I have extra cuttings ...a couple rooted ones, looking for noisettes, chinas, hybrid musks, or mini roses, modern mosses are cool , as are odd colors, please tempt me, I do not have room to keep multiples of this rose!!!!!!! I will trade a rooted rose for cuttings, fine by me just make it semi fair!

Andrew Grover

Feb 21st 2010

Since the closing of Nor East Mini roses, I have been asked "What minis do Best in Florida?"
I do not grow all mini roses, nor do I baby my roses. So, If I can get it to live, chances are you can also.

Out of 225 minis I bought at the end of Nor East's closing, these are the ones that have done best own root. All of these are still alive from the original plants, and doing pretty well. ( Remember these were received in July, in Tampa Bay ! ) The other minis I still have, but mostly,they are from cuttings, and not first generation in my garden. I guess this would be about the top 25 %.

Cl. Buckaroo. What can I say, mini climbers can fend for themselves, for the most part, bare root, in Florida.

Carol Jean Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1977). Deep pink. Mild fragrance. 20 to 25 petals.
Avandel Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1977). Yellow blend. Fruity fragrance. 20 to 25 petals. Flat to cupped bloom form.
Sugar Plum Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1994). Mauve or purple blend. None / no fragrance. Average diameter 1.75". Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.
Live Wire Bred by Saville (Nor'East Min Roses) (United States, 1988). Deep pink. 27 to 30 petals.
Pink Joy Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1953). Deep pink. Violets fragrance.
Andrea Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1971). Pink blend.
Red Fairy Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1995) Medium red Polyantha.
Stars n Stripes Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1976). Red blend, stripes. Sweet fragrance. 21 petals. Good rose, took some time to take off, less than a year, so I shouldn't complain.
Sequoia Ballet Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 2006). Grandiflora. White and pink. Average diameter 3". Double (17-25 petals), in large clusters bloom form. Good to have a Ralph Moore rose that is not a mini ! Holds its own
Magic Dragon Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1969). Dark red Miniature, Cl..
Jewel Box Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1984). Pink blend. Mild fragrance. 20 petals. Double (17-25 petals) I LOVE the looks of this rose!
Eleanor Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1960). Orange-pink.
Nancy Hall Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1972).Miniature, Moss. Pink blend. sport of Mary Adair
Star Delight Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1990) Hybrid Rugosa Medium pink
Max Colwell Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1969) Orange or orange-red.
Little Girl Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1973) Orange-pink Miniature, Cl..
Red Wand Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1964) Red Miniature, Cl.
Magic Wand Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1957) Miniature, Cl. Great rose for breeding with !
Rountuit Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 2000) Rose-pink Hybrid Rugosa (No other rose has put on as much size, or been so clean. Plant must love Florida?) Shame it is not being offered by more people. In these economic times, I am just happy to be able to have it , and hopefully get more of them on the market in the future.

Thanks To Sue Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 2005) Apricot or apricot blend Mini-Flora, Patio still hanging on Aug. 2010. The first one is declining in health. But cuttings are all doing well so far.

Mr Blue Bird Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1960) Mauve or purple blend China / Bengale, Miniature Hardy to put it mildly, well, at least for my area. Takes the humidity. Does not bloom as much as I would like, perhaps as it gets some size on Fortuniana , it will actually bloom more for me.

Angel Darling Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1976) Lavender, ruffled bloom form.

Berkeley Beauty Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1988). Mauve or purple blend, pink edges.

Persian Flame Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, before 2006). Hybrid Hulthemia persica, Bright yellow buds open to Chinese red inside with a deep red eye. Jim Sproul is doing some great work with this family of roses!

Judy Fischer Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1968) Pink.

Dahlia Rose Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 2003) Pink and white, white reverse. Stunning

Cl. Jackie Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1957) Oddly, has put on some size,finally, and is one of my favorite mini climbers of Ralph Moore's that I grow. edit June 22nd 2013 - It has gotten huge. Flowering for longer periods of time really has become my favorite mini climber that I have tried so far by Ralph Moore. Setting hips with just about everything I have thrown at it.

Marie Shields Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1988) Pink

Persian Princess Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1970) Orange or orange-red. Thornless (or almost)

Sugar Plum Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1994) Mauve or mauve blend Miniature

Just For You Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1990) Deep pink.

Edna Marie Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1988) Light pink. Fruity fragrance.

Toy Clown Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1966) Red and white, red edges. Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.

Pink Poodle Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1991) Short, thornless (or almost), upright. Typical china characteristics Old Blush is a parent. Rose should be grown widely to put it mildly. Good in my yard.

Angel Pink Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1987) Climber, Miniature, Cl. Orange-pink.

Don Marshall Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1982) Dark red.

Janna Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1970)

Top Secret Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1971) Red sport of beauty secret

Tye ? Not the best rose for here when it comes to blackspot, but when it does not have blackspot it does half way well.

Cl. Earthquake Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1983). striped, took a good year to start putting on size. i guess it is true in this case, the saying First year they sleep second year they creep 3rd year they leap!

Sharon's Delight Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1996)
Kathy Ralph S. Moore (1970) almost thornless, not the prettiest of Ralph's roses in my opinion. But having Magic Wand in it's breeding seems to be a plus. Does pretty well for me around larger roses.
Red Cascade Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1976) climber What can I say about this rose?Will never be my favorite, but I do not think you can find a much easier rose to grow IF it grows for you. Mine has been ran over by a mower ...clipped with a weed eater, had a trellis fall on it at least 3 or 4 times. Loves abuse. Can be kept as a mound, that will sprawl a little or can easily cover a trellis or cascade down as I have seen it planted at the University of Southern Florida Lakeland Campus. Dr. Malcolm Manners has some nice ones on the campus!
Green Ice commonly grown mini. Good little rose. Sucker for Green Roses ... just would love some green stripes
Celebrate Life Orange blend Miniature. Cheery little rose for lack of a better term. A later Ralph Moore introduction.
Simplex
Christine Weinert
Earthquake
Judy Fischer
Persian Sunset
Tag A Long
Golden Century
Happy Thoughts
Vineyard Song
Ralph's Creeper
Yellow Bantam
Topaz Jewel
Pennies From Heaven
Orange Parfait
Kayla
Cherry Hi
Ruby
Halo Fire

Hope this helps someone down the line ! Please forgive spelling errors if you find one ......
Regards,
Andrew Grover