ROSES

Rosa (assorted minatures) MINATURE ROSES

We have a large selection of miniature roses, selected over time for the hardiest and most disease-resistant cultivars. They bloom all summer and have a variety of uses from the perennial border to container gardening.

Rosa 'Adelaide Hoodless' ROSE, ADELAIDE HOODLESS

(Marshall, Morden, 1973) One of the Parkland Series and very hardy. Semi-double red blooms. Repeat flowering. Light fragrance. Resistent to powdery mildew. 3' tall. Zone 2.

Rosa alba 'Maxima' ROSE, MAXIMA

Although this double, white-flowered, antique rose only blooms once each season, it blooms for a very long time, often 6 full weeks starting in June. Also known as the 'Jacobite Rose', or the 'White Rose of York'. Fragrant. Beautiful red hips in fall. 6' tall. Full sun to part shade. Part SHADE, not many roses do well in part shade. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Apothecary' ROSE, APOTHECARY

The oldest form of Rosa gallica in cultivation, also known as 'The Red Rose of Lancaster' is the best rose for medicinal use and herbal concoctions. It's also a very good garden rose, almost thornless, growing 4' x 4' tall with many double to semi-double carmine-colored flowers in spring. The flowers become intensely fragrant when dried. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Applejack' ROSE, APPLEJACK

(Griffith Buck, 1973) Crimson buds open to large, semi-double bright rose-pink blooms stippled along the midrib of the petals with crimson. Flowers have a clove fragrance. Foliage is apple-scented. 6' tall, can be trained as a climber. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Carefree Beauty' ROSE, CAREFREE BEAUTY

This is another great Griffith Buck rose. Large, fragrant, pink, semi-double blooms on arching canes. Orange hips in fall. Very disease resistant. 4' tall. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Earth Song' ROSE, EARTH SONG

(Buck, 1975) This Buck rose is fragrant and a good repeater. The buds start out as rosy red and open to a deep pink. It's hardy to Zone 4 (although it dies back to within a foot of the ground in winter, so not as hardy as the Canadian shrubs) and is very disease resistant.

Rosa eglanteria ROSE, EGLANTERIA

You'll love the apple-scented foliage of this rose. Also known as Sweet Briar Rose and Shakespeare's Rose. It is covered in June with single pink blooms. 6' x 6'. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Erfurt' ROSE, ERFURT

A hybrid musk with light pink, fragrant flowers. All of the hybrid musks are somewhat more tolerant of shade than most roses. 3' tall. Repeat blooming. Zone 5.

Rosa foetida 'Austrian Copper' ROSE, AUSTRIAN COPPER

Antique rose, known since the 12th century and probably originated in Turkey or Central Asia. Drought tolerant. Bright reddish orange flowers with a yellow reverse. This rose loves the heat and is one of the showiest of the antique roses. Great for Pueblo and Pueblo West. Zone 3.

Rosa gallica versicolor ROSA MUNDI

This sport of Rosa gallica officinalis is the original striped rose, with carmine and pink striped blooms in June-July. Fragrant. 4' tall. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Henry Kelsey' ROSE, HENRY KELSEY

Deep red petals and yellow stamens make this an eye-catching climber. Very hardy and the darkest red climber we offer. Canadian introduction. Zone 3.

Rosa 'Honeysweet' ROSE, HONEYSWEET

Double, orange-pink, fragrant flowers. Bushy, vigorous plants. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Hope for Humanity' ROSE, HOPE FOR HUMANITY ROSE

(Canadian Parkland series, 1996) Named in honor of the Canadian Red Cross, this rose is covered with larges clusters of deep wine red buds with high centers that resemble small hybrid tea blooms. Blooms from June until frost. 5' tall. Zone 3.

Rosa hugonis ROSE, FATHER HUGO

(collected in West China in 1899) Small yellow, cup-shaped blooms, early bloomer. Graceful shrub, sort green ferny foliage turns reddish in the fall. 5' tall. Xeric. Zone 5.

Rosa 'J.P. Connell' ROSE, J.P. CONNELL

(Svedja, 1987) Light yellow in bud fading to cream when fully opened. Lovely shaped flowers, almost like a hybrid tea, but this rose is a tough Canadian. Fragrant. Very few thorns, another plus. 4' tall. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Jacques Cartier' ROSE, JACQUES CARTIER

(France, 1842) This antique Portland rose is a fragrant, medium pink double that repeat well into the fall, often into October. Tolerates some shade and is a good cut flower. 4' tall. Zone 5.

Rosa 'John Davis' ROSE, JOHN DAVIS

(Svejda 1986) This climber is best used as a pillar rose. Medium pink flowers are very double. Repeats throughout the summer. 6'-8' tall. Zone 3.

Rosa 'John Franklin' ROSE, JOHN FRANKLIN

(Svejda, Ottawa, 1980) Very disease resistent, very hardy. Blooms all summer. Medium-red, double blooms. 2' tall. Zone 3.

Rosa 'Louis Jolliet' ROSE, LOUIS JOLLIET

(Canadian Explorer, 1990) A great rose with attractive medium pink flowers produced in clusters of 3-10 all season long. Flowers have a pleasing spicy fragrance. Glossy, deep green foliage is disease resistant. 2' tall. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Louise Odier' ROSE, LOUISE ODIER

This antique rose is very fragrant. The double, cabbage shaped roses are a warm pink color, flushed with lilac. Last year we sold out of this one quickly, it's a very appealing rose.5' tall. Zone 5.

Rosa 'Morden Centennial' ROSE, MORDEN CENTENNIAL

(Canadian Parkland, 1980) Medium pink double blooms in clusters repeating through the summer. Very hardy, the bush reaches 2 to 4 feet tall and wide in zone 3, but is a vigorous climbing shrub in zone 5, reaching 6 to 10 feet. Zone 3.

Rosa 'Morden Sunrise' ROSE, MORDEN SUNRISE

A yellow-apricot colored Canadian rose with fragrance! Canadian roses are hardy and vigorous shrubs, but they haven't been available in a very wide color range, and not many of them have much fragrance. Finally, one that isn't pink and that smells like a rose! Zone 4.

Rosa 'Nearly Wild' ROSE, NEARLY WILD

This cute shrub is almost a non-stop bloomer. The single pink flowers look like a wild rose only larger, and unlike a wild rose, they repeat all summer long. 3' x 3'. Zone 5.

Rosa 'New Dawn' ROSE, NEW DAWN

(Dreer, USA,1930) A light pink climber that repeats throughout the summer. This rose blooms on both old and new wood so even if a severe winter causes some dieback it will still bloom. Very good fragrance. Recommended by the Pikes Peak Rose Society. Very dependable. 10' long canes. Zone 5.

Rosa 'Pikes Peak' ROSE, PIKES PEAK

Dr. Newton Gunter, Pueblo dentist and rose hybridizer, developed this rose in the 1940s. Deep pink, almost red, flowers in June and July, sometimes reblooming in September. A cross between a native rose from San Isabel National Forest and a hybrid tea. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Prairie Harvest' ROSE, PRAIRIE HARVEST

(Buck, USA, 1985) Light yellow, double flowers in clusters. Continuous bloom. Fragrant. 3' tall.

Rosa 'Prairie Joy' ROSE, PRAIRIE JOY

(Manitoba, 1990) 'Prairie Joy' is the first hedge rose to be introduced by the Agriculture Canada Research Centre, Morden, Manitoba. The flowers are double, medium pink, 2" in diameter, in clusters of 1 to 6, mainly in June and sparsely thereafter. Resistance to powdery mildew and blackspot is excellent. It is useful as a flowering screen or hedge, and could be used as a security barrier. 3'-4' tall. Zone 2.

Rosa 'Prairie Sunrise' ROSE, PRAIRIE SUNRISE

Double apricot blend fading to pink at the tips. Blooms from June until frost. Good disease resistance. 3' tall. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Quadra' ROSE, QUADRA

(Canadian Explorer, 1994) The very double (65 petals!) deep red blossoms are set off by burgundy tinted new foliage. Shorter inward petals make this Canadian rose look like an old rose from the 16th century Dutch paintings. 6' tall climber. Disease resistant. Zone 3.

Rosa 'Rose de Rescht' ROSE DE RESCHT

This is a rose from Iran, introduced to the world in the late 1940s. It is thought to be an antique rose that was lost to cultivation until found again by Nancy Lindsay, the British writer. Good repeat bloomer. Fragrant. Zone 4.

Rosa rubrifolia ROSE

Pink single bloom in June; really grown for the beautiful purple-red stems and gray-green foliage. Good red hips in the fall. 5' x 5'. Zone 3.

Rosa 'Tamora' ROSE, TAMORA

(Austin, 1983) An apricot-colored rose with sweet fragrance. Disease resistant. Repeat blooming. 3.5' tall. Zone 5.

Rosa 'Teasing Georgia' ROSE, TEASING GEORGIA

(Austin, 1999) This yellow rose, deeper yellow in the center, with 50+ petals held in a cupped shaped bloom, is as gorgeous as it is fragrant. 4' x 4'. Zone 5.

Rosa 'The Fairy' ROSE, THE FAIRY

(Bentall, 1932) This attractive little rose starts blooming the end of June and then never stops until hard frost in fall. The foliage is glossy green and very tidy. It's free from disease problems. Clusters of small pink flowers are pretty in the garden and in bouquets. 3'x 3'. Zone 4.

Rosa 'Topaz Jewel' ROSE, TOPAZ JEWEL

A repeat blooming yellow rugosa rose. Shade tolerant. Very fragrant. 3' tall. Zone 4.

Rosa 'William Baffin' ROSE, WILLIAM BAFFIN

(Svejda, Ottawa, 1983) Very hardy Canadian climber has strawberry-pink semi-double blooms that repeat well throughout the summer. This is our best-selling climbing rose. 8' x 6'. Zone 3.

Rosa 'Winnipeg Parks' ROSE, WINNIPEG PARKS

(Canadian Parkland Series, 1990) This hardy rose produces cherry-pink semi-double blooms all summer long. The foliage is an attractive bronzy red throughout the summer, and then turns to shades of orange in the fall. The orange-red hips provide another season of interest in late fall and winter. 3' tall and 4' wide. Very disease free. Zone 3.

Rosa x harisonii 'Harison's Yellow' ROSE, HARISON'S YELLOW

(Harison, USA, 1830) Known as the '49ers' Rose' and 'The Yellow Rose of Texas', this hardy rose blooms in May and June in Colorado, and is often found growing wild all through our region. Semi-double yellow blooms cover the dainty foliage and very thorny stems. 4'x 5' or wider. Zone 3.

Rosa xanthina ROSE

Green, ferny foliage is one of the most attractive features of this rose. Medium-yellow, semi-double flowers, fragrant, blooms in May. A large bush, with arching canes and dark red hips in fall. Zone 4.