Re: Roses for the cooler/moister parts of our Mediterranean climes

I live a mile from the coast in zone 24.  Lots of fog and wind.  The rose
Reve d'Or (noisette) on my south-facing front fence has been very good.
Crepuscule has been a disappointment, suffering constant mildew.  It is new,
and I'll give it one more year to shape up, as I like its graceful form and
the flower color is what I want.  (It is supposed to bloom when the
persimmons behind it are ripe.)  Cathy

> From: Joe Seals <gardenguru@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: gardenguru@yahoo.com
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:08:28 -0800 (PST)
> To: Plant Forum Mediterranean <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: Roses for the cooler/moister parts of our Mediterranean climes
> 
> Some years ago, I started collecting info from
> rosarians in this area and other areas with cool,
> moist Mediterranean summers (no rain but the
> ubiquitous "night and morning low clouds" and damp
> nights).  I put together this list of roses that are
> easy here.  They are RELATIVELY disease free and they
> do not have the large full blossoms that "ball" up in
> damp weather.  Those marked with an "*" (asterisk) are
> fragrant (another trait hard to come by in our
> coolness).
> 
> Hybrid Teas --
> 
> American Glory (dark red)*
> Brandy (apricot blend)
> Burning Desire (medium red)
> Chicago Peace (pink blend)
> Crimson Bouquet (dark red)*
> Easy Going (yellow blend)
> Full Sail (white)
> Fragrant Cloud (orange-red blend)*
> Honor (white)
> Just Joey (soft orange blend)
> Olympiad (medium red)
> Miss All American Beauty (deep pink)*
> New Zealand (light pink)
> Pascali (white)
> Peace (pink-edge, yellow blend)
> Pristine (white to white-pink blend)
> Sally Holmes (white to white-pink blend; shrub form,
> also climber)
> 
> Floribundas --
> 
> Betty Boop (single, red and white blend)*
> Betty Prior (single, medium pink)*
> Brilliant Pink Iceberg (pink blend)
> Cathedral (apricot-pink blend)
> Chinatown (deep yellow)*
> Easy Going (peachy gold)
> Eyepaint (single, red-blend, white center)
> French Lace (white, white-blush blend)
> Gene Boerner (medium pink)
> Gingersnap (deep orange blend)*
> Hot Cocoa (smoky chocolate orange)
> Iceberg (white)
> Livin? Easy (orange-apricot blend)
> Marina (orange blend)
> Our Lady of Guadalupe (light pink)
> Playboy (semi-double, red blend)
> Preference (deep scarlet, semi-double)
> Sarabande (scarlet orange, semi-double)
> Sexy Rexy (medium pink)
> Showbiz (medium red)
> Simplicity (Floribunda 1990, not shrub; light pink)*
> Sunsprite (deep yellow)*
> Winnifred Coulter (fluorescent pink)*
> 
> Others --
> 
> Altisimo (climber; red)
> Anemone (climber; pink)
> Ballerina (hybrid musk; single, medium pink,
> white center)
> Climbing C?cile Brunner (climbing polyantha;
> light pink)
> Cocktail (climbing shrub; red)
> Shrub C?cile Brunner (polyantha; as above)
> Francis E. Lester (climbing shrub; white)
> Gourmet Popcorn (miniature shrub; white tinged yellow)
> Knock Out (shrub, single, raspberry)
> Linda Campbell (rugosa hybrid, crimson)
> Nozomi (climbing miniature, groundcover; palest pink)
> Purezza (hybrid banksiae?; cream)
> Pink Above All (climbing miniature; pink)
> Ralph's Creeper (groundcover; orange-red,
> yellow center)
> Rosa x fortuniana (laevigata hybrid;
> creamy white double)
> Sea Foam (groundcover shrub; white)
> Topaz Jewel (rugosa hybrid, semi-double, soft yellow)
> 
> Old roses --
> 
> Rosa banksiae (species)
> Rosa californica (species) 'Elsie' (selection)
> Rosa laevigata (species)
> Rosa rugosa (species)
> Rosa wichuraiana (species)
> 
> Alba ?Great Maiden?s Blush?
> Alba ?Mme. Plantier?
> Alba ?Pompon Blanc Parfait?
> Alba Semi-Plena
> Bourbon ?La Reine Victoria?
> Bourbon ?Louise Odier?
> Bourbon ?Mme. Pierre Oger?
> Bourbon ?Souvenir de la Malmaison?
> Centifolia ?Rose de Meaux?
> China ?Hermosa?
> China ?Old Blush?
> China ?Rouletii?
> China ?Slater?s Crimson China?
> Damask ?Leda?
> Damask ?Mme. Hardy?
> Damask ?La Ville de Bruxelles?
> Damask ?York and Lancaster?
> Rosa foetida ?Harison?s Yellow?
> Gallica ?Bizarre Triomphant?
> Gallica ?Cardinal de Richelieu?
> Gallica ?Pompom de Bourgogne?
> Hybrid Moyesii ?Nevada?
> Hybrid Musk ?Ballerina?
> Hybrid Musk ?Buff Beauty?
> Hybrid Musk ?Cornelia?
> Hybrid Musk ?Lavender Lassie?
> Hybrid Musk ?Penelope?
> Hybrid Musk ?Thisbe?
> Hybrid Musk ?Vanity?
> Hybrid Perpetual ?Anna de Diesbach?
> Hybrid Perpetual ?Ferdinand Pichard?
> Hybrid Perpetual ?Marchesa Boccella?
> Hybrid Perpetual ?Reine des Violettes?
> Hybrid Perpetual ?Sydonie?
> Noisette ?Blush Noisette?
> Noisette ?Celine Forestier?
> Noisette ?Champney?s Pink Cluster?
> Noisette ?Crepuscule? (climber)
> Noisette ?Jaune Desprez?
> Noisette ?Lamarque? (climber)
> Noisette ?Mme. Alfred Carriere?
> Polyantha ?Marie Pavie?
> Polyantha ?Mrs. R.M. Finch?
> Polyantha ?Perle d?Or?
> Portland ?Comte de Chambord?
> Portland ?Jacques Cartier?
> Portland ?Rose du Roi?
> Portland ?Rose de Rescht?
> Rosa banksiae LADY BANKS? ROSE
> Rosa chinensis ?Mutabilis?
> Rosa centifolia ?Muscosa? MOSS ROSE
> Rosa gallica officinalis APOTHECARY ROSE
> Rosa laevigata CHEROKEE ROSE
> Rosa x damascena bifera ROSE OF CASTILE
> Rugosa ?Blanc Double de Coubert?
> Rugosa ?Hansa?
> Rugosa ?Rubra?
> Rugosa ?Therese Bugnet?
> Tea ?Belle of Portugal? (climber)
> Tea ?Catherine Mermet?
> Tea ?Duchesse de Brabant? (tall)
> Tea ?Lady Hillingdon? (bush)
> Tea ?Sombreuil? (climber)
> Tea ?Talmadge Yellow Tea? (climber)
> Wichuraiana ?American Pillar? (climber)
> Wichuraiana ?Francois Juranville? (climber)
> Wichuraiana ?Gardenia? (climber)
> 
> What I've found out, also, is that because of the
> predominantly sandy soils of this area, we struggle
> even with most of these because roses, as a group,
> love heavy soil.  But I do have a list of roses for
> sandy soils!!!!
> 
> Good rose-growing,
> Joe
> 
> =====
> Joe Seals
> Santa Maria, California --
> where the weather is always perfect
> and my NEW garden will soon be blooming and full of birds and butterflies
> 
> 
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