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This sortable list allows users to view roses alphabetically by breeder, colour, etc. - as well as ordering them by size if required. Clicking on the double arrow a second time reverses the alphabetical order. ↑ shows the maximum height in metres. ←→ shows the maximum spread in square metres. Notes indicates sources of names where known.
Rosa nutkana, the Nootka rose, [3] bristly rose, or wild rose is a 0.6–3.0-metre-tall (2–10-foot) perennial shrub in the rose family . [4] [5] [6] The species name nootka comes from the Nootka Sound of Vancouver Island, where the plant was first described. [7] This plant is native to Western North America. [6]
Peninsula Park became the city's first public rose garden in 1909 when it was purchased for $60,000 ($2,034,667 in 2025 [10]) with funds raised in a 1908 bond measure. [11] Designed by Emanuel L. Mische, the 2-acre (0.81 ha) garden contains 8,900 plantings featuring 65 rose varieties. Mme.
It is a scrambling shrub climbing over other plants to a height of 3–5 m (9 ft 10 in – 16 ft 5 in), with stout stems with recurved prickles (sometimes absent). The leaves are 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long, compound, with 5–9 leaflets and feathered stipules.
Taking overall size and shape, the most common type is the bush rose, a rounded plant from 2 foot up to about 7 foot tall, above which height roses generally fall into the "'climbing and rambling'" class, the latter spreading wider; support is needed for these.
The International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon is a public garden used for testing and growing new varieties of rose, and helped establish Portland as a "City of Roses." Established in 1917, the Test Garden is the oldest official, continuously operating rose test garden in the United States, and possesses over 7000 plants of ...
Hybrid tea roses did not become popular until the beginning of the 20th century, when French rose breeder, Joseph Pernet-Ducher, introduced the cultivar 'Soleil d'Or' in 1900. 'Soleil d'Or' is the first yellow rose introduced and the ancestor of the modern hybrid tea rose.
The American Garden Rose Selections (AGRS) is an annual award sponsored by the American rose industry to acknowledge and recommend outstanding rose varieties for different regions of the United States. AGRS replaced the long-established All-America Rose Selections, which was discontinued after 2012. AGRS's first annual award was introduced in 2016.