The Dirt Gardener Presents:

1998 Award Winning Roses:

1998 New Introductions

Flame, Grandiflora: Deep Pure Pink
                 
  • Height/Habit: 4-5' Bushy and full
  • Bloom Size: Large, Full

  • Petal Count:  30 to 35

  • Fragrance:  Mild Tea

  • Parentage: Tournament of Roses X Zorine

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    First Light, Shrub Rose: Clear Pink with Burgundy Stamens

                 
  • Height/Habit: 2-3' Compact and rounded
  • Bloom Size: Medium, single in clusters
  • Petal Count: 5 to 7
  • Fragrance: Mild Spicy
  • Parentage: Bonica X Ballerina

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    Grand Finale, Hybrid Tea:  Ivory White,
                                       
  • Height/Habit: 3-4' Upright
  • Bloom Size:  4 1/2 inches
  • Petal Count:  30
  • Fragrance: Moderate
  • Parentage: Honor X Pristine

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   Opening Night,  Hybrid Tea: True Bright Red                         
                             
  • Height/Habit: 4-5' Upright w/spreading habit
  • Bloom Size: Large Double
  • Petal Count: 25-30 petals
  • Fragrance: Slight
  • Parentage: Olympiad X Ingrid Bergman

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 Sunset Celebration, Hybrid Tea: Creamy Apricot Amber Blend,      

                       

  • Height/Habit: 3-4' Upright
  • Bloom Size: Large Full
  • Petal Count: 25-20
  • Fragrance:Moderately Fruity
  • Parentage: Pot O' Gold X Seedling

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 Gracie Allen, Floribunda: White with a Pink Heart

                 
  • Height/Habit: 3-4', bushy
  • Bloom Size: Medium and double
  • Petal Count:  25-30
  • Parentage: Cystalline X Regensberg

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George Burns, Floribunda: Yellow, Red, Pink, and Cream Striped
                                         
  • Height/Habit: 3-4', bushy
  • Bloom Size: Large double
  • Petal Count: 30-35
  • Fragrance: Strong fruit and citrus
  • Parentage: Calico X Roller Coaster

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Berries 'n' Cream, Climber:  Old rose pink and creamy white
                         
  • Height/Habit: Climbing, 10-12' canes
  • Bloom Size: Medium
  • Petal Count:  25-30 
  • Fragrance: Moderate-fresh apples cuts
  • Parentage: Sport of Angel Face

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Eglantyne,  David Austin English Rose: Soft Pink 
  • This is the most abundant-flowering Austin rose to date.
  • The three inch blossoms are soft gentle pink.
  • They have a rich 'tea rose'  scent and the lovely quartered-rossette form ofold roses.
  • Long stems make them pefect for bouquets.
  • The will shaped, 3 1/2 foot bush is an attractive garden plant.


Golden Celebration,   David Austin English Rose: Yellow
  • Unusual coppery gold is created by tiny pink dots on yellow petals.
  • Blooms are cupped, with inner petals curved inward and outer petals slightly recurved for an elegant effect.
  • The blooms measure five inches and have a strong honey scent.
  • It has dark green foliage and grows to four feet.

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Moon River,  Ground Cover Rose:  Single Petal w/with yellow stamens
  • This distinctive ground cover smothers itself in crisp white two inch blooms all summer.
  • The blossoms are five petals with a loosely cupped form and a bright center of yellow stamens.
  • The plant is a dense grower mounding two to three feet high and spreading four to six feet.

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Sheila's Perfume,   Floribunda: Yellow edged deep pink
  • Despite the classification as a Floribunda the flowers of yellow brushed by a deep pink or more like Hybrid Teas in size and form.
  • And, yes, each blossom is saturated with a wonderful rosey fragrance.
  • The vigorous rounded bush is loaded with glossy green leaves.
  • Parentage: Peer Gynt x [Daily Sketch x (Paddy McGredy x Prima Ballerina)]

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 Raven,  Shrub Rose: Dark Velvety Red
  • Nevermore' will you have to search for the deep mysterious velvety red color when it comes to shopping for Shrub roses.
  • Too big to be a minature but still not-too-large to tuck into the smaller garden spots.
  • Raven has large clusters of well formed blossoms and a super abundance of deep green leaves.   

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    Sun Runner,  Ground Cover Rose:  Single Petal Yellow w/ yellow stamens 
  • A hardy groundcover rose from Holland, this variety is ntoed for vigorous growth and ease of care.
  • The plants mounds to eighteen inches and psread to three feet, creating a dense cover of semi-glossy foliage.
  • Bright yellow 1 11/2 inch blooms set in profussion the shed quicklly for a new bloom cycle

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Tradesant, David Austin English Rose: Crimson
  • A super English rose with a rare wine crimson color, elagant old-rose form, and exquistely sweet perfume.
  • A petite shrub that grows to 2 1/2 - 3 feet tall and is ideal for use as a border rose.

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                           Yellow Simplicity,  Hedge Rose: Yellow
  • Like its pink, red, and white prededecesors this is a wide, upright growing, easy -care hedge rose.
  • It will reach five feet and get three to four feet wide.
  • The blooms repeat all season long setting large clusters of bright yellow blossoms that put on a happy face.

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                               Wild Dancer, Shrub Rose: Magenta Pink
  • Produces large clusters on bright magenta pink, single form blooms on a three by three foot bush.
  • Perfect for use as a low borber hedge or in massed planting for maxium color.Wild Dancer


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