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Freedom Gardens
World-Class Rose Collection
Hard-to-find Roses & Lilacs for Sale in Pots
Thank you to everyone who visited, from near and far, during our Open Garden Days this June. For the remainder of the summer our garden is open by appointment only. To make an appointment please call Peter on 330.296.2618 or use the contact form on this website.
We have a superb crop of rose plants for sale this year, including many varieties not available from any other North American source. If you are looking for a hard-to-find rose not listed here, please ask. We have especially large collections of hybrid perpetuals, Austin roses and Kordes roses. And we are delighted to offer an expanded selection of seldom seen lilacs, including the incredible Rochester, at the bottom of this page.
Own-root roses propagated at Freedom Gardens. 1-gallon pots. $25 each.
Roses can be purchased now for pickup at the garden here in Freedom Twp., Portage County, Ohio or possible shipment. All roses are in very limited quantities. To purchase any of these plants please call Peter on 330.296.2618 or use the contact form on this website to confirm availability. We accept cash, checks, PayPal, and all major credit cards.
ALL OF THESE CULTIVARS & SPECIES ARE AVAILABLE NOW
ALTISSIMO (Delbard 1966) climber; startling, large, single-petaled red blooms
ARNOLD (Dawson 1893) long-lost reddish purple ruogsa X HP, born at Harvard's arboretum
BALLERINA (Bentall 1937) classic pink blend hybrid musk, hydrangea-like clusters
BANSHEE (c. 1773?) super tough light pink Old Garden Rose
BARONNE PREVOST (Desprez 1842) easiest, most rewarding pink hybrid perpetual
BASYE'S LEGACY (1968) single-petaled bright pink in sprays, thornless and tough
BELINDA'S DREAM (Basye 1988) large clear pink blooms; healthy, adaptable shrub
BELLA DONNA (<1844) classic pink fragrant damask, very long spring bloom
BELLA NITIDA (Uhl 1994) frostproof bright pink species hybrid; perfume, hips
BELLE ROSINE (Vibert 1829) rare dark pink gallica, well-formed blooms last when cut
BILL REID (AgCanada 2011) apricot yellow blend, most cheerful of hardy Canadians
BISCHOFSTADT PADERBORN (Kordes 1964) rare electric orange semi-double shrub
BLUSH HIP (1840) tender pink on a tough plant, the alba that acts like a gallica
BRINDABELLA FIRST LADY (Gray 2019) bright lavender pink, healthy floribunda-shrub
BRINDABELLA PINK PRINCESS (Gray 2020) healthy, fragrant floribunda-shrub
BRINDABELLA PURPLE PRINCE (Gray 2019) stunning, highly perfumed floribunda-shrub
BRINDABELLA RED EMPRESS (Grey 2019) healthy, vigorous, scarlet floribunda-shrub
CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU (Parmentier 1840) purple/slate, if you grow only one gallica...
CAREFREE MARVEL (Meilland 2001) semi-double coral-cherry in sprays, lustrous leaves
CHARLES DE MILLS (<1746) gallica, what they called red back then, plant and stand back
CHAMPLAIN (Svejda 1982) crimson kordesii shrub, heavy bloomer, ideal bushy habit
CHATTOOGA (Williams 2004) tall, heavy-blooming reddish pink miniature, hybrid tea form
CITY GIRL (Harkness 1994) bright pastel climber (...though she was country raised)
COUNTRY BOY (2000) our semi-double sport of Austin's The Countryman, just as tough
DICK'S DELIGHT (Dickson 1999) profuse pincushion pink mini, ideal for rock gardens
DR HUEY (Thomas 1914) large-flowered rambler, somber red with bright yellow stamens
DUC DE GUICHE (<1810) crimson-to-violet gallica, not mad but somewhat eccentric
EASY FASHION (NIRP 2013) full-petaled fuchsia striped climber, usually in sprays
EIFFELZAUBER (Kordes 2009) many-petaled chiffon pink climber, towering magic
EMILY CARR (AgCanada 2007) intensely red, profuse, very healthy/hardy wide shrub
FARA SHIMBO (Barden 2005) well-mannered moss, nearly black with golden stamens
FELIX LECLERC (Svejda 2007) super-healthy, very winter hardy, deep coral pink
FIMBRIATA (Morlet 1891) double blush rugosa, petals arranged like Boris Johnson's hair
FOUR SISTERS (S Schneider 2019) Seven Sisters reinvented as a fast-repeating polyantha
FRU DAGMAR HASTRUP (Hastrup 1914) classic 5-petaled sky pink rugosa, lots of hips
GALLICANDY (Barden 2003) bubblegum pink, profuse, modern gallica
GEORGE VANCOUVER (Ogilvie 1994) light red, Explorer most like a hybrid tea
GESCHWIND'S NORDLANDROSE (1884) shades of pink, indestructible setigera hybrid
GLENN DALE (Van Fleet 1927) whopping pale yellow-cream blooms, shade tolerant rambler
GROS CHOUX d'HOLLANDE [Big Cabbage of Holland] (very old) classic centifolia
GRUSS AN GERMERSHAUSEN (Brummer 1926) eyecatching rambler, 5-petal candy pink
HANSALAND (Kordes 1993) best red rugosa hybrid. Period.
HAPPY WANDERER (1954>) profuse climbing sport of red polyantha Happy
HART CRANE (Schneider 2010) purple 5-petal rugosa hybrid, a top exhibition classic shrub
HELLA (Kordes 2010) vigorous, healthy semi-double climber, Santorini white
HENRY NEVARD (Cant 1924) big red, the very model of a modern hybrid perpetual
HIPPOLYTE (early 19th century) deep purple on white ground, vigorous gallica hybrid
ILLUSION (Kordes 1961) classic free-blooming cinnabar red kordesii climber
INDIGO (Laffay 1830) compact constant-blooming purple portland
IRISH FIREFLAME (Dickson 1914) coral/salmon/yellow HT for single-petaled aficianodos
JAMES MASON (Beales 1982) blood red modern gallica for hedge or back of border
JOSEPHINE RITTER (Geschwind 1900) very full, mid-size, deep pink hybrid multiflora
JOY (Clemons 2007) superior white/pink miniature, often in sprays, for garden and show
KATHLEEN FERRIER (Buisman 1952) big coral-salmon sprays, floribunda-shrub
KEAN (1820?) purple pink gallica, recommended to all who dislike complicated OGR names
KEITH'S DELIGHT (Moore 2005) shiny yellow blushed pink, shrubby hybrid rugosa
LA BELLE SULTANE (Dupont c. 1795) golden stamens erupting from silky purple petals
LA FRAICHEUR (Turbat 1921) icy pink rambler, all day long
LA FRANCE (Guillot 1867) light pink, the original hybrid tea, still vigorous and fragrant
LADY STUART (Portemer 1851) unclassifiable hybrid perpetual, bourbon or china; blush
LAGUNA (Kordes 2005) high octane climber; large deep pink blooms, strongly scented
LARRY DANIELS (Liggett 2000) soft pink sport of Grandmother's Hat, free-blooming HP
LATSCH PINK (S Schneider 2010) the repeating gallica some have been waiting for
LICHTERLOH (Tantau 1955) saturated red, floribunda-like hybrid musk
LILIANA (Poulsen 1995) pale pink-apricot English-style shrub, very winter hardy
LIONS-ROSE (Kordes 2003) large multi-petaled champagne blooms all summer long
LOUIS VAN TYLE (<1846) opulent lavender pink gallica, spreading wider than tall
LUCY IRENE (Nicholson 2012) soft pink sport of William Baffin; lovely and just as tough
MABELLE STEARNS (Horvath 1938) prolific Ohio shrub; like a low, spreading La France
MME ISAAC PERREIRE (Garcon 1881) classic pink bourbon; gorgeous, fragrant and easy
MME JEANNINE JOUBERT (Margottin 1877) rare bourbon, 100-petal deep pink saucers
MANDER'S NUTKANA #1 (1983) nutkana X floribunda. Nutkana wins.
MARCHESA BOCCELLA (Desprez 1842) easy-growing, free-blooming light pink HP
MARIE-JEANNE (Turbat 1913) old-fashioned white in sprays; elegant, productive polyantha
MARY MANNERS (Leicester 1970) snow white sport of Sarah Van Fleet, always in bloom
MARY WALLACE (Van Fleet 1924) large-flowered warm pink climber, repeating when happy
MECENE (Vibert 1845) compact gallica, white stripes running out of deep pink petals $40
MEL'S HERITAGE (Barden 2009) repeating wichurana, full-petaled apricot coral
MERMAID (Paul 1918) rampageous single-petaled soft yellow hybrid bracteata
MRS OAKLEY FISHER (Cant 1921) constant golden amber single-petaled HT
MOJE HAMMARBERG (1931) bright pink double rugosa, hips, best Swedish rose
MORDEN 6910 (1970) arrest-me red; tall; better than some named Mordens
MORNING BLUSH (Sievers 1988) big, full-petaled cream/pink; only bicolor alba
"NATIONAL ROAD" medium-large, bright red, very full hybrid china or bourbon
FOUND BY CLYDE EVERETT ALONG U.S. 40 NEAR CAMBRIDGE, OHIO
NEARLY WILD (Brownell 1941) breezy wild-rose pink, the Knock Out of its day
NEW DAWN (Dreer 1930) classic climber, repeating sport of Dr W VanFleet
NEWPORT FAIRY (Gardner 1908) tree-climbing (in warm places) pink rambler
NYMPHE EGERIA (Geschwind 1892) lovely sprays of full-petaled pink, tall shrub
OAKINGTON RUBY (Bloom 1933) micro-mini, parent of many modern minis
OCEAN IN MOTION (Pearce 2009) shrub, waves of lavender-blue
OLD PORT (McGredy 1991) very purple, very double, very fragrant floribunda
ORIENTAL CHARM (Duerhsen 1960) lacquered vermillion, 10-petal HT beauty
PARKZIERDE (Geschwind 1909) intensely red, centifolia-like bourbon hybrid
PEARL DRIFT (LeGrice 1981) glistening blooms & foliage, Mermaid X New Dawn
PERENNIAL BLUSH (Mehring 2007) pliable, shade-tolerant, repeating rambler
PERPETUALLY YOURS (Harkness 1999) large climber, old-fashion lemon cream
PINK PAVEMENT (Baum 1991) rugged deep pink hybrid rugosa, lots of hips
PINK ROADRUNNER (Uhl 2003) shrubby bright pink hybrid rugosa
PINK ROAMER (Horvath 1893) cheerful, persistent bright pink blend rambler
PINK ROBIN (Lens 1992) rare R. helenae hybrid, tall and profuse
PINK SOUPERT (Gunning 1896) perfectly miniaturized OGR, strong repeat
PORCELAINE DE CHINE (Lens 1996) great masses of pearlescent HT-like buds
REGENSBERG (McGredy 1979) compact floribunda, cerise painted on white
ROBUSTA (Kordes 1979) tall rugosa hybrid, winning sprays of 5-petaled red
R. ARKANSANA 'PEPPERMINT' pink dapples and stripes, top exhibition species
R. BANKSIAE LUTEA classic yellow climber for greenhouse or south
R. CALIFORNICA PLENA (Geschwind 1894) rich pink, super fragrance, arching
R. CANINA FROEBELII (1890) European understock, also superb wildlife hedge
R. PALUSTRIS pink, the Swamp Rose, perfectly happy with wet feet, repeats
R. PISOCARPA pink, the Cluster Rose, renowned for pea-like fruit
R. RUGOSA grown from seed, colors range from medium to deepest pink
R. VIRGINIANA robust single-petaled pink, native to Ohio as well as Virginia
"ROSALIND" very early-blooming pink Old Garden Rose, damask/spinosissima?
FOUND BY FRED LAUTZENHEISER ON ROSALIND AVENUE IN CLEVELAND'S UNIVERSITY CIRCLE
ROXANNE (Kordes 2013) compact, full-petaled scarlet, dazzling autumn foliage
SANDY (USDA 2000) improved selection of R. rugosa, thanks to the government
SANTANA (Tantau 1985) pillar rose, giant Stop Sign-red blooms
SCHNEIDERII No. 3 (Schneider 2020) tree-climbing 5-petaled pink blend
SHOGUN (Tantau 2000) climber, elegant cherry red/pale gold hybrid tea-like blooms
SIBELIUS (Lens 1984) mauve-magenta hybrid musk, spectacular performance
SILVER MOON (VanFleet 1910) large round blooms, rambler for siding barns
SIMON ROBINSON (Guernsey 1982) exuberant 5-petaled clear pink mini-shrub
SIR THOMAS LIPTON (VanFleet 1900) upright, double, very white; polite rugosa hybrid
SNOW PAVEMENT (Uhl 1984) superior hybrid rugosa; crystal white, subtle lavender sheen
SPENCER (Paul 1892) abundant fluffy light pink HP; fragrant; tall, leafy habit
SUMMER JOY (Walsh 1911) late-blooming double rambler, white buds open rose
SUZANNE (Skinner 1949) the rock-hardy coral-salmon rose of the prairies
SWARTHMORE (Meilland 1963) immense spiraled HT, cerise pink to crimson
THE BISHOP (ancient) tall, deep pink/purple, centifolia/gallica
THE GERBE (Fauque 1904) proto large-flowered climber, frosting pink, some repeat
THERESE BUGNET (Bugnet 1950) fragrant, very double indestructible rugosa
TURBO (Meilland 1994) lustrous coral pink rugosa hybrid, fully double and tall
VILLE DE ST DENIS (Thomas 1853) sleek hybrid perpetual, rich pink variations
WHITE VERANDA (Kordes 2020) blinding, full-petaled, very healthy floribunda
WILLIAM BAFFIN (Svejda 1983) pink, most winter-hardy repeating climber
WRETHAM ROSE (Hoellering 1997) fragrant, big deep pink modern centifolia
ZEPHIRINE DROUHIN (Bizot 1868) pink fragrant, thornless bourbon climber
Paul Jerabek Introductions For Sale
Own-root roses propagated at Freedom Gardens. 1-gallon pots. $20 each.
ALICE PAT compact, early-blooming red blend floribunda SOLD OUT
ANNE GRABER tall floribunda, wavy light red exhibition sprays SOLD OUT
AUNT RUTH strawberry/cream semi-double climber, trophies at national shows
BROWN STUDY novelty brown-orange floribunda SOLD OUT
CAMILLE ROSE profuse, healthy clear pink shrub
CHATEAU DE VAIR 93 exuberant cerise/white polyantha, trophies at district shows SOLD OUT
CONNIE pure yellow semi-double miniature, almost always in bloom SOLD OUT
CORKY THACKER large-flowered coral pink shrub, one of Paul's best 2022 INTRODUCTION SOLD OUT
DEBBIE LYNN long-stemmed ruby red hybrid tea SOLD OUT
DOROTHY'S REGAL RED big hybrid tea SOLD OUT
ESTHER JERABEK pink polyantha-style floribunda SOLD OUT
FOREVER, MICHAEL JON pure pink grandiflora
JERRY 'Double Delight' re-imagined as a grandiflora
JULES full-bodied red climber, repeating well
JUSTINE MEE LIFF pink grandiflora for garden and cut flowers SOLD OUT
LORI rich orange, healthy large-flowered climber
MARS WAGAR 80-petaled purple, very fragrant, compact shrub 2021 INTRODUCTION SOLD OUT
MAYA LEE big orange-red hybrid tea, powerfully fragrant SOLD OUT
MELVIN pink/cream/mauve floribunda SOLD OUT
MILAN white/red floribunda, huge exhibition sprays SOLD OUT
OUR PEARL vigorous climber, white with pink edge
PATRICIA C OPPMANN white floribunda, early Jerabek SOLD OUT
PAUL JERABEK superb white/pink, Paul's last and best climber SOLD OUT
PAULSPRIDE pastel large-flowered climber: pink, yellow and white SOLD OUT
PAW MAW mauve grandiflora, individually and in sprays SOLD OUT
PEGGY M many-petaled yellow and pink hand-painted shrub SOLD OUT
PETER JOHN apricot-pink large-flowered hybrid musk SOLD OUT
PHOTOGENIC stunning semi-double white with lipstick edge, climber/shrub SOLD OUT
RAY'S JOY bright orange floribunda, most popular with people named Ray SOLD OUT
ROSEFORD prolific light pink climber with intriguing scent
SNOWBELT polyantha, like having a white azalea blooming all summer long SOLD OUT
SUE DICKMAN floribunda, bright coral orange with silver SOLD OUT
SUSAN SCHNEIDER shrub, brilliant yellow-changing-to-red in sprays, many trophies SOLD OUT
SUSAN'S SISTER more intense colors in smaller sprays, vigorous floribunda
THE CLERK multi-petaled bright red, large blooms on stalwart shrub SOLD OUT
WEE BUTTERFLIES (R.jerabekii) prolific pink/white polyantha, comes true from seed SOLD OUT
WINE & ROSES exotic climber, inky zinfandel with pale rose reverse SOLD OUT
WINIFRED pink grandiflora, like 'Queen Elizabeth' with holding power SOLD OUT
WOMEN IN MILITARY very free blooming red shrub, one of Paul's best SOLD OUT
ZENAITTA superb orange-red polyantha for exhibition and garden
We feature Paul Jerabek's roses but also have an excellent selection of modern hybrid teas, floribundas and shrubs from other rose breeders--all proven winter hardy in this climate--on our $20 sale tables.
Custom Propagation
We offer custom propagation of hard-to-find roses for patient rosarians. All of our roses are propagated on their own roots. In most cases this takes 12-18 months but sometimes it can take longer. We can propagate any rose that is not under current patent or trademark. Many people make a visit to our garden to choose what they would like to have propagated from our vast collection of hard-to-find roses. We note roses unique to our nursery in the Combined Rose List. And gardeners often want us to propagate an unknown but loved family heirloom rose. Custom propagation is $30 per plant, payable when the order is placed. A few especially difficult-to-propagate or extremely high-demand roses cost more, as noted. We can only propagate a finite number of roses each year, and early ordering is always recommended.
Note: Cultivars marked with an asterisk (*) are fully subscribed for this propagation year. Orders for cultivars with an asterisk (*) are not being accepted at this time.
SOME OF OUR MOST-REQUESTED CUSTOM PROPAGATION ROSES
ABIGAIL ROSE (Schroeck 2022) 5-petal hot pink hybrid musk, healthy, exhibition sprays
ACROPOLIS (Meilland 2002) russet/ivory/green sprays; more vigor than most weird colors
*ALEXANDRA PRINCESSE DE LUXEMBOURG (Kordes 2010) lovely many-petal pink
ALEXIS LEPERE (Vigneron 1875) very rare hybrid perpetual, large scarlet blooms
ALIDA LOVETT (Van Fleet 1909) fragrant blended pink large-flowered climber
*ALLUX SYMPHONY (Austin 1986) soft yellow rosette, looking large on compact shrub
AMERICAN LEGACY crimson-pink English-style shrub from Griffith Buck, fragrant and full
ANABELL (Kordes 1972) orange-salmon floribunda, huge candelabra exhibition sprays
ANASTASIA (Adam 2014) many-petaled ivory-buff hybrid tea; long, healthy stems
ANNA SCHARSACH (Geschwind 1890) glowing shell pink HP; vigorous and healthy
ARIELLE DOMBASLE (Meilland 1991) climber in sunset shades, rare in this country
*ASCHERMITTWOCH [Ash Wednesday] (Kordes 1955) large climber, ghostly grey
*ASCOT (Tantau 2008) like a red bomb peony all summer long $40
ASHLEY (Tantau 2014) productive, long-stemmed English-style orange pink
ASTRID GRAFIN VON HARDENBERG (Tantau 2002) striking black-purple, very fragrant
BADEN-BADEN (Kordes 1952) satiny crimson hybrid tea, profuse, incredibly fragrant
BALTIMORE BELLE (Feast 1843) white setigera, for Napoleon's American sister-in-law
BARON GIROD DE L'AIN (Reverchon 1897) bizarre, beautiful chalk-edged scarlet-crimson
BASYE'S PURPLE (1968) unique shrub, single-petaled, purple inside and out
*BELLE ISIS (Parmentier 1845) lovely blush gallica, no suckers, Austin ancestor
*BELLE STORY (Austin 1984) very fragrant, wide-petaled coral pink; sprawly shrub $40
BERLIN (Kordes 1949) single-petaled shocking orange on sturdy shrub
BERNIE (Schneider 2016) exhibition miniflora, light pink $40
*BIBI MAIZOON (Austin 1989) extraordinarily profuse pink shrub, long cutting stems $40
BLACK COUNTRY PRIDE (Cowlishaw 2008) true mauve floribunda, exhibition sprays
BLACK PRINCE (Paul 1866) charming, productive hybrid perpetual, deepest crimson
*BLAIRII No. 2 (Blair 1845) climbing light pink cabbage rose, better than Blairii No. 1
BLUSHING LUCY (Williams 1938) shiny soft pink rambler, fragrant and healthy
BOLERO (Olesen 1998) barely double cream climber, eager to bloom in sprays
BONNIE JEAN (Archer 1933) dusky pink 5-petaled hybrid tea, from the Dainty Bess people
BOUQUET PARFAIT (Lens 1989) pink blend hybrid musk, perfect petal-packed sprays
*BUTTERSCOTCH (Warriner 1986) stunning light brown large-flowered climbing rose
CAMILLE BERNADIN (Gautreau 1865) ruffly red blend HP; over-delivers size & scent
CAPTAIN CHRISTY (Lacharme 1873) productive, long stemmed, heirloom HT; soft pink
CAPTAIN HARRY STEBBINGS (1980) big, high-centered deep pink Old School hybrid tea
CAPTAIN THOMAS (Thomas 1935) spectacular single-petaled yellow climbing hybrid tea
*CARAMEL ANTIKE (Kordes 2005) many-petaled golden amber, long cutting stems $40
CARAMELLA (Kordes 2002) Werthers amber; large, shapely blooms on healthy shrub
CAROLINE DE SANSAL (Desprez 1849) sturdy HP packed with pale pink crepe petals
*CELSIANA (<1732) ethereal semi-double damask, luminescent light pink
CENTENAIRE DE LOURDES (Delbard 1958) blended pink, big-impact floribunda-shrub
CHANELLE (McGredy 1959) lovely, fragrant pastel cream/blush; large for a floribunda
CHARDON (S Schneider 2000) breath-taking 9' white fountain, like an atomic Snowbelt
CHARLES XII (Dickerson 2004) rich pink many-petaled modern bourbon with vigor
CHAUCER (Austin 1970) large, fragrant, cupped, light pink blooms; compact shrub
*CHOCOLATE SUNDAE (Meilland 2009) 85% cocoa, 15% brick; large-flowered climber
CINDERELLA (Kordes 2004) many-petaled pure light pink, climber or tall shrub
CLAIR ELYSE (Smith 2017) exhibition hybrid tea, scarlet-vermillion
*CLAIRE ROSE (Austin 1990) quiet pink, packed with petals and fragrance $40
CLASSIC TOUCH (Hefner 1991) light pink sport of Touch of Class
CLEalta (Clements 1998) dazzling coral-orange sport of Altissimo
CLEsong (Clements 2001) 5-petal red blend, best of several roses named for A L McDowell
*CLEwonder (Clements 1997) fuchsia on ecru, most intellectual of the striped roses
*CLIO (Paul 1894) heavy-blooming, high-centered, sugar pink hybrid perpetual $40
*COLCESTRIA (Cant 1916) gorgeous, plush, satin pink blooms on arching climber $40
*COMICE DE TARN-ET-GARONNE (Pradel 1852) intricately formed carmine-rose bourbon
*COMMANDANT BEAUREPAIRE (M-R 1874) stunning bourbon, bold crimson/lilac stripes
COMTESSE CECILE DE CHABRILLANT (Marest 1858) petal-packed blush pink HP
COQUETTE DES BLANCHES (Lacharme 1871) full-petaled, heavy blooming white bourbon
CORAL DAWN (Boerner 1952) blended pink large-flowered climber, vigorous and healthy
COTTAGE ROSE (Austin 1991) pure pink cupped rosette, free-blooming and free-branching
*COUNTRY LADY (Harkness 1988) shapely warm orange HT, profuse, good to cut
COUNTRY LIVING (Austin 1991) delicate light pink blooms on winter hardy shrub
COUNTRY MUSIC (Harkness 1998) pink/yellow floribunda (miniflora by today's standards)
COURTNEY MARIE (Schroeck 2017) single-petaled bright red polyantha, always in bloom
CRESCENDO (Zary 2011) cream and pink exhibition hybrid tea, best on its own roots
CRESSIDA (Austin 1983) nodding apricot-peach, sprawly shrub, child of C F Meyer $40
CRIMSON GLORY (Kordes 1935) classic deep red hybrid tea, famously fragrant
CUYAHOGA (Poulsen 1994) rich coral; local favorite in National Parks series of shrubs
*CYMBELINE (Austin 1982) gorgeous dove grey, arching, intensely fragrant $40
DAIRY MAID (LeGrice 1957) ivory parchment floribunda, large single-petaled blooms
DENISE GREY (Meilland 1988) Bonica with a dose of rugosa, superb
DEUTSCHES DANZIG (Lambert 1935) outstanding polyantha, despite revanchist name
DINKY (Velle 2003) normal-size deep rose-pink hybrid musk, tightly packed sprays
DIXIELAND LINDA (Beales 1996) apricot-salmon sport of Boerner's Aloha
DOCTOR DICK (Cocker 1985) coral-salmon hybrid tea, enormous exhibition blooms
*DR E M MILLS (Van Fleet 1925) shrubby semi-double yellow hybrid hugonis
DR JOHN DICKMAN (Bridges 2003) best mauve miniflora for garden or show
DR W VAN FLEET (Van Fleet 1910) powerful large-flowered rambler, light pink and fragrant
DOMINIC SUNSET (Barden 2002) exquisitely formed vivid peach, bracteata background
DOMSTADT FULDA (Kordes 1994) shapely floribunda, intensely orange-red
DORNROSCHEN (Kordes 1960) large salmon-pink in sprays, acicularis ancestry
DORNROSCHENSCHLOSS SABABURG (Kordes 1993) dramatically spiraled pink shrub
*DOROTHY ANNE (WInchel 1985) exhibition hybrid tea, white blending to pink
*DOUBLOONS (Horvath 1934) vigorous golden yellow Ohio-bred climber, Wooster rescue
DREAM LAND (Schmitz 2015) light pink, full-petaled, very healthy large-flowered climber
DUCHESSE DE ROHAN (Leveque 1847) vigorous portland, purple/rose/lilac kaleidoscope
ECLAIR (Lacharme 1883) exceptional crimson hybrid perpetual, delicious when fresh
ELISA BOELLE (Guillot 1869) HP in shades of white, a favorite with visitors to our garden
ELIZABETH STUART (Guillot 2004) yellow-apricot English style, hardy here in zone 5b
*EMANUEL (Austin 1985) huge 100+ petal soft apricot; here, there, everywhere shrub
EMILY (Austin 1992) cup-and-saucer blooms of pastel pink; second-rarest Austin $40
EMMA JUNE (Schroeck 2019) hybrid musk, exhibition sprays of 5-petaled bright light pink
EMPRESS MICHIKO (Dickson 1992) peaches and cream and honey, HT for Zone 5 smiles
ERNST G DORELL (Geschwind 1897) massive month-long bloom, elegant cerise sprays
EUROPEAN TOUCH (vonKoss 1989) buff sport of Folklore, from our Queens-winning plant
FAIR BIANCA (Austin 1982) classic white floribunda-style English rose $40
FAIR MOLLY (Moore 1999) semi-double white polyantha, compact and free
FELICITAS (Kordes 1998) superb single-petaled bright pink landscaping shrub
FIREBIRD (Kordes 2016) dazzling yellow-red floribunda, unaccountably hard-to-find
FISHER HOLMES (Verdier 1865) siren red HP; keeps blooming while growing taller
*FISHERMAN'S FRIEND (Austin 1988) crimson, best rose named for a cough drop $40
FLIRTATIOUS (Zary 2003) blushing pink/yellow floribunda in sprays, enduring yet rare
FLORENCE DELATTRE (Guillot 1997) mauve English-style shrub; neat, compact habit
FLOWER GIRL (Fryer 1999) semi-double appleblossom pink shrub, stupendous sprays
FOCUS (Noack 1997) amazingly healthy grandiflora in sprays, peach pink
FOREVER ROSE (Schmitz 2019) large cream/pink, gazillion petals, Kordes-like floribunda
FORGOTTEN DREAMS (Bracegirdle 1981) hugely fragrant Crayola red hybrid tea
40 HEROES (Lim 2008) healthy, winter-hardy, upright floribunda-shrub; lantern yellow
FOUNTAIN (Tantau 1970) large, spiraled, velvety red; ahead-of-its time hybrid tea/shrub
FRAGEZEICHEN [Question Mark] (Bottner 1910) determined rambler, large pink blooms
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FRANCE DE BERVILLE (Eve 2001) lovely cherry red nitida hybrid, a plantsman's rose
FRECKLES (Buck 1976) pale orange-pink with strawberry daubs and... freckles
*FRIENDS FOREVER (Lowe 2001) brawny shrub, fuchsia pink, Austin X Explorer
FRUHLINGSDUFT (Kordes 1949) jumbo creamy apricot, superb scent, just about double
*FURSTIN VON PLESS (Lambert 1911) ivory hybrid tea with rugosa ancestor
FUTTACKER SCHLINGROSE (Geschwind 1900) light crimson, quintessential pillar rose
GARTENZAUBER (Kordes 1984) leafy floribunda; large, pointed, scarlet blooms
GARTNERFREUDE (Kordes 1999) raspberry pink low shrub; perfect pyramidal sprays
GEBRUDER GRIMM (Kordes 2002) tangerine/lemon bicolor, big bloom, impact floribunda
GELBER ENGEL (Kordes 2003) hyper-vigorous, winter-hardy, yellow floribunda-shrub
*GEOFF HAMILTON (Austin 1997) bounteous soft pink chalices, vigorous shrub $40
GEORGES DE CADONEL (Schwartz 1904) strapping bourbon-climber, long blushing sprays
GEORGETTE (Interplant 1983) excellent white floribunda, clockwork sprays, now rare
GESCHWIND'S SCHONSTE (1900) prolific crimson in neat sprays, beautiful indeed
GIPSY BOY (Geschwind 1909) tall bourbon hybrid, magenta-violet, prodigious spring bloom
*GLOIRE DE HOLLAND (Verschuren 1918) ultra-fragrant crimson; compact hybrid tea
GOLDEN GATE (Kordes 2005) best yellow climbing rose for Ohio
GOLDEN HOLSTEIN (Kordes 1989) shocking, fragrant, semi-double floribunda in sprays
GOOD OLE MOUNTAIN DEW (Wells 2009) miniflora, lilac-mauve with cream reverse
GRACE ABOUNDING (Harkness 1968) palest wheat, spectacular sprays, floribunda X HMsk
GREAT WALL (Lim 2005) healthy, heavy-blooming bright cerise shrub, ideal 5' hedge
GREEN SNAKE (Lens 1987) adventurous ground-hugger, white blooms (green leaves)
GREETINGS (Zary 1999) superb magenta-silver-cream floribunda, never marketed by J&P
GRUSS AN KOBLENZ (Kordes 1963) tough red climber, kordesii X eglanteria
GUY DE MAUPASSANT (Meilland 1994) 90-petaled sprays, formerly flesh pink
HAKUUN (Poulsen 1962) incredible exhibition sprays on compact white floribunda
HAMBURG (Kordes 1935) Crimson Glory's semi-double shrub cousin, quite rare $40
*HAPPY PIANO (Tantau 2007) jovial pink version of Piano $40
HAROLD MACMILLAN (Harkness 1989) rare pure orange floribunda, singly and in sprays
HEATHER AUSTIN (Austin 1997) rich dusky rose-pink in large cups, upright
*HEAVEN ON EARTH (Kordes 2004) giant peony-like coral orange blooms, floribunda
HEAVENLY ROSALIND (Austin 1995) stamens star in sprays of pastel 5-petal blooms
HEIMATMELODIE (Tantau 2001) cheery, fast-repeating raspberry/gold floribunda
HEIN MUCK (Tantau 1961) blood red 5-petaled shrub, clean and neat and now quite rare
HIGH HOPES (Harkness 1992) fragrant climber, elegant conch pink blooms in sprays
HIMMELSAUGE (Geschwind 1884) healthy velvety purple, blooms bolt upright
*HIROSHIMA'S CHILDREN (Harkness 1985) 'Peace' re-created as elegant floribunda $40
HOT CHOCOLATE (Simpson 1986) unique rusty orange floribunda, from New Zealand
*INDIAN SUMMER (Pearce 1991) cognac buff hybrid tea, fragrant and good to cut $40
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE (Harkness 1984) purple patio rose
JAN'S WEDDING (Adams 1994) upright shrub, ready bouquets of pale gold/soft pink
*JAQUENETTA (Austin 1983) free-blooming, large semi-double apricot-peach $40
JAYNE AUSTIN (Austin 1990) elegant amber [and yes, we have spelled this correctly ;)]
*JUBILEE (Walsh 1897) very rare HP: superb purple sprays, but not that perpetual $40
JULES MARGOTTIN (Margottin 1853) heavy-blooming, compact HP; rosy carmine
*JULIA'S ROSE (Wisbech 1980) famous parchment tan hybrid tea, rewards TLC
JUNE BRIDE (Shepherd 1957) Ohio-bred creamy grandiflora with New Dawn ancestry
KAFFE FASSETT (Tantau 2018) superbly fragrant mauve floribunda, healthy, winter hardy
KATHLEEN HARROP (Dickson 1919) soft pink sport of Zepherine Drouhin, just as thornless
KATHRYN MORLEY (Austin 1990) beautiful cupped blooms, shades of lighter pink
LA ROSE DE MOLINARD (Delbard 2009) very fragrant many-petaled cerise, long stems
*LADY MOSS (Moore 2005) extremely mossy pale apricot-pink floribunda, quite rare $40
LADY SALISBURY (Austin 2012) scarce pink, popular with people named Lady Salisbury
LAMBERT CLOSSE (Ogilvie 1995) gentler pink Explorer, very tough shrub
LANDLUST (Kordes 2016) shiny yellow suffused with pink; healthy, upright shrub
LE HAVRE (Eude 1870) vigorous, free-blooming light red HP; smaller blooms in sprays
LEANDER (Austin 1982) warm amber-orange in spays, sometimes more vigor than blooms
LEAPING SALMON (Pearce 1986) fragrant climber, shapely blooms, more orange than pink
LEMON BLUSH (Sievers 1988) huge lemon-colored, lemon-scented blooms, thornless
*LEOPOLD RITTER (Geschwind 1900) large, bright red, centifolia-like hybrid multiflora
LILAC ROSE (Austin 1990) large ultra-fragrant blooms, soft pink rinsed in lavender
*LILLIAN GIBSON (Hansen 1938) hybrid blanda, Secrest star still shining in Freedom
LITTLE RAMBLER (Warner 1995) never-ending light pink, big sprays, free-standing shrub
*LONG JOHN SILVER (Horvath 1934) boundless large-flowered rambler, silvery white
LORDLY OBERON (Austin 1982) shrub, in bloom most like a repeating Constance Spry
LOVE'S KISS (J&P 2010) bright coral, under-the-radar exhibition hybrid tea
LOYAL FRIEND (Gardner 2001) elusive single-petaled white miniflora, exhibition sprays
*LULLABY (Shepherd 1953) Ohio-bred polyantha version of Mme Hardy, always in bloom
MADISON (Poulsen 1993) big-spray pink shrublet for cheeseheads and constitutionalists
*MME A LABBEY (Vibert 1843) soft pink damask hybrid, vigorous, very winter hardy
MME ROSA MONNET (Monnet 1885) super-rare HP; rich raspberry pink, fragrant, compact
MME VICTOR VERDIER (1863) HP; layer upon layer of crimson-rose, long stems
MAGNA CHARTA (Paul 1876) big blooms in shades of rich pink, tall hybrid perpetual
MANITA (Kordes 1996) swarms of soft pink blooms, bushy climber/shrub, fast repeat
MANUEL CANOVAS (Guillot 1995) old-fashioned white on robust, fast-repeating shrub
MARGUERITE DE ROMAN (Schwartz 1882) rare compact HP, one shade of pink past white
MARIA LIESA (Liebau 1936) cheery 5-petaled bright pink, thornless rambler or large shrub
*MARIANNE (Barden 2004) breath-taking apricot gallica/centifolia, best Barden here
*MARIANNE TUDOR (Fryer 1989) gold medal-winning bright red hybrid tea, now rare
MARIATHERESIA (Tantau 2004) petal packed pastel pink in sprays, beautiful + productive
MARINETTE (Austin 1995) wide-petaled rose/white, long stems, 1960s hybrid tea vibe
MARKGRAFIN WILHEMINE (Tantau 1995) very rare clear pink floribunda/shrub
MARTINE GUILLOT (Guillot/Massad 1996) superb shrub, white HT-like blooms in sprays
*MARY WEBB (Austin 1984) fragrant, free-blooming, butter yellow shrub
MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE (Austin 1996) tall pink, English charm + Explorer hardiness
MEIN SCHONER GARTEN (Kordes 1997) endless double pink blooms, healthy shrub
MELODY MAKER (Dickson 1990) spectacular orange-red exhibition floribunda $40
MICURIN (Bohm 1936) vigorous red climber, homage to Russian Burbank
MIRABELLA (Zary 1995) the magazine is long gone, but the yellow floribunda lives on
MIRANDA (deSansal 1869) exuberant candy pink semi-double portland
*MISS LORRAINE (Eve 2001) rare light pink grandiflora from France
*MRS COLVILLE (19th c.) superior spinosissima, 5-petal crimson, gold stamens
MRS F W SANFORD (Curtis 1898) less silvery sport of Mrs John Laing; excellent HP
MRS KEAYS' SNOW BUSH (<1930) relentless rambler; 5-petal white, vivid yellow stamens
*MODERN ART (Olesen 1983) rare novelty HT; orange-scarlet, streaked and daubed
MON PETIT CHOU (Kordes 2010) giant cabbagey coral-pink; controversial/fun
MORGENROT (Kordes 1985) loud bright red single-petaled compact shrub
MORGENSONNE (Kordes 1988) easy-growing winter-hardy yellow climber
MORNING MIST (Austin 1997) orange-coral, superior single-petaled shrub
MORTIMER SACKLER (2003) pink; supporting player in Dopesick and Austin pantheon
NAHEMA (Delbard 1998) almond blossom pink shrub-climber, fragrant and full
NARZISSE (Krause 1942) maize yellow pre-Peace exhibition hybrid tea $40
NEW CENTURY (VanFleet 1900) extremely rare rugosa hybrid, shades of pink
*NEWS (LeGrice 1968) fragrant floribunda; wide, rose-purple blooms
NIMBUS (LeGrice 1989) full-petaled floribunda; shades of mauve and slate
*NORDHAUSEN (Krause 1940) tall, very winter hardy, carmine shrub
OPEN ARMS (Warner 1996) coral-orange blizzard; winter-hardy statement shrub
*OTHELLO (Austin 1986) rough-hewn blended crimson; very large, very fragrant blooms
PAPI DELBARD (1995) large-flowered cantaloupe-orange climber, fragrant
*PARK WILHELMSHOHE (Kordes 1987) clean rose-pink gallica with HT ancestor
PAUL NEYRON (Levet 1869) huge blooms, huge fragrance, Neyron pink
*PAUL RICAULT (Portemer 1845) easy centifolia, jumbo blended pink, fragrant+
*PAUL'S EARLY BLUSH (1893) charming pale Heinrich Schultheis sport, early blooming HP
PAUL'S SCARLET CLIMBER (1916) old-timey favorite suburban rambler
*PEACH BELLE (2007) bold orange hybrid tea, sturdy and free, scarce Ping Lim
*PERDITA (Austin 1983) lovely soft yellow-peach, barely double, superb scent $40
PERENNIAL BLUE (Mehring 2004) repeating rambler; blue = bright ruby lilac
PERENNIAL WHITE (Mehring 2008) big sprays on fast-repeating rambler
*PERLE VON WEISSENSTEIN (Schwarzkopf 1773) historic German gallica, muddled pink
*"PHALANX" very fine deep pink bourbon, full of petals and fragrance, repeating well
FOUND IN BRACEVILLE, OHIO AT THE SITE OF THE 19TH CENTURY SOCIALIST/UTOPIAN PHALANX SETTLEMENT
*PHILADELPHIA RAMBLER (VanFleet 1904) juicy clusters, crimson/pink
*PIANO (Tantau 2008) productive English-style hybrid tea, shades of red $40
*PICTURE PERFECT (Wambach 1995) impossible-to-find pink blend hybrid tea $40
PIERRE NOTTING (Portemer 1863) beautiful HP, crimson with purple sheen
PINK MARTINI (Kordes 2012) massive display; bright pink; full-petaled sprays
PINK SURPRISE (Lens 1987) saucer-size single-petaled pale pink blooms
PLAISANTERIE (Lens 1996) color-changing hybrid musk, Mutabilis for the North
*POMPON VERANDA (Kordes 2008) big sprays; very full ivory-pink, lime edge $40
POMPONELLA (Kordes 2006) constant candelabras, rich pink globular blooms
PORTLANDIA (Clements 2002) peach/pink/orange, poor man's Augusta Luise
POSTILLON (Kordes 1998) large yellow shrub, despite snow, rain, heat or gloom of night
*POTTER & MOORE (Austin 1988) big, puffy, rose pink blooms, and lots of them $40
PRAIRIE JOY (Collicutt 1990) very healthy clear pink upright shrub
*PRAIRIE PEACE (Erskine 1975) spectacular tall HSpin, yellow/peach/pink $40
*PRETTY JESSICA (Austin 1983) intricately formed deep pink, very fragrant, compact $40
*PROFESSOR IBRAHIM (Krause 1937) very rare, very hardy rose-pink climber
*PROSPERO (Austin 1982) perfectly symmetrical deep crimson, needs coddling in Ohio
PROVINS PANACHE (Fontaine 1860?) international striped rose of mystery, bourbon/HP
PURE BLISS (Dickson 1995) gold-medal winning pink blend HT, very rare
*PURPLE LODGE (Orard 2011) stunning English-style, color absent from Austin's palette
PURPLE SKYLINER (Cowlishaw 2003) cool climber from the Rhapsody in Blue guy
QUADRA (1993) bold red climber, largest blooms in Explorer family
RACY LADY (Dickson 2000) sleek, free-blooming white hybrid tea, rare
*RADIO TIMES (Austin 1994) classic clear pink rosettes, very fragrant $40
RANDY SCOTT (Smith 2008) large white exhibition hybrid tea
RED DAGMAR (Spek 1997) exquisite 5-petaled bright cherry, often in large sprays $40
*RED INTUITION (Delbard 2004) extravagantly striped exhibition hybrid tea $40
*REICHPRASIDENT VON HINDENBERG (Lambert 1933) humongous light pink HP
REINE OLGA VON WURTEMBERG (Nabonnand 1881) cherry noisette, hardy here
REVOLUTION FRANCAISE (Meilland 1989) jumbo scarlet HT, striking full blown
ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL (Harkness 1987) Cardinal Hume's ecumenical pink sibling
ROGER LAMBELIN (Schwartz 1890) outlandish double pinwheel HP; crimson/white $40
ROSALI 83 (Tantau 1983) rare apple-blossom pink floribunda, exhibition sprays
ROSALITA (Lens 1997) delightful 5-petaled white hybrid musk, show sprays
ROSEMANTIC PINK (Sauvageot 2016) peony-like rose pink, heavy bloom, compact
ROSENSTADT ZWEIBRUCKEN (Kordes 1989) cheerful pink/coral/yellow shrub
ROTE MOZART (Kordes 1989) nearly extinct orange-red shrub, hybrid musk-like
ROYAL WEDDING (Zary 1998) palest apricot English-style floribunda-shrub
RUBY QUEEN (Van Fleet 1899) double light crimson/pink over white; quite rare rambler
RUGELDA (Kordes 1989) bright yellow (with subtle orange/pink) rugosa hybrid
*RUHM VON STEINFURTH (Weigand 1920) the elusive Red Druschki
RUSKIN (Van Fleet 1928) broad-shouldered, large-flowered, double, crimson hybrid rugosa
*ST CECILIA (Austin 1987) pale apricot-pink chalices, breaking hearts in cold places $40
SANGERHAUSEN (Kordes 1939) large-flowered hybrid musk, shades of red
*SAPPHO (unknown) more compact version of Alba Semi-plena, should be better known
SARAH VAN FLEET (1926) classic rose pink rugosa hybrid, generous and tall
SATINA (Tantau 1992) award-winning, compact, everblooming mound; The Fairy pink
SAVOY HOTEL (Harkness 1989) heavy-blooming, elegant light pink hybrid tea
*SCHOENER'S NUTKANA (1930) large 5-petaled rose red blooms, gold stamens
SCHON INGEBORG (Kiese 1921) shades of light pink HP, branching and free
SCREAMING NEON (Lim 2013) bright red landscaping shrub, covered in bloom
SEBASTIAN KNEIPP (Kordes 1997) fragrant, many-petaled, cream hybrid tea
*SENEGAL (Mallerin 1944) velvety dead-black climber, very fragrant
SHASTA (Schwartz 1962) snow white floribunda, enduring but extremely rare $40
SHI-UN [Purple Cloud] (Suzuki 1984) hard-to-find Japanese mauve hybrid tea
SIDONIE (Dorisy 1846) prolific, overstuffed, rich pink HP; George Sand's favorite rose
*SILVER CLOUD (Moore 1990) full-petaled shrub, coffee & cream in silver cup
SILVER GHOST (Kordes 2004) rampant single-petaled shrub, very healthy, never invisible
SILVER PHANTOM (Rennie 1988) sleek, high-centered, rare Canadian mini $40
SILVER QUEEN (Paul 1887) extremely rare Antoinette pink hybrid perpetual
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (Austin 1992) full-petaled cerise-crimson, strong Old Rose scent
SOEUR EMMANUELLE (Delbard 2006) lovely lilac-rose, named for France's Favorite Nun
*SONIA RYKIEL (Guillot 1995) coral; outshines many Austins in fragrance, form $40
SONNENWELT (Kordes 2013) floriferous moundy shrub, apricot orange
SOURIRE d'ORCHIDEE (Croix 1985) lovely 5-petal arching shrub, mauve buds open white
SOUVENIR DE LA MALMAISON (Beluze 1843) perfect pearlescent bourbon
*SOUVENIR DE LOUIS AMADE (Delbard 1998) lilac-pink English-style, strong myrrh
SOUVENIR DE McKINLEY (Godard 1902) powder pink, very rare HP X HT $40
SOUVENIR DE PHILEMON COCHET (1899) doubler Blanc Double de Coubert
SOUVENIR DU PRESIDENT LINCOLN (Moreau/Robert 1865) rich pink bourbon
SPICED COFFEE (McGredy 1991) unique mocha-beige HT, sometimes approaching lavender
STAMMLER (Tantau 1933) Urdh's taller sister, fewer petals but just as fragrant
STADT DEN HELDER [City of Heroes] (Ilsink 1979) tall red floribunda
STAR OF WALTHAM (Paul 1875) rare HP; large, very full, vivid red blooms
*STEPHEN RULO (Chaney 2009) large exhibition blooms in Koko Loko colors $40
SUE RYDER (Harkness 1983) free-blooming Folklore-colored floribunda, rare
SUMMER DREAM (Fryer 1990) cute apricot-orange rosettes, compact cluster floribunda
SUMMER JOY (Walsh 1911) late-blooming double rambler, white buds open rose
SUMMER LADY (Tantau 1991) elegant, hard-to-find, salmon-pink hybrid tea
SUMMER MEMORIES (Kordes 2005) healthy English-style shrub, white
SUMMER WINE (Kordes 1985) 5-petal peach climber, cinnamon/cerise stamens
*SUMMERTIME DREAM (2008) apricot sport of Pink Robusta, introduced by us
SUNNY SUNDAYS (Smith 2013) promising yellow blend exhibition hybrid tea
SUSAN (Poulsen 1997) ivory shrub, English-style, compact and free-blooming
SWEET VICTORIA (Schmitz 2013) globular floribunda, soft pink melange
TAXI (Poulsen 1978) fragrant hybrid tea, from Denmark where cabs are red
THE COUNTRYMAN (Austin 1987) rugged, fragrant. deep pink OGR-like shrub
THE DOCTOR (Howard 1936) big, blowsy, bright pink HT; fragrant and charming
THE ENDEAVOUR (Austin 2006) compact orange-pink shrub with fragrance
*THE PRINCE (Austin 1990) deep crimson to extraordinary royal purple
THE SQUIRE (Austin 1977) exquisitely formed crimson; short, persistent, shrub
*THOR (Horvath 1940) Ohio-bred setigera climber, huge bright crimson blooms
THUSNEDLA (Muller 1886) large soft pink; rugosa X Gloire de Dijon (because they could)
*TRADESCANT (Austin 1993) blackest Austin, intricately formed, compact $40
*TRADITION (Kordes 1995) sure and steady large-flowered climber, double pure red
TRIOMPHE DE CAEN (Oger 1861) rare hybrid perpetual; brilliant scarlet, shaded purple
*URDH (Tantau 1930) wonderful deep pink hybrid perpetual with a funny name
VALENTINE HEART (Dickson 1990) free-flowering floribunda, Brach's pink
VATER RHEIN (Kiese 1922) gem of an early HT: crimson, quartered, fragrant
VEGESACKER CHARME (Kordes 2003) big-spray silver/coral 5-petaled shrub
VERSCHUREN (1904) come for boldly variegated foliage, stay for exquisite pink blooms $40
VERSIGNY (Guillot 1998) many petaled warm apricot-orange, a French Summer Song
VIBRANT VONNIE (Roussell 2019) white/pink hybrid tea, exhibition potential
*VIOLACEE (Soupert & Notting 1876) startling deep purple moss rose $40
THIS IS THE AUTHENTIC VERY DOUBLE ROSE AS RESCUED FROM SECREST ARBORETUM AND NOT THE 10-PETALED ROSE BEING SOLD UNDER THIS NAME ELSEWHERE
*VIOLETTE (Turbat 1921) bluest rambler, grape-like clusters, fragrant, thornless
VIOLINA (Tantau 1997) elegant long-stemmed hybrid tea; Van Fleet pink
VON SCHARNHORST (Lambert 1921) lemon icing semi-double shrub
WARM WELCOME (Warner 1991) tithonia orange climbing mini (upright, no sprawl)
WARTBURG (Kiese 1910) tough rambler, large pink blend sprays over a long season
WENLOCK (Austin 1984) very fragrant crimson, more eager than some red Austins
*WICHMOSS (Barbier 1911) the iconic mossed rambler, light pink, now quite rare
*WILLIAM MORRIS (Austin 1998) vigorous, tall, fully cupped pale apricot-pink $40
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Austin 1987) crimson, the original and still quite charming
*WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 2000 (Austin) crimson, spectacular blooms when well fed $40
WINDRUSH (Austin 1984) glowing pale yellow, semi-double, vigorous
WOLLEY-DOD'S ROSE (<1770) R. pomifera with more petals, same great hips
WOMAN'S VALUE (Kordes 1984) rare pumpkin orange HT; large blooms/strong stems $40
ZEUS (Kern 1959) Ohio-introduced golden yellow climber, repeats and survives
Rare and Choice Lilacs For Sale
Own-root lilacs propagated at Freedom Gardens. 1-, 2- and 3-gallon pots. $25 each.
ALBERT HOLDEN purple/white, best bicolor lilac, Fiala introduction
AMI SCHOTT heirloom double blue
ANABEL pink, tall, earliest to bloom SOLD OUT
ATHELINE WILBUR double magenta/pink, upright, Fiala introduction
AVALANCHE white, tall, Fiala introduction SOLD OUT
BELLE DE NANCY heirloom double blush
BETSY ROSS white, bushy habit, early to bloom
BLUE EYES prolific single-petaled sky blue, raised by Susan Schneider
CATAWBA PINK seldom-seen double SOLD OUT
CONGO heirloom magenta-red SOLD OUT
CROIX DE BRAHY heirloom pink, wide habit
ETHEL M WEBSTER palest pink, earlier than most prestonias SOLD OUT
FERNAND PEGOT magenta/pink, rarely in commerce SOLD OUT
FRANK'S FANCY striking modern dark purple
FREDERICK DOUGLASS blue, Rochester family SOLD OUT
GEORGE EASTMAN rich cerise julianae hybrid
GLORY enormous magenta florets, correctly named SOLD OUT
HOLGER very late white, best Finnish lilac SOLD OUT
ISABELLA superb mauve prestonia, hard-to-find south of the border SOLD OUT
IVORY SILK shapely tree, blooms late and long
JESSIE GARDNER violet, large florets, unaccountably hard-to-find SOLD OUT
KATHERINE HAVEMEYER tall double pink
KINGSVILLE blue, free-blooming
KOSMOS violet, superb Communist lilac SOLD OUT
LOIS AMEE UTLEY pink/lavender, Fiala introduction SOLD OUT
MME ABEL CHATENAY heirloom double white, abundant
MME LEON SIMON heirloom double lavender, rare SOLD OUT
MAIDEN'S BLUSH pink, healthy, early to bloom
MARECHAL FOCH heirloom reddish-pink SOLD OUT
MARGARET FENICCHIA purple-violet, Rochester family SOLD OUT
MARIE FRANCES best pink, compact, Fiala SOLD OUT
McMASTER CENTENNIAL huge white panicles SOLD OUT
MISS MILLIE double bright rose, tall, upright SOLD OUT
We are pleased to re-introduce this excellent cultivar created by Wayne Hughes, proprietor of The Lilac Farm in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2005.
MONGE heirloom red-violet
MONIQUE LEMOINE heirloom double white
MOUNT BAKER white, wide, prolific
MY FAVORITE double deep magenta/purple SOLD OUT
NADEZHDA double blue/mauve, Communist lilac
NARRAGANSETT lavender, fast-growing
OLD GLORY early-blooming blue/purple (perhaps counterintuitively, much newer than Glory)
OLIMPIADA KOLESNIKOVA double violet-magenta, rare Communist lilac SOLD OUT
OLIVIER DE SERRES heirloom double blue, rare SOLD OUT
P P KONCHALOVSKI big blue, double, Communist lilac SOLD OUT
PAMYAT o S M KIROV double blue-lavender, hardcore Communist lilac SOLD OUT
PAT PESATA pink/blue, compact, extremely rare Fiala introduction
PAUL THIRION heirloom double magenta/purple
PAULINE FIALA violet with white SOLD OUT
PEACOCK often double pink blend from Hulda Klager SOLD OUT
POCAHONTAS early-blooming purplish red
PRAIRIAL pink/lilac species cross, late-in-the-day Lemoine SOLD OUT
PRAIRIE PETITE purple, compact
PRESIDENT GREVY heirloom double blue
PRESIDENT POINCARE heirloom double magenta, hard-to-find SOLD OUT
PRIMROSE Holden selection of soft yellow vulgaris SOLD OUT
REDWINE magenta, bushy, late-blooming prestonia
ROCHESTER game-changing white $50
ROYALTY superior purple-violet prestonia SOLD OUT
ST JOAN double white, elegant, compact, one of the rare Rowancroft lilacs SOLD OUT
SARAH SANDS extremely purple, large florets SOLD OUT
SISTER JUSTINA early blooming, lemon buds open white SOLD OUT
SWEETHEART double, shades of pink
S. x CHINENSIS tall rosy purple SOLD OUT
TRISTE BARBARO deep purple, beautiful but slow-growing SOLD OUT
UTRO MOSKVY double lilac-pink, Communist lilac SOLD OUT
VESTALE heirloom pure white, now quite rare SOLD OUT
VICTOR LEMOINE heirloom double lavender, rare SOLD OUT
VIOLET GLORY stunning deepest violet, appears black from a distance, Rowancroft SOLD OUT
WESTON'S RAINBOW kaleidoscopic foliage, violet florets SOLD OUT
YANKEE DOODLE rich purple, Fiala introduction, the correct lilac SOLD OUT
"YANKEE FOOLED YA" excellent tightly-packed lavender modern vulgaris, sold as Yankee Doodle by several nurseries $20
ZNAMYA LENINA (Banner of Lenin) breath-taking red-violet, Communist lilac
ZULU violet, large florets, hard-to-find SOLD OUT
COMMUNIST LILAC = the stunning introductions of, primarily, the Soviet Union's Leonid Kolesnikov. Some have names such as Banner of Lenin or Communist Youth League, or honor heroes of the Revolution.
FIALA INTRODUCTION = the creations of Father John L. Fiala, the renowned lilac-hybridizing priest of Medina, Ohio.
ROWANCROFT = the remarkable vulgaris hybrids bred by Miss Mary Blacklock and Miss Minerva Castle at Rowancroft Gardens in Meadowvale, Ontario in the mid-20th century.
...and one rescued lilac
"BILTZ"
Vigorous, healthy growth to 9'. Blooms top to bottom for a long time, bright purple fading to violet. Large florets in impressive panicles. Some flowers have 5 or 6 petals instead of the usual 4; petals twist at final stage of opening. Fragrance is pure but not as overwhelming as from some vulgaris hybrids. One of the most impressive lilacs in our collection, and despite visits to the Holden Arboretum, Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington, Ontario) and Highland Park (Rochester, New York) we have not been able to discover its original name. Rescued from the Biltz homestead on Lynn Road in Rootstown, Ohio. SOLD OUT
Rose/lilac availability list updated 30 September 2022.
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