful accent or as
a bold border for those who like to make a statement in their
garden. |
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Class:
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Floribunda
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Plant
Habit:
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Growth Habit:
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Upright
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Stem Length:
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Up to 5 feet
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Foliage
Color:
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Dark
green, glossy
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Hardiness |
Zone 5,
Zone 4 with winter protection |
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Disease
Resistance:
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Above average, especially for
blackspot
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Flower
Color:
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Mixed
shades of bright yellow, orange and red that finishes nicely
into light yellow and pink
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Flower
Size:
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Medium 3 to 3.5 inches
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Petal
Count:
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15
to 18
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Fragrance:
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None noticeable
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Parentage:
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 Wild Blue Yonder offers a journey into uncharted
territory. This lavender blend is the first rose in this color range
to garner the AARS designation since 1984. Every large wavy petal
is a velvety warm wine-purple layered onto rich lavender, making
Wild Blue Yonder a unique rose to behold.
Each lovely blossom exudes the perfume of sweet
citrus and rose. A vigorous ‘shrubby’ bush, its abundant, deep-green
leaves provide the perfect accent to the extraordinarily novel
color.
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Class:
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Grandiflora
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Plant
Habit:
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Medium tall
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Growth Habit:
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Upright, bushy
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Stem Length:
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Medium long
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Foliage Color:
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Rich glossy green
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Hardiness |
Zone 5,
Zone 4 with winter protection |
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Disease
Resistance:
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Excellent
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Flower Color:
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Deep
reddish-purple with a lavender ‘eyezone’; deeper colors in
cooler temps
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Flower Size:
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Large up to 4.5 inches
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Petal Count:
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25-30
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Fragrance:
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Citrus blossom and rose
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Parentage:
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(International Herald Tribune x R. soulieana derivative) x
(Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile)] x
(Blueberry Hill x Stephen’s Big Purple)
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 Tahitian Sunset offers a little slice
of paradise. This brightly-hued hybrid tea features splendid
blossoms starting from high-centered orange-yellow buds that open
fully to a peachy apricot-pink with yellow highlights. The vigorous
plant produces 14-16 inch stems, and flowers with about 30 petals to
create blooms up to five inches in diameter. With its complex
color, delightful licorice fragrance, and semi-glossy foliage, this
perfectly formed rose makes a strong focal point in any garden. |
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Class:
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Hybrid tea
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Plant
Habit:
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High centered
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Growth Habit:
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Upright, well-balanced
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Stem Length:
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14-16 inches
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Foliage Color:
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Dark
green
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Disease
Resistance:
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Good
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Hardiness |
Zone 5,
Zone 4 with winter protection |
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Flower Color:
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Peachy
apricot pink with strong yellow base
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Flower Size:
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Larch, up to 5 inches
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Petal Count:
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25 to 30
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Fragrance:
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Strong anise
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Parentage:
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Seedling
x Sun Goddess
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