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Golden Gables Rose Garden
Groveland, Florida
Golden Gables Rose Garden
West
Trumpeter
(Ireland)
Clotilde Soupert
Lagerfield
(United States)
Sun Flair
(Ireland)
Celine Forestier
(France)
Madam Ernest Calvat
Gruss an Aachen
(Germany)
Baronne Henriette de Snoy
(France)
Trumpeter
(Ireland)
Floribunda from Sam McGredy of Ireland
in 1977, Trumpeter.
Huge clusters of large, over 4 inch, double,
cupped blooms, 39 petals, up to 15 per stem, in
a vivid orange/red, from spring through fall on a
low maintenance shrub. The blossoms will not
fade in color until the petals drop.
Flowers of a slight dusky rose scent are bourne
in abundance on a very disease resistant, bushy
shrub, with glossy, dark green leaves, red color
to the new growth. Bushy, spreading and low
growing in form, Trumpeter grows 2 to 3 feet in
height and width.
Gruss an Aachen
(Germany)
Floribunda from Germany in 1929, Pink
Gruss an Aachen.
Considered to be the first Floribunda rose, with large flowers
for a Floribunda, Gruss an Aachen produces large, over 3
inch, highly scented, beautifully formed shell pink blossoms,
tinted with salmon, the 40 to 45 petals opening full and flat.
Pink Gruss an Aachen is is similar in form, scent, a light pink
with a tinges of brighter pink, fading to creamy ivory. The
color holds up better in the sun, varies with the weather,
soil.
Pink Gruss an Aachen is a compact, bushy, spreading shrub,
growing 3 to 4 feet in height, 3 feet wide. Its foliage is rich
green, leathery, very disease resistant, replenishing its
beautiful, fragrant flowers all season.
Said by many to be the most beautiful in her class, this fine
Floribunda will tolerate sun to partial shade, is most
adaptable to a wide variety of climates, very hardy from
zones 4 through 9. Parents of Gruss an Aachen were Hybrid
Perpetual Frau Karl Druschki X Franz Deegan, Hybrid Tea,
Pink Gruss, a sport of Gruss an Aachen.
Clotilde Soupert
Polyantha, from 1890, Clotilde Soupert.
Individual flowers of Clotilde Soupert are unlike
any other Polyantha, large and full, often
quartered, with over 100 neatly layered palepink petals. Fragrance is excellent, strong
scented.
Growing from 3 to 4 feet in height, spreading,
the foliage is dark green, tolerating a wide
variety of climates, heat, continuing to produce
her beautifully formed flowers up until frost,
very repeat in clusters, growing from zones 6
through 9, 5, with protection. Often said to look
like a smaller Souvenir de la Malmaison,
Clotilde is hardly ever out of bloom.
Sun Flair
(Germany)
Floribunda by Kordes of Germany in 1987,
Sun Flair.
Oval buds open to clusters of large, 3 inch,
double blossoms, 25 to 30 petals, in a bright,
lemon yellow with a sweet licorice fragrance.
Very repeat and prolific blooms are produced
on quite disease resistant, shiny, bright green
foliage with purple stems and new shoots. This
bushy, vigorous, very healthy shrub, with
rounded growth, grows to 4 feet in height, 3 feet
wide, very hardy from zones 5 through 9,
possibly 4, with protection.
Sunsprite, being the best of the deep yellow
clustered Floribundas, from which it takes all the
good characteristics, parents, Sunsprite X
seedling, Sun Flair is one of the healthiest, most
vigorous, also, a good show and cut flower.
Lagerfield
(United States)
Grandiflora from Christensen, USA, in
1986, Lagerfeld.
A great exhibition rose, Lagerfeld's fat
silver/lavender buds opens to sprays of 5 to 15
flowers, high centered, large, 5 inches, in a rare,
beautiful silvery lavender shade. Intensely
fragrant of an old rose scent, these well formed
blossoms repeat throughout the growing season.
This abundant bloomer produces its clusters on a
very healthy bush, with dark green, shiny,
disease resistant foliage. Spreading, vigorous
growing from 4 to 6 feet in height, 4 feet in
width, this fine Grandiflora is hardy from zones 4
through 9. Lagerfeld was named after a fashion
designer.
Baronne Henriette de Snoy
(France)
Old garden Tea, from France in 1897,
Baronne Henriette de Snoy.
Long buds open to large, 35+ petals, double,
quartered, pale pink and cream blossoms,
carmine reverse, with excellent fragrance.
Blooms are produced repeatedly from spring
through fall, on stiff stems, with glossy, green,
disease resistant foliage, bronze red new growth.
A strong, vigorous, tall plant, Baronne Henriette
grows 4 to 6 feet in height, 3 to 4 feet in width,
producing an abundance of fragrant blooms,
excellent for cutting, from zone 7 through 11.
Beautiful rose, its parents were fine Teas, "Gloire
de Dijon" and "Madam Lombard".
Celine Forestier
(France)
Noisette from Trouillard of France in
1842, Celine Forestier.
Large, double, 3.5 to 4.5 inch, quartered
blooms, in a creamy yellow with peach/pink
tint open flat, display a button eye. The
flowers are very fragrant, of a strong, spicy
Tea scent with fruity overtones.
Celine Forestier produces clusters of blossoms
on strong canes, disease resistant, medium
green foliage. Growing on a well foliated
shrub 10 to 15 feet in height, Celine Forestier
thrives in warm protected areas in cooler
climates, hardy from zones 6 through 9.
Madam Ernest Calvat
Bourbon from 1888, Madam Ernest Calvat.
Huge, pale pink, shading to darker pink, very
double, quartered, cupped-shaped blossoms are
produced in clusters during the growing season,
with exceptional rich fragrance. Mainly produced in
the spring, but the blooms in fall are largest and
most fragrant.
The foliage of Madam Ernest Calvat is dark green
with purple tinted leaves, resistant to black spot,
healthy.
Growing vigorously with tall, strong canes, from 5
to 7 feet in height or more, it is very hardy from
zones 5 through 10. A sport of Madam Isaac
Pereire, this Bourbon makes a good hedge, shrub,
or pegged specimen.