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F,G,L,N,O,P,TCalocarpa
R. rugosa calocarpa
Rosa rugosa staxon calocarpa André
Rosa X calocarpa (André) Willmott

Hybrid Rugosa. Pink. Strong fragrance. Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Height: 39" to 6'7" (100 to 200cm). Width: up to 5' (up to 150cm). François-Georges-Léon Bruant (1891).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,VCoupe d'Hébé (cl. bourbon, Laffay, 1840)
Hebe’s Cup

Bourbon, Cl., Hybrid Bourbon, Hybrid China. Pink, cherry-red shading. Strong fragrance. Large, very double, cupped bloom form. Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom. USDA zone 5b through 10b.
Height: 5' to 8'2" (150 to 250cm). Width: 5' (150cm). Jean Laffay (1840).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,U,VG. Nabonnand (tea, Nabonnand 1888)
"Jean Ducher - in commerce"

Tea. Light pink, light yellow shading. Strong, sweet fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Height: 6'7" to 9'10" (200 to 300cm). Width: 3' to 7' (90 to 215cm). Gilbert Nabonnand (1828-1903) (1888).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

A,C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,VHarlow Carr ™ (shrub, Austin before 2004) [AUShouse]

Shrub. English Rose Collection. Pink. Strong fragrance. Large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of up to 4' 1" (up to 125 cm). David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (2004).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

A,C,E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UForever Friends (floribunda, Meilland 1994)
Johann Strauss ®
Sweet Sonata [MEIoffic]

Floribunda. Romantica ™. Salmon-pink, yellow shading. Orient pink suffused aureoline yellow. Mild, apple, lemon fragrance. Medium, very double, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b and warmer. Height of 20" to 4' 11" (50 to 150 cm). Alain Meilland (1940-....) (1994).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

C,F,G,L,N,O,P,T,U,VMadame Bérard

Noisette, Tea Noisette, Tea, Cl.. Yellow, copper center, salmon-pink outer petals. Bright buff or fawn. Strong fragrance. Medium to large, very double, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of 8' 2" to 10' (250 to 305 cm). Width of 4' 11" to 8' (150 to 245 cm). Antoine Levet (père) (1870).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

A,C,E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UNoble Antony [AUSway]

Shrub. English Rose Collection. Red. Flowers deep magenta. Strong, sweet fragrance. Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, old-fashioned, reflexed, rounded bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of 3' to 5' (90 to 150 cm). Width of 3' to 5' (90 to 150 cm). David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (1993).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

A,C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,U,VRosemary Harkness [HARrowbond]

Floribunda, Hybrid Tea. Orange-pink. Strong, sweet fragrance. Double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 5b and warmer. Height of 30" to 3' (75 to 90 cm). Width of 30" to 32" (75 to 80 cm). Harkness & Co. (1985).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

A,C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,U,VBarry Fearn
Black Madonna
Schwarze Madonna ™ [Korschwama]

Hybrid Tea / Large-Flowered. Dark red. Velvety black-red. None to mild fragrance. Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of up to 32" (up to 80 cm). W. Kordes & Sons (1992).

48 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

A,C,G,O,P,QAphrodite ® (shrub, Evers/Tantau, 2000/06)
Laurette Fugain ® [TAN00847]

Hybrid Tea, Shrub. Light pink, amber shading. Mild, spice fragrance. Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Height: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm). Hans Jürgen Evers (1940-2007) (2000).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UAmaroela
Ambra Rosata
Bernstein-Rose ® (floribunda, Evers/Tantau, 1987)
Tantau's Bernsteinrose [TANeitber]

Floribunda. Deep yellow. Flowers large, warm amber-yellow. Moderate, spice fragrance. Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b and warmer. Height of 2' (60 cm). Hans Jürgen Evers (1940-2007) (1987).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: GOOD+.

C,E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UBrilliant Pink Iceberg [PRObril]

Floribunda. Pink, cream center, light pink stamens. Mild, honey fragrance. Medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to flat, open bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 10b. Height of 30" to 5' (75 to 150 cm). Width of 30" to 5' (75 to 150 cm). Lilia Margaret Weatherly (1927-2012) (1995).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

A,F,G,O,P,Q,T,UBuffalo Gal
Foxi
Foxi Pavement
Foxy Pavement
Luberon ® (rugosa, Uhl 1987)
Rosa rugosa 'Foxi'
Toxi Pavement [UHLater]

Hybrid Rugosa, Shrub. Pink. Flowers lavender-pink. Strong, spice fragrance. Double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. USDA zone 3b and warmer. Height of 3' to 5' (90 to 150 cm). Width of 3' to 5' (90 to 150 cm). Jürgen Walter Uhl (1987).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

A,C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,U,VColor Magic
Colour Magic (hybrid tea, Warriner, 1975) [JACmag]

Hybrid Tea. Salmon-pink, ages to lighter . Mild to strong, fruity fragrance. Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b and warmer. William A. Warriner (1975).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

F,N,O,P,QAlba (damask perpetual)
Bifère à fleurs blanches
Bifère blanche
Blanc de tous les mois
Blanche d'Italie
Candida (damask)
Damascena Bifera Alba
D'Italie blanc
Grande rose royale
Menstrualis alba
Perpétuelle blanche
Quatre Saisons blanc
Quatre saisons blanche
Rosa bifera var. flore albo
Rosa menstrua alba
Rosa omnium calendarum flore albo
Rosier des quatre Saisons à fleurs blanches
Tous Mois blanc
Weisse Monathsrose
White Four-Seasons Rose
White Monthly Damask

Damask, Damask Perpetual, Portland. White, blush shading. Strong fragrance. Medium, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Height: up to 12' (up to 365cm). Unknown (1697).

47 favorite votes.

A,C,E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UFlutterbye ™ (Shrub, Carruth, 1996) [WEKplasol]

Climber, Shrub. Yellow and pink. Moderate, spice fragrance. Single (4-8 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of 6' to 8' (185 to 245 cm). Width of 10' (305 cm). Tom Carruth (1995).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT.

A,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UKathleen (hybrid Musk, Pemberton 1922)

Hybrid Musk. Blush. Mild to strong fragrance. Small, single to semi-double, in large clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 10b. Height of 6' to 15' (185 to 455 cm). Width of 4' (120 cm). Rev. Joseph Hardwick Pemberton (1922).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

G,O,P,QLovely Green ®
Meitiver

Florists Rose. White, green undertones. None / no fragrance. Very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of 2' to 32" (60 to 80 cm). Meilland International (2005).

47 favorite votes.

A,C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,U,VCasper
Magna Charta

Hybrid Perpetual. Pink, carmine-pink shading. Moderate, damask fragrance. Very large, full (26-40 petals), cupped, globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 4a and warmer.
Height: 4' to 10' (120 to 305cm). William Paul (1822-1905) (1875).

47 favorite votes.

A,C,E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,UMidas Touch ™ (Hybrid Tea, Christensen, 1992) [JACtou]

Hybrid Tea. Deep yellow. Moderate, musk fragrance. Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, exhibition bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 7b and warmer.
Height: 4'11" to 5¼' (150 to 160cm). Jack E. Christensen (1992).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: GOOD+.

A,F,G,L,N,O,TLiaison (floribunda, Williams 1996)
Pete Musser
Peter Musser [WILpete]

Floribunda / Cluster Flowered, Florists Rose, Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea / Large-Flowered. Orange or orange-red. Cherry-red. Strong fragrance. Large, full (26-40 petals), exhibition bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 7b and warmer. Height of 42" to 4' (105 to 120 cm). J. Benjamin Williams (1996).

47 favorite votes.

C,F,G,L,N,O,PAnemonoides Ramona
Ramona (hybrid laevigata, Dietrich & Turner, 1913)
Red Cherokee
Rosa laevigata 'Ramona'
Rosa laevigata red
Rosa X anemonoides 'Ramona'

Hybrid Laevigata, Shrub. Carmine-red, ages to pink. Single (4-8 petals) bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Height of up to 10' (up to 305 cm). Width of up to 8' (up to 245 cm). Dieterich & Turner (1913).

47 favorite votes.

A,E,F,G,N,O,P,Q,T,URock 'N' Roll (floribunda, McGredy 1983)
Stretch Johnson
Tango (shrub, McGredy, 1983) [MACfirwal]

Floribunda, Shrub. Orange-red, yellow centre and occasionally white rim. Pink-yellow reverse. None to mild fragrance. Small to medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. USDA zone 6b and warmer. Height of up to 5' 11" (up to 180 cm). Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1983).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

A,C,F,G,N,O,P,Q,TSuper Dorothy
Superb Dorothy [HELdoro]

Rambler. Pink, white undertones, lighter reverse. Small to medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. USDA zone 5b through 10b.
Height: 8'2" (250cm). Karl Hetzel (1986).

47 favorite votes. Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

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