Rose Society of South Australia
To encourage, improve, foster and extend the cultivation
and appreciation of the Rose
and appreciation of the Rose
Hybrid Tea
‘Our Rosamond’ is an Australian bred Hybrid Tea rose released in 1983. The breeder was Ronald (Ron) Bell (1915-2008) who was known as the modern day Alister Clark.
Ron Bell’s contribution to the world of roses was recognised with numerous rose awards and an Order of Australia Medal. Ron also wrote a small booklet which is still highly regarded by all Australian hybridisers “The Amateur Guide to Rose Breeding”.
Our Rosamond is a tall growing plant, up to 1.5m high and 1.2m wide, with attractive glossy foliage. The rose is pale pink with petals having a deep rich pink edge and being slightly darker on the reverse side. The classically shaped, high-centred blooms open slowly and have a mild fragrance. The plant can have up to 30 blooms each flush, usually one per stem. Our Rosamond is almost thornless, rain and disease tolerant and has an excellent vase life.
For those who like classically shaped Hybrid Tea roses – this is a must.
Ron Bell bred some other lovely roses including Marjorie Atherton, April Hamer,
Australian Bi-Centennial Rose and Community Banquet.
Shrub Rose
‘Edgar Degas’ was introduced by Rose Breeder Guy Delbard of Delbard Roses in France. It is a sport of ‘Henri Matisse’ and was discovered in June 1994 growing among plants of ‘Henri Matisse’ in a greenhouse in Hyeres, France.
This unusual semi-double rose (with 40-48 petals and 9cm in diameter) has raspberry hot pink and buttery yellow stripes with a light fragrance and glossy dark green foliage.
Roses are produced either solitary or in small clusters of 3 or 4 per stem. This popular shrub rose blooms in flushes throughout the season and is known for its excellent disease resistance, vigorous growth and tough foliage. It can be grown as a normal bush 1.2m by 1.2m or trained as a pillar or on a trellis to 2 metres high.
This rose was named after the famous French painter Edgar Degas and is from Delbards ‘Painter Series’. These are exceptional roses as each bloom features a different pattern of colouring. Some of the other great roses in this collection are ‘Alfred Sisley’, ‘Claude Monet’, ‘Grimaldi’, ‘Maurice Utrillo’ and ‘Paul Cézanne’.
In South Australia, two nurseries specialise in Delbard Roses – Newman’s Nursery at Tea Tree Gully and Wagner’s Rose Nursery in the State’s South-East.
Hybrid Musk / Shrub
Buff Beauty is a Hybrid Musk released by Bentall in Great Britain in 1939. This rose is thought to be one of the Hybrid Musks bred by Reverend Joseph Pemberton. Joseph Pemberton (1852 – 1926) was a well-known rose breeder in Essex and Buff Beauty could have been one of the roses released after his death by the Bentall family who took over the business.
This rose is known for its gorgeous display of apricot and buff yellow flowers produced in small clusters in the spring and autumn. The blooms have 45 – 50 petals and a strong tea rose fragrance, opening in the shape of powder puffs showing muddled centres. Intensity of the colour can vary depending on soil type and weather.
Buff Beauty has vigorous shrub like growth and dark green glossy foliage. It can be pruned into a 1.2m bush or trained as a pillar rose or climber up to 3m with a width of 2.4m. It is also available as a weeping standard and is excellent when grown in this manner.
Grow it in full sun or part shade, it copes well with full afternoon sun and is hardy and drought resistant once established. One of the most popular, old style shrub roses.
Climbing Miniature
Jeanne La Joie is a Climbing Miniature Rose bred in the United States of America by Edward P. Sima from Mini Roses in 1975.
This rose produces beautifully formed medium pink flowers borne in clusters with up to 10 flowers per head, held on stems up to 20cm long, off long arching canes. This makes it ideal as a cut flower as it also has a reasonably long vase life. The flowers have a mild fragrance and contain up to 40 petals and open to approximately 35mm in size. Single blooms also look great in lapels or shoulder sprays. If regularly deadheaded, this climber will produce flowers from mid-October until June.
Jeanne La Joie produces strong canes up to 2 to 3 metres long and one plant will cover a trellis 2m high x 2.5m wide. It also makes an ideal Pillar Rose if planted and supported on a vertical pole 2m to 3m in height.
This hardy rose is very resistant to fungal diseases and enjoys our hot, dry climate.
It is one of the best climbing miniature roses available and is, therefore, highly recommended to the home gardener. Plants are readily available from Rose Society Shows and it can be easily reproduced from cuttings.
Plants available from Silkies Rose Farm, Clonbinane, Victoria, www.rosesalesonline.com.au or phone 03 57871123.
Text by Dean Stringer
Floribunda Rose
Korweiso
‘Hannah Gordon’ is a Floribunda rose bred by famous Rose Breeder Reimer Kordes (1922 – 1997), in Germany and released in 1983.
This popular rose is highly rated by rose lovers and gardeners around the world due to its attractive blooms, excellent disease resistance and repeat flowering qualities.
The very attractive flowers are in shades of white with pink or light red edges. The blooms have a mild fragrance and 20 to 25 petals with multiple heads of up to 5 or 6 blooms on a sturdy stem, produced in flushes throughout the season.
‘Hannah Gordon’ has very strong growth with glossy deep green leaves. When planting allocate sufficient space from other roses due to its overall size when mature. This tough, healthy rose suits our warm climate and usually grows 1.3m tall with an average width of 1.5m and yields a large number of blooms during the growing season.
This rose does have some thorns which are easily removed when picking to place in vases for arrangements.
This is a great specimen plant or it can be used in a mass planting to create a marvellous display of flowers.
Hybrid Tea
Tomroyal
Crown Princess Mary is an enchanting rose named to celebrate the marriage of Crown Princess Mary to Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. This rose was bred by Australian Rose Hybridist George Thomson and was introduced in 2006 by Ross Roses.
Decorative ivory-white blooms blushed with pink, open in a gentle ruffle of petals resembling a silk rose. Softly fragrant, the charming roses flower freely and keep exceptionally well when picked. A particularly sun-loving garden plant which flowers from October to late June. The healthy, compact bush has rich green foliage and grows up to 1.2 metres tall.
This rose has proven to be incredibly tough with excellent performance in Ross Roses’ (no watering, spraying or maintenance) trials. It flowers well and will perform the same in many Australian gardens.
Now ten years in production, this lovely Australian bred rose has proved to be a very popular choice and is firmly established in the rose market. Readily available from rose suppliers around Australia.
Syn. Rosa chinensis Mutabilis
Old China
This rose was probably introduced to horticulture in 1934 by Swiss Botanist, Henri Correvon of Geneva, who obtained it from Prince Ghilberto Borromeo’s garden at Isola Bella (Source: Botanica’s Roses). Breeder unknown, pre 1894.
Mutabilis has single flowers of 4 - 8 petals which change colour from pale yellow to pink and crimson as the flower ages. The transition of colours is quite remarkable and adds significant colour to any landscape. In full bloom, the multi coloured flowers look like butterflies covering the bush.
This rose blooms in flushes from spring and continues throughout the season but is rarely without flowers.
It normally makes a large, spreading bush 1.2m – 3m high with a width of 0.9m – 1.8m and it has very few thorns. Unlike many roses, it has a higher tolerance for excessive rainfall & moisture but should still be grown in well-drained soil. It is also tolerant of shady positions making it very versatile in the garden but like most roses will benefit from 6 – 8 hours direct sunlight daily.
This hardy, reliable performer can be grown as a feature plant or a hedge to create a colourful border. A healthy rose well worth a place in the garden.
Text: Sharyn Perrin
Hybrid Tea
(JACtourn)
Rose of the Month for August is a voluptuous, fuchsia pink Hybrid Tea and, in fact, was first introduced in the USA, in 2005, as ‘Voluptuous!’ This beautiful, fragrant, high centred rose was bred by Dr. Keith Zary, a result of hybridizing two famous roses ‘Tournament of Roses’ x ‘Trumpeter’.
In 2008 this rose was released in Australia as ‘Good Samaritan’ to honour the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict’s 150th Anniversary (1857 – 2007).
Showing classic Hybrid Tea form (25 – 35 petals), the deep magenta blooms are on long stems and have a light, spicy, sweet fragrance. The bush is upright, growing to 1.5m tall with glossy, dark green foliage and is highly disease resistant and heat tolerant. This rose blooms in flushes throughout the growing season and can be used as a cut flower, in garden beds or mass planting.
Awarded BRONZE MEDAL 2008 National Rose Trial Garden of Australia Adelaide
Plants available from Wagner’s Rose Nursery
Text: Melanie Trimper
Bourbon Climber
‘Zephirine Drouhin’ is a Climbing Bourbon bred by Bizot, in France, in 1868. It is one of the few climbing roses which is virtually thornless and it flowers extremely well right throughout the season. In fact, it is one of the earliest roses to bloom in the season and one of the last.
The semi double, bright cerise pink blooms are loosely petalled and have an attractive, sweet, rich damask fragrance. They appear singly or in small clusters of three to five flowers which are set off by semi-glossy mid-green foliage. The flowing arching growth is very easy to train on a trellis 2m tall by 5m wide.
When planting Zephirine Drouhin care should be taken to ensure a good flow of air to reduce the chance of mildew. A trellis or fence in a sunny site is a good option.
Zephirine Drouhin will grow up to 2m tall with at least a 4m to 5m spread. The blooms average 8cm in diameter with 20 – 25 petals. It is also a vigorous and prolific performer as a shrub which can make a very pleasing long term backdrop in any garden.
There is a pale pink version, a sport called ‘Kathleen Harrop’ (1919). It is the same in all respects apart from the colour.
Text: Maureen Humphries
Miniature
Green Ice is a true Miniature Rose bred in the United States of America by world renowned rose breeder, the late Ralph Moore, who is often referred to as the Father of Miniature Rose breeding.
Green Ice was released about 45 years ago, in 1971, and is still a very popular miniature grown by home gardeners.
The tightly pointed buds open to a white to light green flat flower with dainty stamens which appear to be bright green in colour. The flower is truly miniature having up to 25 petals within a 25mm diameter. It is in constant flower from October to June.
The plant has small glossy leathery foliage which is reasonably resistant to pest and disease damage and is ideal as a container grown plant, growing to a height of approximately 45cm when planted in a 250 – 300mm diameter pot. It also performs well when planted in a hanging basket, as it can be encouraged to develop a spreading growth habit, if pruned correctly.
When regularly deadheaded, this rose produces clusters of 4 – 6 blooms which have a mild fragrance.
Green Ice is also ideal for low borders or hedges and makes an excellent alternative to English Box hedges. It can be readily reproduced from cuttings, taken around May, and is nearly always available from Rose Society Rose Shows. Green Ice is also listed in Treloar Roses and Wagner’s Rose Nursery catalogues.
Text: Dean Stringer
(Code: Weksunvoye)
Hybrid Tea Rose
‘Sunstruck’ is a Hybrid Tea Rose bred by Tom Carruth (USA) in 2004 and released by Weeks Roses in the USA in 2006 as ‘Sunstruck’.
This large flowered rose has enormous round petals which create a lovely classic flower form of deep yellow gold blushed and bordered with apricot orange. A surprising bright yellow peacock fan pattern on the reverse of each petal gives this rose its name. Long straight stems with deep green leaves carry each flower which has a light fragrance of fruit.
The rose has 26 to 40 petals with an average diameter of 12 – 15 cms which repeat blooms throughout the season. The medium sized bush ranges from 1.4m to 1.6m with an average width of 1m and has good disease resistance. These magnificent flowers are generally one to a stem and have an attractive round outline with a high pointed centre and quite often appear on the Show Bench. The blooms make a great display in vases lasting up to 10 days.
This rose performs very well in our hot and dry climate.
Text by Tony Hanna
Floribunda
TANjuka
Julischka is a Floribunda rose bred by Mathias Tantau, Jr., (B. 1912 – D. 2006) at Rosen Tantau in Germany in 1974.
This unusual modern floribunda rose produces large, good quality, cluster flowered heads on strong stems creating a colourful garden display. The bright scarlet red blooms are semi-double with about 20 wavy petals, prominent yellow stamens and a mild floral fragrance.
The bush grows to 1m in height with a slightly spreading growth habit reaching 1.4m wide. It is a hardy bush with glossy foliage, reasonable disease resistance and good repeat flowering from spring until late autumn.
Julischka is not widely grown these days except by specialist growers and collectors, but due to the large sprays of brilliant red flowers and long pointed buds it was a favourite on the show bench for many years.
Available from Reliable Roses, Silvan, Victoria.
Awards:
GOLD MEDAL - Gold Star of the South Pacific, New Zealand 1976
THE GOLDEN ROSE AWARD, The Hague 1982
Text : Melanie Trimper
Our Rosamond
Edgar Degas
Buff Beauty
Jeanne Lajoie
Hannah Gordon
Crown Princess Mary
Mutabalis
Good Samaritan
Zephrine Drouhin
Green Ice
Sunstruck
Julischka