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Tom Carruth is an American rose hybridizer, who has created more than 100 rose varieties, including eleven All-America Rose Selections (AARS). He is currently the E.L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collections at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California .
'Rock & Roll' was created by American rose breeder, Tom Carruth, in 2006 and introduced into the United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2007. [3] The stock parents of this rose are the multi-colored Floribunda cultivar, 'George Burns' (Carruth 1998) and the hybrid tea rose, 'New Zealand' (McGredy 1989).
In 1986, Carruth began working at Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower. He worked at Weeks for twenty six years, and was the nursery's rose hybridizer from 1989 until his retirement in 2012. [ 3 ] During his forty-year career, Carruth introduced more than 100 rose varieties, including eleven All-America Rose Selections (AARS).
Lord Penzance was a noted British judge and rose breeder, creating among others the varieties 'Lady Penzance' and 'Jeanie Deans'. Jean Pernet, père (1832–1896) was an important French rose breeder from Lyon who developed Hybrid Perpetual and Bourbon roses. His father, Claude Pernet established the World's first exhibition of roses.
'Fourth of July' was created by American rose breeder, Tom Carruth and introduced into the United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 1999. The stock parents of this rose variety are the red climber 'Altissimo' and the miniature red climber, 'Roller Coaster'. The cultivar was named an All-America Rose Selections in 1999. [2]
Lucky for us, Arabella Huntington loved roses, because the botanic garden she and her husband left behind features more than 1,300 varieties, tended by famed rose breeder Tom Carruth, who left his ...
In 1986, Carruth moved to Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower. In 1989, Carruth was promoted to rose hybridizer at the nursery. He worked at Weeks nursery for twenty years, until his retirement in 2012. [5] [6] Carruth had a strong interest in developing striped and unusually colored roses in his breeding program. Rose breeder, Nan Cocker, of Aberdeen ...
The Knock Out Rose family continues to grow; Easy Bee-zy and Orange Glow are the latest varieties, introduced in 2024. Each year, new types are stringently tested to see if they meet the standards ...