2004
AARS Winners
Beautiful,
fragrant, disease resistant and easy to
maintain... these traits have earmarked
All-America Rose Selections winners for
65 years. And the 2004 AARS Winners are
no exception. They're outstanding examples
of roses that have excelled in these areas
during two years of thorough testing. |
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Day
Breaker™ Floribunda Upright,
bushy floribunda features bright, multi-shade
blooms in yellow blending to pink and
apricot. Spiraled blooms grow to 4-4½"
in diameter, with 30-35 pedals per flower,
each nestled among dark, glossy green
foliage on a plant that reaches a medium
height (about 3' by 3'). Day Breaker
is an awakening of the senses, not only
for its exquisite beauty, but also for
its sharp moderate tea fragrance. Truly
earns its floribunda classification
with brilliantly colorful, long-lasting
clusters of flowers in a hardy, continuous
bloom. |
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Memorial
Day™ Hybrid Tea Like the holiday
of the same name, Memorial Day is truly
worth celebrating. Expertly representing
the most popular class of modern roses
— hybrid tea — this medium-tall, upright,
bushy variety features very large, full,
spiraled blooms with more than 50 petals
per flower. Memorial Day's clear pink
flowers are accented with a lavender
wash and grow to up to 5" in diameter.
Long cutting stems are beautifully clothed
with rich green foliage. With its classic,
strong damask rose fragrance, a single
Memorial Day rose can fill an entire
room with sweet rose perfume. This vigorous
and productive performer is highly disease
resistant and loves hot weather Upright,
rounded, well-branched bush grows to
5' high by 4' wide. |
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Honey
Perfume™ Floribunda Upright
and well-branched with apricot yellow
blooms. Pointed, shapely buds open to
reveal beautiful, 4" blooms with petal
counts of 25-30 nestled amongst dark
green, glossy foliage that accentuates
its color. Growing to about 3-1/2' high
and 2-1/2' wide, Honey Perfume exhibits
a great spicy scent and very good resistance
to disease, including rust and powdery
mildew. |
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the time to plant bare-root roses.
You can save up to 50% by purchasing bare-root
roses versus waiting for these same roses
in planters. And bareroot plants usually
adapt better to your garden than plants
transplanted from containers because they
only have to adjust to one type of soil...
yours! Plus, the selection is fantastic.
For example at Fred Meyer Garden Centers,
you'll find over 75 varieties to choose
from. Click here for our 3-Step-No-Fail-Plan
for Planting Bareroot Roses.
Visit
your Fred Meyer Garden Center today, and
start growing award-winning rose plants!
While
much of the information in these tips is
applicable in several gardening zones/climates,
some of the plants and timing suggested
are best suited to the Northwest, generally
in the mild/wet growing regions found along
the I-5 corridor. You should make appropriate
adjustments or consult local gardening experts
in regions whose climates differ from this
area of the Northwest. |
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