The Dirt Gardener Presents:

1999 All-American Selections:

1999 Rose of the Year:

New Introductions for 1999:

  1. Baby Love, Shrub Rose
  2. Billy Graham, Hybrid Tea
  3. Easy Going, Floribunda
  4. Footloose, Ground Cover/Shrub Rose
  5. Fragrant Apricot, Floribunda
  6. Glamis Castle, English/Austin
  7. Little Fame, Miniature
  8. Melody Parfumee, Grandiflora
  9. Moonstone, Hybrid Tea
  10. Purple Heart, Floribunda
  11. Pat Austin, English/Austin
  12. Purple Simplicity, Hedge Rose
  13. Raspberry Punch, Miniature
  14. Tropical Twist, Miniature

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Baby Love - white finely edged with pink,  Shrub Rose
  • Height / Habit: Medium /Upright
  • Bloom / Size: Medium-small, in clusters
  • Petal Count: About 5
  • Fragrance: Mild licorice
  • Parentage: [Sweet Magic X (Sunblest X Coalite)] X [(Sunblest X (Chinatown X R. davidii elongata)]
  • Comments: Consistently full, bushy & flowerful in all climates.

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Betty Boop -  yellow ivory edged red, Floribunda

           

  • Height/Habit: medium rounded

  • Bloom Size: large semi-double

  • Petal Count: 12-15 petals 

  • Fragrance:  moderate sweet apple 

  • Parentage: Playboy x Picasso

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Billy Graham - light pink, Hybrid Tea
                                 
  • Height: Tall
  • Bud form: Long, pointed
  • Bloom size:  5"
  • Petal count : 25 - 30
  • Stem length :Long
  • Foliage :Dark green, glossy
  • Fragrance: Delicate, sweet

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Candelabra - orange, Grandiflora
               
  • Height: Tall
  • Bud form: Ovoid, pointed
  • Bloom size: 4"
  • Petal count: 20 - 25
  • Stem length: Medium
  • Foliage: Dark/medium, glossy
  • Fragrance: Slight

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Easy Going  -  golden peachy yellow, Floribunda
  • Height / Habit: Medium /Rounded
  • Bloom / Size: Medium-large, double
  • Petal Count: 25 to 30
  • Fragrance: Moderate fruity
  • Hybridizer: Harkness - 1996
  • Parentage: Sport of Livin' Easy
  • Comments: Consistent in every climate. Great in mass plantings.

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Footloose - pink, Ground Cover/Shrub Rose
  • A vigorous and hardy shrub from Germany.
  • Countless 21/2" pink blooms open, clean quickly, then come again.
  • Foliage is dense, miniature sized, glossy and always attractive.
  • Provides masses of low-growing easy-care color.
  • Grows 3' to 31/2' tall by 3' to 31/2' wide.

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  Fourth of July - velvety red Striped with bright white, Climber
  • Height / Habit: Climbing canes 12 to 14 feet
  • Bloom / Size: Large, semi-double, in clusters
  • Petal Count: 10 to 15
  • Fragrance: Fresh cut apple & sweet rose
  • Parentage: Roller Coaster X Altissimo
  • Comments: Consistent color and vigor in most climates.

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Fragrant Apricotapricot yellow, Floribunda
             
  • Height Medium
  • Bud form Pointed, ovoid
  • Bloom size 4"
  • Petal count 30
  • Stem length Medium to long
  • Foliage Dark, glossy
  • Fragrance Strong, musk

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Glamis Castle - white, English/Austin
  • A thoroughly captivating rose, and perhaps the finest of all white roses by David Austin.
  • Flowers are fully cupped, filled with petals and have a strong fragrance suggestive of myrrh.
  • Growth is short and bushy, perfect for bedding or borders.
  • Blooms with exceptional freedom and continuity. 3' to 4' tall.

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Little Fame - orange,  Miniature
  • Its grandiflora parentage gives this miniature its big blooms.
  • Intense orange flowers last well on the plant, age to near burnt orange, then clean quickly to prepare for new blooms. 24" tall.

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Kaleidoscope - Shrub Rose
  • Unique flowers open with tan centers, shading to mauve at the edges.
  • Color deepens with age to finish a mauve pink.
  • The plant grows with excellent vigor and a nicely rounded habit, blooming heavily in repeat cycles.
  • Recommend it for a variety of garden uses: specimen plantings, hedges or mass landscape color.
  • Grows 3' by 3'.

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Melody Parfumee - plum, Grandiflora
          
  • Height Tall
  • Bud form Pointed, ovoid
  • Bloom size 41Æ2"
  • Petal count 30
  • Stem length Long
  • Foliage Dark green
  • Fragrance Heavy old rose

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Moonstone - white finely edged with pink, Hybrid Tea
  • Height & Habit: Medium, Upright
  • Bloom & Size: Very large, fully double
  • Petal count: 30 to 35
  • Parentage: Crystalline X Lynn Anderson
  • Fragrance: Mild tea & rose
  • Comments: Prefers some heat to bring out the best form.

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Purple Heart - purply red, Floribunda
  • Height / Habit: Medium /Bushy & rounded
  • Bloom / Size: Medium, in clusters
  • Petal Count: 30 to 35
  • Fragrance: Strong clove and spice
  • Parentage: Stephen's Big Purple X International Herald Tribune
  • Comments: More purple and best flower size when the temps are cool.

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Pat Austin - bright copper, English/Austin
  • A beautiful David Austin selection named for his wife Pat,
  • It has a lovely and refined character - rosette blossoms are a bright copper on the inside of the petals, with pale copper-yellow on the outside, often accented by button-eye centers.
  • Petals display the sheeny texture of the old noisette roses.
  • Fragrance is a superb tea-rose scent of enchanting sweetness.
  • Dense, branching growth.

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Purple Simplicity - purple, Hedge Rose
  • Purple Simplicity is rapidly becoming a landscape favorite.
  • It blooms in a deep raspberry lavender shade of purple, and shares all the carefree qualities that have made the Simplicity series so popular with gardeners.
  • Intensely fragrant, too! Recommend it for impressive hedges, or to grow in the company of pink and white roses for striking color effect.
  • Grows 3' to 4' tall.

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Raspberry Punch - pink, Miniature
  • Anyone fond of small roses will appreciate your telling them of this newcomer.
  • A compact well-rounded plant that covers itself with high-centered, dark pink blossoms.
  • Cleans nicely before the onset of more blooms.
  • Perfect for low hedges or borders, ideal as an accent amid perennials.
  • About 2' tall.

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Tropical Twist - apricot pinkMiniature
  • This vigorous plant is a winner of American Rose Society's Award of Excellence.
  • The abundant, perfect buds open apricot pink, mature to coral orange.
  • Excellent miniature growth, 20" to 24" tall.

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Ultimate Pink - light rose pink, Hybrid Tea,
         
  • Height :4 1/ 2'
  • Bud form: Pointed, ovoid
  • Bloom size: 41/2
  • Petal count: 30
  • Stem length: Long
  • Foliage: Matte green
  • Fragrance: Light, sweet

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