Rose Types and Rose Varieties ... Continuation

Rose Types and Rose Varieties ... Continuation

 

Eglanteria

This type produces small, single or semi-double flowers of pink, red, copper or yellow. You'll find a large, dense, thorny bush on these types. The foliage has an apple scent, especially after it rains. They are hardy plants that produce colorful hips. These roses bloom once a year.

Gallica

Also called the French Rose, this type is considered the oldest identified rose. The flowers come in red, purple or pink, and may be single or double. They have rough textured, dark green foliage. They produce hardy, compact plants.  Some varieties are very fragrant, while others have no scent at all.

                                         Hybrid Perpetual
These roses are types that are ancestors of the Hybrid Tea.
They produce a hardy bush that is tall and vigorous. They repeat blooms all summer. The large,double flowers, could be white, pink, maroon, red or mauve.

Categories of Modern Roses

Hybrid Teas

John F. Kennedy

Hybrid Tea Rose  This is the classic, high centered beautiful flower, most think of when the word rose flower comes to mind. They are wonderful cut flowers, that are the mainstay of roses used by florists.
These rose varieties of teas, come in every color except true blue and true black. They almost all are repeat bloomers, and many are fragrant. Their long, strong stems make them excellent for cutting.

Floribunda

Julia Child

 

Floribunda Roses  This is a cross between a hybrid tea rose and a polyantha rose. This type produces clusters of flowers in great abundance!They are hardy roses that are low growing, and bushy. They have large blooms that are sometimes single, but are usually born in large clusters. You can expect ever blooming sprays of roses. They are a great garden rose, that is widely used in landscaping situations.

Grandiflora Rose Types

Queen Elizabeth

Grandiflora Rose ~ '' New Year''

 

Grandiflora's inherited their beautiful flower form, and long stems from their Hybrid Tea parents, and the ability to produce continuous blooms from their Floribunda parentage.  This type produces large blooms, that are great for cutting. They are hardy rose bush plants, that grow large in size, and are nice for the back of the border or garden.

                                 Miniature





Hot Tamale

 

Miniature Roses  are petite versions of full size rose plants. The leaves, stems, and flowers,are all miniature size.
Plant heights range from 3 inches to 3 feet or more. The flowers can range from an inch across to several inches. They come in a very wide range of colors, with new ones being introduced continually. They resemble tiny floribundas and hybrid teas, but they are a class of their own. Some are even climbers. Smaller ones can be grown indoors or out, and do well in containers or window boxes.. Search this List of Mini Roses Climbing Rose Types  These types of roses have long canes that can sometimes be trained to grow horizontally along a fence. Training them this way, forces them to produce more of the lateral flowering branches. The stiffer caned rose varieties can be trained on a pergola trellis or arbor. Some are once blooming, others bloom off and on all summer.

Polyantha Types of Roses

Very hardy plants that flower continually. Low-growing and compact.
Clusters of flowers in shades of white, pink, yellow, red or orange.
Single flowers that are small, and open flat. Great edging or hedge plants.
Learn more about Polyantha roses, and view a list of them with information on them.

Rambler Rose Types

Super Dorothy

Floribunda Rose, Rambler Rose

 

Some of today's climbers descended from the Rambler roses.
These types of roses are generally very large, quick growing, and very hardy rose plants.
Most of them bloom only once in early summer, but put on a spectacular display that lasts quite sometime.


Unfortunately, lots of the old Ramblers have disappeared from the market. Others are hard to find, but if you do come across them, they are certainly worth your effort to grow them!

Shrub Roses

Shrub Roses Shrub roses are divided into several major sub-classes.
Hybrid Musk Rose Types
Are fairly tall,all-season bloomers,hardy, disease resistant, have very fragrant flowers in clusters. They can tolerate less sun than other roses.
Hybrid Moyesii
Stiff plants that grow tall. Repeat bloomers

Rugosa

Hansa

Hybrid Rugosa Roses Low growing plants that have wrinkled foliage. They are disease resistant. Single or double flowers.
Are great if you live near the beach. They will tolerate wind and sea spray well.

Kordesii
These rose types are shrubs or short climbers. They have excellent hardiness. A wide variety of colors and flower form.

Rose Trees

Rose Trees called "Tree Roses" These are roses produced by grafting a long straight stem of one rose on to the roots of another. Atop this is grafted the flowering plant. Usually a graceful weeping rose variety.
As beautiful as they are, (And they will likely perform the first season in all their crowning glory), they are all very tender.


Sources from :Allaboutrosegardening.com
by Carol Fielding