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All
America Rose Selections Winners For 2004 |
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Every year All-America
Rose Selections (AARS) evaluates
a number of roses in 27 official AARS trial gardens across the U.S. Their
gardens represent a wide range of climates throughout the United States,
so the roses selected must do well in all of the climates. They closely
examine the hardiness, disease-resistance, novelty, and color of its
blossoms during a two-year period. Only two or three roses each year
win the coveted distinction of receiving an AARS award. For 2004:
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Day Breaker™ is
a floribunda with pointed, shapely yellow buds with shades of pink
and apricot. It grows up to 3' high and 3'
wide. It is very disease resistant. The buds are pointed and open
to reveal four-inch blooms with 30-35 petals. The foliage is
dark green and glossy. It has a spicy perfume.
Day Breaker was hybridized by Gareth Fryer and is his second AARS
winner. It's
parentage is a combination of Silver Jubilee and
(Pensioners Voice and Cheshire Life)
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is being introduced by Edmunds’ Roses. Order while supplies last. |
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Memorial Day™ is from
the most popular class of modern roses, hybrid tea. It is a medium-tall,
upright and bushy rose that offers very large, full, spiraled blooms with more
than 50 petals per flower. The buds are pointed and ovoid, and its clear pink
flowers have a lavender accent. The blossoms grow to up to 5 inches in diameter.
Like other hybrid teas, its long cutting stems are covered with green foliage
that accent the large blossoms.
Memorial Day has
a strong damask rose perfume and loves hot weather.
With its classic, strong damask rose fragrance, a
single Memorial Day rose can fill an entire room with sweet rose
perfume. A vigorous
and productive performer, Memorial Day is highly disease resistant
and especially loves hot weather, particularly for unfurling its
commemorative rose petals. It makes a great, easy-to-grow addition
to any garden.
Memorial Day was hybridized by Tom Carruth. Its parentage is a combination
of Bluberry Hill and New Zealand. It’s being introduced
by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower of Upland, California. Order while supplies last.
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Honey Perfume™ This
floribunda is a very bright apricot-yellow. Its blossoms
grow in large, open clusters with fast repeat on an upright, well-branched
plant.
Flowers are about
4 inches in diameter with 25 to 30 petals each on 12 to 14-inch long
stems. Honey Perfume grows to about 3½' high and 2½'
wide and features dark green and glossy foliage.
It has a spicy scent and shows very good resistance to disease,
including rust and powdery mildew.
Honey Perfume was hybridized by Keith Zary, who has created five
past AARS winners. Its parentage is a combination of AROfres and
HARrooney.
It is being introduced
by Jackson and Perkins Wholesale Inc. of Medford, Oregon. Order while supplies last. |
The All America Rose Selections committee has been awarding winners since 1938.
The roses above were selected for 2004 as AARS gold medal winners.
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