8 New Roses for June stories

**"Susan McCoy" b*@impact-pr.com**

Conard-Pyle has eight new Star(r) Roses for this season, including one AARS
winner, a new creamy white Romantica( Rose, two landscape ground covers, a
deep red hybrid tea that honors a special young lady, a salmon colored
floribunda, a new bright orange Sunblaze(r) rose and a delicate lavender
miniature rose.  Many of these roses (including the hard to find Knock
Out(tm)) are available online at www.starroses.com.  If you need images,
please contact me.  Suzi

Grandiflora
* Cherry Parfait(tm) 'Meisponge'
(2003 AARS Winner)
A beautiful round, vigorous bushy grandiflora that is easy to grow in all
climates.  Cherry Parfait's abundant and continuous flowering habit produces
two to five white with red edged blooms per stem and offers the trademark
Star(r) Rose disease resistance.

Floribunda
* Passionate Kisses(tm) 'Meizebel'
Everyone is raving about this rose. Its fresh, salmon color blends well in
the landscape and mixes effortlessly in perennial beds. The non-stop blooms,
6 to 15 per stem, along with the attractive shape of the rose, makes it
perfect for cutting to enjoy indoors.

Miniature Rose
* Baby Paradise(tm) 'Meifovett'
A new lavender miniature rose, which offers gardeners both a unique color
and a bold peppery fragrance for small spaces.  Growing only 1 1/2 to 2
feet, it is perfect for small beds, containers, edging beds and rock
gardens.
Romantica(r) Roses
* Tchaikovsky(tm) 'Meichibon'
Romantica( roses are famous for their fragrance and this rose is no
exception.
Named for one of the great composers, this rose is a contemporary
grandiflora rose with a 100 plus petals, giving it a classic old fashioned
look.  The creamy white buds open to reveal perfectly quartered white
blossoms with buttery yellow at the center.
Landscape Shrub Roses
* Carefree Marvel(tm) 'Meirameca'
A new deep pink ground cover that boasts the same disease resistance and
winter hardiness as Conard-Pyle's other award-winning Star(r) shrub roses.
This compact plant grows to about 2-3 feet tall with deep pink blooms, which
give off a light fragrance and provide constant color.  Winter hardy to zone
4, this vigorous shrub boasts dense, very glossy foliage of medium green.

* Raspberry Rugostar(tm) 'Meitozaure'
Steve Hutton, president of Conard-Pyle, calls this a "breakthrough in
breeding."  This new low growing rose, a hybrid of the ever popular rugosa
rose, has a light clove fragrance and excellent disease tolerance,
especially to black spot.  A hardy shrub and great color for naturalizing
and cottage borders, Raspberry Rugostar's large purply pink blossoms, five
to eight per stem, cover this compact plant.
Sunblaze(r) Roses
* Mandarin Sunblaze(r)
This vigorous miniature boasts unusually large flowers for its class and a
light spicy fragrance.  Combined with its strong orange color showcasing a
deep yellow reverse, it makes quite a display in any garden. Perfect for
borders and rockeries, it is also well suited for large containers and
blends well with bright colored perennials.

Hybrid Tea
* Colleen Mary( ' Meikentuk'
A new classic rose named after Colleen Mary Goodrich, an active 16-old girl
who has Tuberous Sclerosis.  Colleen Mary's generous perfectly shaped
blossoms open to 6 inch blooms and are perfect for cutting. Its spicy hybrid
tea fragrance makes it a standout in any garden.  In support of Colleen,
Conard-Pyle will donate 10% of their sales to the National Tuberous
Sclerosis Alliance for each plant of Colleen Mary that is sold.

All of Conard-Pyle's newest plants will be available at fine garden centers
and nurseries in 2003, along with the complete line of Conard-Pyle's Star(
Roses.  To find out more about these and other fine Star( Roses, or to find
a garden center near you that carries Star( Roses, visit the new redeveloped
web site at www.starroses.com.

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