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All
America Rose Selections Winners For 2005 |
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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. In 2005, for
the first time ever, two of the selected winners are shrub roses. Only
two to four roses each year win the coveted distinction of receiving
an AARS award. For 2005, the winners are:
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About Face is a grandiflora with a novel ‘backwards’ bicolor whose light color of deep golden yellow is carried on the inside of the petals with a darker bronzy orange-red backside.
This super-vigorous plant yields long stems with full old-fashioned blossoms that catch attention throughout the life of the bloom. The flowers, up to 5 inches in diameter, offer a mild fresh apple fragrance and are beautifully complemented by lush, clean green leaves.
Hybridized by Tom Carruth, About Face is being introduced by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Upland, CA.
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DayDream may seem like a fantasy, but it’s as perfectly real and delightful as a rose can be. It is a low-growing compact landscape shrub rose reaching just 2’ in height. A unique color in the shrub category, the massive clusters of lightly scented, fuchsia-pink blooms will flower all summer long. Foliage is glossy, deep green and highly disease resistant. DayDream’s moderate size and neat round habit make it an appropriate choice for a variety of garden situations. It is crown hardy to Zone 4. DayDream was hybridized by Ping Lim and is introduced by Bailey Nurseries of St. Paul, MN.
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Elle is chic as a Parisian fashion house and sleek as the world-renowned supermodel, Elle combines a strong spicy, citrussy fragrance with a high-centered classic rose bud. She is a hybrid tea that produces shell pink flowers with deep yellow undertones. The dark glossy foliage provides a nice contrast to the soft, non-fading flower, and offers above average disease tolerance to mildew and blackspot. Elle’s flowers bloom on 10-14 inch stems and are 4-5 inches wide with a petal count of 50-55. Elle was developed by Meilland International and is being introduced by The Conard-Pyle Company/Star Roses of West Grove, PA.
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Lady Elise May. A rose is a rose is a rose, right? Not when we’re talking about Lady Elsie May. She’s a rose unlike any other. An upright, spreading shrub rose, Lady Elsie May offers a vigorous, uniform growth habit and excellent disease resistance. An abundance of flowers bloom in clusters on strong 12-20 inch cutting stems. Each flower is approximately 3 ½ to 4 inches wide and has 12 –14 petals. The fragrance is slight and the foliage is dark green and rugged. Hybridized by Reinhard Noack, Lady Elsie May is being introduced by Angelica Nurseries of Kennedyville, MD.
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The All America Rose Selections committee, the nonprofit association of the country's major rose growers, has been selecting winning roses since 1938.
The roses above were selected for 2005 as AARS gold medal winners.
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