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

Wow, Joe, What a great list. I'll add 'Grandmother's Hat' A wonderful shrub rose that can be grown as a climber. No disease , rich fragrance and blooms all year here ( Richmond- zone 17) - with irrigation .

Annie






Subject: 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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