 | Sam and 'Dolly Parton'
Sam McGowan, a principle creator of the Rose Garden, also works with fellow members of the Rose Society of the Ozarks to keep it in beautiful condition. Sam has some favorite roses himself, one of which is this one, 'Dolly Parton,' a hybrid tea with coppery-red blooms and a sweet, spicy fragrance.
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 | 'Ultimate Pink'
'Ultimate Pink' is for many the most beautiful of all pink roses. A hybrid tea, it grows to 4 1/2 feet tall with deep-pink blossoms 4 1/2 inches wide on very long stems. The flowers first appear as exquisite, pointed, ovoid buds. The blooms have a light, sweet fragrance. Withal, this rose was the Jackson & Perkins Rose of the Year in 1999.
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 | 'Mr. Lincoln'
A great many gardeners throughout the world think 'Mr. Lincoln' as "the best red rose" for its large, velvety dark red blossoms and intense fragrance. Blooms can reach as much as 6 inches in width and the plant can grow to six feet or more tall with rich, leathery green foliage. A hybrid tea, 'Mr. Lincoln' was an All-American Rose Selection in 1965 and has been winning devotees ever since. An extremely vigorous grower, it's best suited for the back of the rose bed.
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 | 'Veterans Honor'
Bravo! to the Rose Garden folk for including this elegant and uniquely beautiful hybrid tea rose in its public garden for all of us to see. 'Veterans' Honor' grows to 4' tall and 5' wide with exquisite blooms as much as 5" across. A bonus: as cut flowers in a vase, its long-stemmed blossoms last up to two weeks. |
 | 'Fragrant Cloud'
This hybrid tea rose developed in Germany in 1963 has become a classic for the intensity of its fragrance, which has been described as "fruity," "tangerine-orange," and "strongly citrus." Indeed, 'Fragrant Cloud' won the James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Award in 1970. Other awards include the National Rose Society Presidents International Trophy in 1964, the Portland Gold Medal in 1966, and World's Favorite Rose in 1981. Plants, which are vigorous and rather compact for a hybrid tea rose, can reach 5 feet tall. Pointed buds open into red-orange blooms 5 inches wide on 18-inch stems. A true winner in every way. |
 | 'Showbiz'
"Breathtaking" is the word for this floribunda rose. We'd never seen a rose so brilliant red in color or with so many blooms on each stem. 'Showbiz' blooms all season long with 6-12 blossoms per stem on plants 2-3' tall. Though we've just discovered it, it's actually been around since 1985, when it was an All-American Rose Society Selections winner. |
 | 'First Kiss'
Its beauty as poignant as its name, 'First Kiss' is a floribunda rose that bears clusters of sweetly fragrant, semidouble blossoms throughout the season. The plant grows to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide with a bushy habit. It was introduced in 1991. |
 | 'Europeana'
'Europeana' is a classic rose. Developed in Holland,it won the Hague Gold Medal and the Golden Rose Award in 1962, was an All-America Rose Selection in 1968, and won the Portland Gold Medal in 1970. This floribunda rose bears clusters of dark red, fragrant flowers from spring to frost, sometimes as many as 20 blossoms on one stem. The plant is compact, growing to 3 feet by 3 feet, and the foliage an attractive bronze-green. The scent is often described as a "mild tea" fragrance. A superb landscaping rose, spectacular when planted in groups. |
 | 'Betty Boop'
Named for the cartoon character, this shrub rose, which blooms all summer long, was an All-America Rose Selections winner in 1999. A floribunda, it grows 4-5' tall and 2-3' wide. Blossoms are red-edged white with a flush of yellow at the center.
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 | 'Sunbright'
'Sunbright' is the perfect name for this hybrid tea rose. Its blossoms are so brilliantly yellow that they confound the camera. 'Sunbright' blooms abundantly throughout the season. Long, urn-shaped buds open into blossoms up to 5 1/2 inches wide that have a slight fragrance. Plants are tall and handsome with glossy green foliage. 'Sunbright' was the 1984 Jackson & Perkins Rose of the Year. |
 | 'Melody Parfumee'
'Melody Parfumee,' also known as 'Melody Parfume,' 'Melody Perfume,' and 'Zulu Royal,' is a hybrid tea rose of no little distinction. In 1995 it won both the Bagatelle Gold Medal in Paris and the Baden-Baden Fragrance Prize in Germany. The scent is frequently described as "antique rose" and "French spice." Plum-colored, pointed buds open into rich lavender flowers 4-5 inches wide, then take on a silvery cast. The plant grows to 4 1/2 feet tall. Flowers are borne on 15-inch stems. |
 | 'Blueberry Hill'
This distinctive floribunda rose sports lovely lilac-rose, semidouble blooms that have a unique apple-tart fragrance. 'Blueberry Hill' is so fragrant, in fact, that gardeners say a single bloom in a bouquet can scent an entire room. Plants are vigorous with glossy green foliage and reach about 3 feet tall. An increasingly popular rose. |
 | 'Simply Marvelous'
This floribunda rose, introduced in 2002, grows to 3 feet with pale lavendar blooms bearing a moderate, pleasantly sweet scent. It's one of the Jackson & Perkins "New Generation" roses, meaning that it's grown on its own root system, not grafted, and therefore survives even extreme winters and blooms the next season true to type. |
 | 'Aperitif'
This beautiful hybrid tea rose from New Zealand is known especially for its elegant appearance. Blooms are a luminous yellow that open to 4 1/2 inches wide. The fragrance is light and spicy. The plant is vigorous, upright, grow to 6 feet tall, and is a generous bloomer. Long stems and long duration in the vase make it a superb cut flower as well. Curiously enough, 'Aperitif' is often listed in catalogs as 'Apertif.' Oh, well, a rose by any other name....
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 | 'Spice Twice'
This hybrid tea rose sports long buds with a high center that open into double, coral-orange blooms with a creamy reverse. The plant is quite vigorous with long, straight stems and dark green foliage. It grows as tall as 5 feet and blooms generously throughout the season. The blossoms have a mild fragrance of ginger. |
 | What's in a name?
A little research revealed that we initially mislabeled this rose, but because it's so pretty, we're leaving the picture here until we identify it correctly. (If you know the variety, drop us an e-mail, por favor.) |
 | 'Double Delight'
The blossoms of this famed hybrid tea rose, 'Double Delight,' are white edged with red, becoming redder as they mature. They have 40 petals each and a strong spicy-fruit scent. The plant grows to 4 feet tall with dark green foliage and blooms profusely and continuously throughout the season. Introduced in 1977, 'Double Delight' was honored with an American Rose Society Gold Medal and a World Federation of Rose Society Award. |
 | 'Honor'
This exquisite rose has satiny white blooms with a light honeysuckle fragrance. Its exceptionally lovely pink-tinted buds open into blossoms 4-5 inches wide on 15-inch stems. 'Honor' grows to 4 feet tall. |
 | 'Easy Going'
'Easy Going' is true to its name. Exceptionally easy to grow, this floribunda rose flowers freely throughout the season, bearing double golden yellow blooms with a touch of apricot. A vigorous grower and highly disease-resistant, the plant has very glossy deep-green leaves and a bushy habit that can reach 3 feet tall by 4 feet. wide. The blossoms have a light fruit scent. An outstanding landscape plant. |
 | 'Purple Heart'
'Purple Heart' is a free-flowering floribunda rose whose blossoms have a fragrance of cloves and other spices. The blooms turn a deeper purple in color when temperatures are cool. The plant is vigorous, bushy, rounded and of medium height. |
 | 'Belinda's Dream'
Introduced in 1992, 'Belinda's Dream' is considered a superb landscape rose by virtue of its vigor, high disease resistance, and large, fragrant, double pink blossoms that appear in flushes of bloom from spring to frost. The plant grows 3-6 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. It performs beautifully as a specimen plant, shrub, hedge, or mass planting and is also good for cut flowers. |
 | 'Fabulous'
This floribunda rose was introduced in 2001 and quickly became a favorite landscape rose. Vigorous and highly disease-resistant, 'Fabulous' grows to 3 feet by 3 feet or larger and bears sprays of pure white camellia-like blossoms as wide as 4 inches on long stems. 'Fabulous' has won many local and regional rose show awards. It is also widely available in tree form. |
 | 'Crimson Bouquet'
'Crimson Bouquet' is a grandiflora rose justly famed for producing a great abundance of bright red blossoms on glossy, deep green foliage. The plant grows to 3 feet wide and 4 feet tall and is unusually vigorous, highly disease resistant, and extra cold hardy. An All America Rose Selection in 2000, it does beautifully in the Ozarks.
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