All America Rose Selections Winner

All American Rose (AARS) is a designation given by the American Rose Society to roses evaluated for a certain period of time by members and test gardens throughout the United States.

The last rose given this designation is Francis Meilland, a truly beautiful Hybrid Tea.
Some roses are also evaluated by the ADR working group in Germany, the toughest rose selection trial in the world. A winning rose embodies all of the characteristics consumers desire in a garden plant including disease resistance and fragrance.

All American Rose is a designation given by the American Rose Society to roses evaluated for a certain period of time by members and test gardens through out the country.

The ADR working group also tests roses for seven years. The roses chosen are known as Kordes Select. To view these wonderful roses, under Rose Class, choose Kordes Roses or Kordes Select from our huge selection.

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About Face™
Rosa Grandiflora

A topsy-turvy attention-getter, this bi-color medal-grabber makes your eyeballs salute 'cause the two colors are outside-in. Or is it inside-out? The lighter lasting golden-orange color is on the inside with a distinct darker bronzy-red outside. Yet it's not just the flying colors that will cause a flap. It's a turning point as a plant, too, with superb vigor, lush clean green leaves and loads of bloom.
© Weeks Roses

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6b-9b
4-6 Feet
3-4 Feet

America™
Rosa Climber

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6-9
10-12 ft
6-8 ft

Artistry™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

This AARS award-winner lights up the garden with a profusion of vibrant coral-orange blossoms.

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5-9
4-5 Feet
4- Feet

Candelabra™
Rosa Grandiflora

A profusion of bright, bold orange all summer in the garden, this compact Grandiflora is not just for the faint of heart or the lovers of soft pastels. Nearly always in bloom from spring to late fall. The dark glossy foliage makes a welcome contrast to the bright flowers. 20-25 petals

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6b and warmer
4- Feet
2-3 Feet

Cherry Parfait™
Rosa Grandiflora

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5-10
2-3 Feet
2-3 Feet

Crimson Bouquet™
Rosa Grandiflora

A vigorous Grandiflora exhibiting bright red blooms. Crimson Bouquet spirals open to reveal 4-inch bright blooms. Disease resistance, hardiness and 14- 18 inch stems make this rose a garden must. 25-30 petals
©Star Roses

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5-10
3-4 Feet
3- Feet

Dick Clark
Rosa Grandiflora

Black-red buds spiral open to show off swirls of cream edged, vibrant cherry pink blooms.

This rose will give you hours of pleasure as it goes through its many color changes! As the rose ages it begins to blush burgundy finishing a deep dark red. Excellent for cutting!

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6-9
4-5 Feet
3-4 Feet

Dream Come True™
Rosa Grandiflora

This striking Grandiflora was a 'Dream Come True' for amateur hybridizer, Dr. John Pottschmidt. A bicolor with striking color contrast, this is a rose with strong form, sweet fragrance, and among the best disease resistance in it's class. This head turner will also hold extremely well as a cut flower. 26-40 petals

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6-9
5-6 Feet
2-3 Feet

Easy Does It ®
Rosa Floribunda

Easy Does It is 2010's only AARS winner!
The scalloped ruffled petals of this orangey-apricot flower create a unique picture of this Floribunda.
Weeks Roses-

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6-9
3-4 Feet
3- Feet

Elle®
Rosa Hybrid Tea

The latest look for gardens! Discover the 2005 AARS winner and experience the strong fragrance and high centered blooms of this Hybrid Tea.
©Star Roses

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5-10
3-5 Feet
2-3 Feet

Fourth of July
Rosa Climber

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5-9+
8-10 Feet
3-6 Feet

Francis Meilland®
Rosa Hybrid Tea

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5-10
6-7 Feet
3- Feet

French Lace
Rosa Floribunda

Ivory flowers with a pale creamy apricot pink center, very delicate looking. Makes tons of flowers all season long, good cut flower. Has very good disease resistance.

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6-11
3- Feet
3- Feet

Golden Showers
Rosa Climber

America's favorite yellow climber for almost 50 years. Perfect, buttery-colored buds open to fragrant, high-centered blooms. Flowers continuously over mounds of glossy, dark green foliage all season long.

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4-9+
10-12 Feet
7- Feet

Honor™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

This rose has satin-white blooms and sturdy foliage, beautiful but tough, it will hold up to all kinds of weather.

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5-9
4-5 Feet
3-4 Feet

Hot Cocoa™
Rosa Floribunda

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5-9
3-4 Feet
4-5 Feet

Julia Child®
Rosa Floribunda

Golden Yellow Floribunda Rose,
2006 All America Rose Selection Winner

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5-10
2-3 ft
2-3 ft

Livin' Easy®
Rosa Floribunda

All you have to do is just stick it in the ground, give it a little water, kick back and watch it grow. The foliage is so glossy green and free from black spot that the bush looks great even without flowers. But you won't have much of an opportunity to see just leaves 'cause it blooms up a storm. Scrumptious flowers of showy apricot orange will both light up your landscape and blend in with other colors. Ain't life grand?
©Weeks Roses

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6-10
3-5 Feet
2-6 Feet

Love
Rosa Grandiflora

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6-9
3- ft
3- ft

Love & Peace™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

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7b+
4-5 Feet
2-3 Feet

Memorial Day™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

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5-9
4-5 Feet
2-3 Feet

Midas Touch™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

A tall growing Hybrid tea with beautiful clear yellow blooms carried above the plant. This well branched rose has an abundance of foliage and will produce lots of long, pointed buds and double blooms.
©Star Roses

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6-9
4-5 Feet
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Miss All-American Beauty
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Big, bold perfectly formed hot pink flowers give this luscious beauty an exceptional appeal. We believe it is one of the best Hybrid teas.
©Star Roses

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7b and warmer
3-6 ft
3- ft

Olympiad™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Long-stemmed classic red roses bloom in abundance on this tall-growing plant.

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5b-10
3-5 feet
2- feet

Opening Night™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Abundant, slightly fragrant red roses, adorn this classic long-stemmed beauty. Perfect for bouquets.

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5-9
5- Feet
4- Feet

Pink Promise™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

This 2009 winner is a classic Hybrid Tea that has the whole package: high centered bud, long stems perfect for cutting, very soft shade of pale pink, and sweet fragrance.
Pink Promise has been chosen to represent the National Breast Cancer Foundation as they search for the cure. A percentage of each plant sold will benefit the foundation. This rose performs best in California and other dry, warm climates. Will require tender loving care in other parts of the country.

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6b-9b
5- Feet
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Queen Elizabeth
Rosa Grandiflora

A magnificent rose that has glowing pink to dawn-pink blooms. Borne individually or in clusters this is truly a rose to have in your own palace.

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5b-9b
5-10 Feet
3-3 Feet

Secret™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Here it is! The classic Hybrid tea bud in flowering form and seducing fragrance. This show-off plant is a blend of creamy-yellow shades suffused with pinks that vary with the season and weather.

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5-10
4-5 Feet
3- Feet

Singin' in the Rain
Rosa Floribunda

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5-9
4- Feet
2- Feet

St. Patrick®
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Some like it hot…and this is one! The luck of the Irish may have finally brought a super slow-opening yellow rose that likes the heat. This saintly yellow can pick up a touch of gold in cool weather, but he'll be wearin' the green when the temps turn up. Loads of novel chartreuse-shaded buds spiral open to yellow-gold flowers of amazing stamina. Grey-green foliage completes the picture.
©Weeks Roses

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7b and warmer
4-5 Feet
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Strike It Rich®
Rosa Grandiflora

It's like finding a stash of doubloons. 'Strike it rich' radiates deep golden yellow blushed with a bits of ruby red. The strong fragrance suggests spice and fruit. A true Grandiflora that blooms in clusters on long stems that are suited for cutting. Great disease resistance.

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5b-10
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Sunset Celebration
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Sometimes sunset hues are apricot burnished with cream, sometimes amber orange blushed with warm pink and sometimes a clear warm rich pink. It just depends on which sunset. The 'sunset' in this case is the famed Sunset Magazine celebrating its 100th anniversary with this striking award winner. All these colors can come forth from this attractive well-formed Hybrid Tea, depending on your locale. No matter where it's grown, though, the plant fills out beautifully, full of clean green foliage and long stemmed blossoms. A truly international rose, it's already picked up Gold Medals at The Hague, Belfast and La Roeulx (Belgium), Silver Medals at Genoa and Monza, plus the RINZ winner in New Zealand. ©Weeks Roses

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Sunshine Daydream
Rosa Grandiflora

Sunshine Daydream is the only rose to be chosen by the AARS as the 2012 winner. This grandiflora performed across all entries in a wide range of categories in test gardens across the US both as a grafted rose and grown on its own roots.

Sunshine Daydream has large buttercream yellow flowers that clean well. (Fall off of the plant and continue to bloom without being deadheaded)

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5-10
6- Feet
5- Feet

Tournament Of Roses
Rosa Grandiflora

This impressive and easy to grow rose was named in honor of the 100th anniversary of the famous New Years Day parade. These two-toned pink flowers bloom profusely on an upright and vigorous plant. The glossy green leaves offer good disease resistance.

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7a and warmer
4- ft
2- Feet