Caldwell Pink
Year Introduced/Discovered: Date not known
Height: 4 ft
Width: 4 ft
Growth Habit: Small Shrub
Spacing: 6ft apart on centers
Color: Lilac pink
Foliage: Medium green pointed foliage that turns to reddish purple in the fall
Exposure: Full sun
Cold Hardiness: Hardy in zones 6-9
Water use: Water until established/Drought tolerant
Fragrant: None
Bloom: Double carnation-like blooms from mid May well into fall
History: Found by Dr. Bill Welch in Caldwell Texas and reintroduced into commerce in the 1980’s.
The proper identification of this rose is a mystery. Some rosarians speculate that it could be ‘Pink Pet’. Sometimes referred to as the “Summer Carnation Rose”. Disease resistance and heat tolerance is very high in this rose. It prefers well-drained amended soil, but will tolerate alkaline clay soils. It is a graceful plant with a leafy spreading habit that produces shoots bearing clusters of 20-50, 1 ½ inch flowers. Caldwell Pink is very useful in the landscape as a border or hedge or for use as a specimen plant. It does not produce hips but new flowers can be stimulated by removing spent flowers to a leaf just below the multiple flower stems.
Georgetown Tea
Year Introduced: Not known/Found
Height: 3-5 ft
Width: 2-4 ft
Growth Habit: Small/Medium shrub
Spacing: 6’ apart on center
Color: Dark salmon pink that fades to lilac pink
Foliage: Medium, dark green semi glossy leaves
Exposure: Full sun
Cold Hardiness: Hardy in zones 7-9
Water use: Water until established/Average water needs during growing season
Fragrant: Yes, Tea like
Bloom: Double with petals that become pointed at the tips, blooms from spring until frost
History: Georgetown Tea was found in 1983 in the yard of a daycare center in Georgetown Texas by Dr. William C. Welch.
This is an outstanding upright, bushy rose that has petals that roll to a point, giving each bloom a star like appearance. It has healthy disease resistant, attractive foliage and works well as a mannerly specimen or in a mass or border with drifts of annuals or perennials in front.
Madame Antoine Mari
Year Introduced/Discovered: 1901
Height: 3-5 ft.
Width: 4 ft.
Growth Habit: Bushy, rounded
Spacing: 5-6 ft
Color: Pink blend
Foliage: Light green, semi glossy
Exposure: Full sun
Cold Hardiness: Hardy in zones 7-9
Water use: Keep moist until completely established. Average
Fragrant: Fragrant
Bloom: Semi-double, 25+ petals, repeat blooming
History: Hybridized in Nice, France by Antoine Mari
Parentage= unknown
Developed by Antoine Mari in Nice, France in 1901, this beautiful pink tea rose blooms repeatedly from spring until fall. A beautiful landscape rose, it also does well in a pot due to its smaller size.
Perle d’Or
Year Introduced: 1884
Height: 4 ft
Width: 4 ft
Growth Habit: Small shrub, erect and well branched
Spacing: 6ft apart on centers
Color: Buds are apricot opening to a golden buff pink
Foliage: Light green, thick and with very few thorns
Exposure: Full sun, flowers may retain color better with a little afternoon shade
Cold Hardiness: Hardy in zones 6-9
Water use: Water to establish and then very drought tolerant, does not like wet feet
Fragrant: Very
Bloom: Double with outer petals that fold back to look like a pompom and inner petals tucked into a center knot
History: Bred in France by Dubreuil and introduced by Rambaux, Perle d’Or is sometimes called “Yellow Cecile Brunner” or “The Buttonhole Rose”. Parentage is polyantha x ‘Mme. Falcot’.
Perle d’Or (pearl of gold) is a highly regarded old garden rose that is well suited to many growing conditions even alkaline clay soil and hot dry weather. It blooms from spring until fall replacing spent flowers quickly with new flushes of bloom. It does not like to be too wet nor does it appreciate highly saline irrigation water. This rose works well anywhere in the landscape that has good air circulation. It is also suitable for a large container on a deck or patio or along a walkway where its fragrance and flowers can be enjoyed up close. Perle d’Or was selected as the 2007 EARTH-KIND® Rose of the Year by the Texas AgriLIFE Extension Service.
Souvenir de St Anne’s
Year Introduced/Discovered: 1950
Height: 3 ft.
Width: 3 ft.
Growth Habit: Upright, bushy, tall
Spacing: 4 ft.
Color: Light Pink
Foliage: Deep green
Exposure: Full sun
Cold Hardiness: Hardy in zones 6-9
Water use: Keep moist until established. Average.
Fragrant: Very fragrant, strong spice
Bloom: Semi-double, 25+ petals, repeat blooming
History: Sport of Souvenir de la Malmaison.
Bred in England by Thomas Hilling.
This sport of Souvenir de la Malmaison was bred in England by Thomas Hilling. It was found in St. Anne’s Park, Dublin. The pale pink petals glow with translucent beauty and are very fragrant. It is an excellent choice for mass plantings and borders. Few hips are produced.
Cecile Brunner
Classification: Polyantha
Year Introduced: 1881
Height: 3-5 ft
Width: 3 ft
Growth Habit: Bushy low growing shrub
Spacing: 4 ft apart on centers
Color: Light shell pink
Foliage: Small light green foliage of 3-5 leaflets
Exposure: Full sun is best but will tolerate partial shade.
Cold Hardiness: Hardy in zones 5-9
Water Use: Water as needed until established and then only as needed during the growing season.
Fragrant: Yes/dainty spice scented
Bloom: Clusters of perfectly formed high centered, pointed buds open to double blooms with 30 or more petals, flowers continuously from spring to fall
History: Cecile Brunner was developed in France by Joseph Pernet-Ducher and introduced in 1881. It is a cross of Mignonette and a Tea Rose named Madame de Tartas. It was named after the daughter of Swiss Rosarian Ulrich Brünner.
Cecile Brunner, also known as Mme. Cècile Brünner and The Sweetheart Rose, is a bush rose that grows to 3 – 5 feet. It blooms profusely in the spring and then continues to bloom until frost. Blossoms are a soft silvery pink and look like a hybrid tea in miniature. They appear in clusters and have a sweet fragrance. The plant is upright and bushy with dark green, slightly shiny leaves. Foliage is soft with sparse thorns. It requires little pruning. This is one of the best loved and easiest to grow of roses.