Caldwell Pink

Classification: Found rose

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

Classification: 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

Classification: Tea

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

Classification: Polyantha

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

Classification: Bourbon

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

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.