Horizon Roses 2011

By Robert B. Martin Jr.

Horizon Roses 2011 contains 2,138 reports on 313 roses by 85 reporters. The reports include 67 new roses not mentioned in prior issues. All comments are candid and reported in the words of the reporter (with some abbreviation and condensation). The reports are set forth alphabetically and include statistics of the show results of the reported varieties. In addition, information is provided on known sources for the reviewed varieties.

Horizon Roses is produced entirely by volunteers under the direction of Bob Martin, National Editor and nine regional editors. The regional editors solicit and compile the comments from selected top exhibitors in their region and forward them for final compilation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robert B. Martin Jr.
• Release date: Nov 29, 2011
• ISBN: 9780984903207

Robert B. Martin Jr.

Robert B. Martin Jr. has been growing roses for more than 40 years. He and his wife Dona live in Escondido, California, where they have a rose garden of more than 400 roses of all types. He is an ARS Master Rosarian, an Accredited Horticultural Judge and an Accredited Arrangements Judge. Bob has been an Editor of Horizon Roses for 19 years and the National Editor for eight years. He is also the Editor of Rose Exhibitors' Forum, a quarterly publication of the American Rose Society; as well as the author of the book Showing Good Roses. Bob maintains a website covering U.S. rose shows at www.RoseShow,com. He was honored for his lifetime contribution to rose education as a 2009 recipient of the ARS Klima Medal. Bob is an active rose exhibitor at all levels and the 2007 recipient of the ARS Guy Blake Hedrick Jr. Award for lifetime achievement in rose exhibiting. He is also a hybridizer with nine registered varieties, including the show roses 'Butter Cream', 'Peter Cottontail', 'Pasadena Star', 'Peachy Cheeks' and 'Dona Martin'. He also serves as the western regional director of the Rose Hybridizers Association.

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HORIZON ROSES

2011

REVIEW OF AMERICA’S

NEWEST EXHIBITION ROSES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EDITORS AND REPORTERS

PREFACE

HYBRID TEAS

GRANDIFLORAS

MINIFLORAS

MINIATURES

THE FUTURE

EDITORS AND REPORTERS

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REGIONAL EDITORS/ REPORTERS

Mike Becker , 1685 Bent Creek Dr, Southlake, TX 76092

William Blok , 4770 Sheri Lynn Dr. Wyoming, MI 49509

Stavey Catron, 21 Oxford Lane, Eatontown. NJ 07724

Cindy Dale, 306 Wintney Way, Peachtree City, GA 30269

Jeff & Cindy Garrett, 2049 Linwood Circle, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379

Len Pavuk, 7874 Creek Hollow Rd. Blacklick, OH 43004

Diane Sommers, N51W16978 Fair Oak Parkway, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

Fred & Barbara Wright, 1000 Allendale Dr., Shelby, NC 28150

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REPORTERS:

Don & Paula Adlong, Conway, AR; Peter Alonso, San Carlos, CA; Richard J. Anthony & Kristine Vance, Kent, OH; Rich Baer, Portland, OR; Kitty Belendez, Santa Clarita, CA; Bill Blevins, Manassas, VA; Linda Bohne, Lawrenceville, GA; Tom Bonfigli, Santa Rosa, CA; Ken Borrmann, Warminster, PA; Gary Bulman, Escondido, CA; Mary Carle, Ballwin, MO; Emery Castle, Corvallis, OR; James Cavanaugh, Portland, OR; Bill Chappel, Huntsville, AL; David Ciak, Wallingford, CT; Linda Clark, La Mesa, CA; David Clemons, Grant, AL; Tom Cooney, Aliso Viejo, CA; Ralph Cooper, Van Buren, AR; Roger English, San Diego, CA; Lynda Fleming, Wauwatosa, WI; Sharon Fotheringham, American Fork, UT; John & Caroline Fredette, Seattle, WA; Wayne Geltz, Lititz, PA; Clif Godfrey, Urbandale, IA; Pam Greenewald, Alachua, FL; Chris Greenwood, Glendora, CA; Ron Gregory, Temecula, CA; Gerri Guerino, Elmhurst, IL; Ray Guillebeau, Jacksonville, FL; Jim Harrell, St. Simons Island, GA; Carolyn Hayward, Denton TX; Peder Heden, Columbia, MD; Dr. Jim Hering, Marion, OH; Tom Herr, Westerville, OH; Suzanne Horn, Glendale, CA; Bob & Doris House, Loma Linda MO; Irvin Ignash, Bad Axe MI; Bob Jacobs, Bowling Green, KY; Don & Brenda Johnson, Sapulpa OK; Paul Kleinfelter, Waldo, OH; Dr. Robert Knerr, Leland, NC; William Kozemchak, Levittown, PA; David Long, Old Lyme, CT; Sandy Lundberg, Bluffton, SC; Skip MacFarland Santa Rosa, CA; Joachim Makosch, Kenhorst, PA; John Mattia, Orange, CT; Tom Mayhew, Langhorne, PA; Larry Meyer, Hazelwood, MO; Don Myers, Wake Forest, NC; Ed & Dee Pagliai, Des Moines IA; Lou Pavlovich, Tucson, AZ; Mark Prue, Lutz, FL; Gary Rankin & Monica Valentovic, Lavalette, WV; Walt Reed, Peachtree City, GA; Ryan Regehr, Chandler, AZ; Hal Reynolds, Palm Desert, CA; James Richardson, King, NC; Judy Schroeder, New Berlin, WI; Glenn Schulman, Pensacola, FL; Carol Shockley, Conway, AR; Lynn Snetsinger, Arcadia, CA; Bill & Anita Solarz, North Olmstead, OH; David Stever, Liverpool, NY; Richard Streeper, El Cajon, CA; Kathy Strong, San Juan Capistrano, CA; Robert Sutherland, Lexington, KY; Thomas Taylor, Willis MI; Bob Thorpe, Greeneville, TN; Ryan Tilley, Acworth, GA; Lauren Toth, Peoria AZ; John Tucker & Dan Mills, Fairfield, FL; Meg & William Ware, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX; Harold White, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jack & Nancy Wright, Mooresville, NC; Michael Wrightstone, Camp Hill, PA.

Preface

Horizon Roses, now approaching 40 years of publication, is aging well and continues its annual compilation of comments by the nation’s top exhibitors on the exhibition potential of the newest hybrid teas, floribundas, miniflora and miniature roses. For most exhibitors, it has long been considered an indispensible guide to buying new show roses.

The 2011 edition contains comments from 85 reporters, down two from the 87 last year. Also for the first time in several years the number of reports is down, from 2,300 to 2,138. On the surface that represents a 7% drop in reports. Closer investigation reveals this is not particularly significant since it follows on the heels of a huge increase in the number of reports last year. Last year’s total number of reports had been up a whopping 22.9% from the previous year’s record 1,872 reports. And so, this year’s number is up 14% from that in 2009.

It is also of note that the entire drop in the number of reports is attributable to a decrease in the number of reports on minifloras. All of the other categories in fact saw increases. With minifloras there had been an explosion of reports in the previous two years and it appears that exhibitors, having stocked up in recent years on the excess of new minifloras in the market place had begun to sort out the best ones

The composition of our reporters this year also shows a change. Although the number is nearly the same, there are actually 17 new reporters who replaced 20 older reporters that did not submit reports. Some of the older ones have retired, others have down-sized their gardens, and still others have not added new roses.

Our Northwest Regional Editor, Ken Rowe has retired after several years of service. I am grateful for his service. To fill the gap I have solicited reports from the Pacific Northwest directly and was pleased to obtain several new reporters from that important area. I could use some more and a volunteer for Regional Editor.

I am saddened to report the passing of Barbara Wright, the wife and exhibiting companion of our Carolina Regional Editor Fred Wright. Together they won six national trophies in their too-brief time together, including twice winning the J. Horace McFarland Memorial Award. Her memory lives on in two roses named after her and we express our support of Fred for his loss.

My annual Box Score below summarizes the reports received on various varieties. Reversing the trend of recent years, there were more reports on HTs than any other classification, with the number increasing 5.5%. The percentage increase in the number of reports of grandifloras and floribundas is even greater, both hovering around 10%. Reports on miniature roses are also up, but less so at 5.7%. These increases are offset by the substantal decline in the number of reports on minifloras, down 24.6% from the record number last year.

The number of varieties on which reports have been received is down from 317 to 313, an insignificant decline of 1.3%. The average number of reports per reporter showed a similar small decline from 26.4 reports to 25.1. The robust number of new roses that received reports belies the general malaise in the rose industry that continued in 2011. Jackson & Perkins was sold in pieces in bankruptcy and a skeleton of unknown dimensions mails out catalogues from South Carolina offering roses renamed after wines with many recent J&P varieties among the missing. Gardens Alive, having employed the great hybridizer Keith Zary, was the successful bidder for Weeks Wholesale Rose Growers in a bankrupcty auction. Its future appears much brighter and we can be optimistic that it will perhaps escape its problems.

Other rose nurseries have also undertaken changes that will affect the availability of show roses. Almost Heaven Roses has closed with the passing of our beloved Vernon Rickard last year. An examination of the website of John’s Miniature Roses shows nothing new and many older varieties among the missing. Are they backing out of the retail sales of miniature roses? And, at press-time we learn from Robbie Tucker that Rosemania will not offer miniature roses for the next several years, this to devote limited greenhouse space to Robbie Tucker’s breeding program. We can hope this program will bear fruit and that the overall effect of this hiatus will be the introduction of some fine show roses.

The reduction in the number of reports has allowed me to drop four pages from last year. I was also able to go a little lighter on my editing this year, using abbreviations less often. (In particuar I dropped the ex for exhibition and spell out miniflora, the latter in my continued effort to eliminate the awkward term Mini-Flora – a position officially adopted by the ARS and still percolating slowly in show schedules.) As in the past, I have tried to preserve reporter comments as much as possible but have eliminated duplicative information, such as the name of the hybridizer or the official color class, which information is set forth following the name of the rose.

Continuing a feature I added four years ago, I have provided information on actual show results to date for the reported roses. This information is set forth in parentheses at the beginning of the comments. A key to the abbreviations is set forth at p. 98. The results reported are current through July 2011 and come from the show results submitted to www.roseshow.com, the website of the American Rose Exhibitors Society (ARES). Historically, this covers about 90% of U.S. show results.

There are only two new additions to the Honor Roll, both minifloras. They are Abby’s Angel, the brilliant yellow and red miniflora that last year had the higest number of reports, and the exceptional, Dr Troy Garret, named after a beloved Oklahoma exhibitor who has often submitted reports to Horizon Roses over the years. Both were hybridized by Whit Wells. There were no deletions as the existing roses on the Honor Roll all retained their position in the top 40 of the national rankings.

I was also able to include a number of reports on roses not yet introduced, some hyrbidized by our own contributors and others under test. Fred Wright has several HTs to be introduced including Phillips Grand Slam, Sister Jane, Sister Ruby and Top Gun, as well as the minifloras, Glowing Sunset, Princess Katelyn and Vernon’s Dream. Bill Blevins reports on several Silver Run test roses from John Smith, whose Randy Scott is the hottest new HT in rosedom. And, to add to that excitement, I report on the registration of Dona Martin, a crystal pink sport of Randy Scott. Dick Anthony introduces us to a slew of minis and minifloras under test from Whit Wells. Yes, there are some wonderful new roses looming over the horizon.

To conclude, the production of Horizon Roses requires a great deal of work, all volunteer, by rose exhibitors who believe as I do that it serves a worthy purpose. Thank you all my friends – I wish you many Queens.

Bob Martin

HYBRID TEAS

‘Randy Scott’ – Photo Courtesy Andrew Hearnes

Honor Roll: Black Magic, Cajun Moon, Crystalline, Dublin, Hot Princess, Let Freedom Ring, Louise Estes, Gemini, Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Wellan, Moonstone, St Patrick, Signature, Touch of Class, Veteran’s Honor

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The Honor Roll consists of roses that have received high ratings in past issues of Horizon Roses by exhibitors from a wide cross section of the country. In order to maintain Honor Roll status the rose must also continue in the top 40 show roses in the national show results. Honor Roll roses are generally considered bankers by exhibitors. We do not continue to report on varieties that have achieved this honor.

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ALWAYS AND FOREVER, dr, Zary [Arms, J&P]

Baer (OR): Tall growing med to dark red. Very free blooming w/many potential nice blooms. Looks & acts a lot like Opening Night w/great substance. Probably does not have enough petals to be a consistent Queen but will be a great garden red. Garrett (TN): Plant grows well, has nice blooms w/good color, not sure about bloom size. Godfrey (IA): Has an attractive bloom that may have potential, if it ever gets any size. Our weather has not been kind to roses this yr. Guerino (IL): Has not made it through one winter yet so we’ll see how hardy it is. So far there is average growth & fairly good form. Strong (CA): Does not grow well as an own root plant. Needs to be grafted. My plant is unproductive in the bloom department.

ANNIE DAVIDSON, pb, Jalbert

Stever (NY): Healthy fragrant blooms along the color of Paradise (at least on its only bloom cycle). Blooms while having decent form are quite small.

APRIL IN PARIS, pb, Zary [J&P, K&M]

(1 Ct) Baer (OR): Every bud starts to open w/great promise & looks great as they continue to open. However, when half open the petals begin to show an unattractive pink & white mottling at the edges that ruin its great potential. Being the offspring of Pristine & New Zealand it has a lot of beauty & fragrance but it will probably never make it big on the exhibition table at least not in our climate as this color is just not attractive. Blevins (VA): Small, good form in fleshy pink. Exhibit as 3 of a kind, but small blooms may not go far. Fleming (WI): Smallish blooms w/lovely HT form on a generous & vigorous bush (minimal winter protection). Typically 1/stem & excellent fragrance. May have difficulty competing against bigger blooms. Fotheringham (UT): I believe it has exhibition potential but is not hardy & I can’t get one to bloom around the shows. Seems to be a late bloomer here in the Rocky Mts. Godfrey (IA): Had good exhibition form, but couldn’t get any size to it, winter killed, will not replace. Guillebeau (FL): Only saw one at a show. Good form & stems but color is rather ugh! Prue (FL): Large bush, good foliage, occasional show form. Tilley (GA): Moderate grower that is a botrytis magnet. Too many blooms were muddy w/poor substance. Shovel pruned after one yr.

ARTIC CIRCLE, w, Edwards [K&M, Wisc]

(2Q 8Ct 1Ch) Anthony & Vance (OH): 2d & 3rd yr plants are throwing very large exhibition blooms. It has definite exhibition potential but has to open on the bush. Peduncle often does not support the bloom but not disbudding will tend to alleviate that problem. Belendez (CA): I had initially thought the big blooms w/good form on long stems had potential, but it’s been too slow growing, & appears to lack vigor. Also, the petals seem to lack substance. It’s on probation, w/another rose waiting to take its place. Blevins (VA): Yep! That’s how you spell it. Can be super big & eye-catching pink on white. Form is usually there. Blok (MI): A maiden in its 3rd yr is now growing well. So far it is a Moonstone look-a-like, but w/a higher center, & more pink edging. I hope we will be able to exhibit it this fall. Bonfigli (CA): May be best enjoyed in the bud stage. If cut tight, it will open indoors. However, I find the color anemic. Very vigorous, disease resistant plant w/nearly thornless stems. Poor substance. Borrmann (PA): Great color, needs to be shown on the tighter side. Bulman (CA): Beautiful plant, long straight stems w/great foliage - but the blooms are loose & sometimes hang from the cane. I’ll give it one more yr. Castle (OR): Disappointing. Opens rapidly & few blooms have good form. Cooper (AR): Two yr bush, have two of them & as usually one is outgrowing the other. The blooms are white w/some pink on the edges. Blooms are tall & petals are very large in the cooler weather. Will be hard to groom, kinda like Denali. Exhibition form is great in the heat, as the petals are not as large & tend to unfurl in even symmetry. Very high center. Dale (GA): Moonstone-like blooms have exhibition potential but have not gotten one to a show yet. Garrett (TN): Blooms are nice clean white w/strong pink edge, good substance & form. Could bloom more. Guerino (IL): Is not hardy & also not vigorous. I’m only going to keep it for one more yr. Guillebeau (FL): Nice white w/red edging. Like the form & may be pretty good show rose. Harrell (GA): Big beautiful blooms on long stems w/good form, not a lot of petals. Not a vigorous grower & a little stingy. Should be a good exhibition rose if the blooms come at the right time. House (MO): Usually too few petals to hold for exhibition, but we had one hold to make the court at the Atlanta fall national. Johnson (OK): Very large white edged w/pink blooms w/excellent form but difficult to open. Can be stunning. Also shows extremely well as a huge open bloom. Great exhibition qualities. Knerr (NC): Large pink blend. Weak necks on my bush. Opens fast & needs more petals to hold the bloom. Due for shovel pruning. Lundberg (SC): High centered HT w/large blooms. The pink color can vary from light pink to the darker pink. Excellent exhibition potential but needs to open on the bush. Martin (CA): Vigorous plant w/long canes & long high-centered blooms w/form. Blooms have long petals & open a little too quickly, Although short on bloom production at first, I am looking at a potential harvest of long stems off of a basal & am thinking maybe that will be the key. Meyer (MO): Fourth yr & its finally starting to show that it will be a contender. It could have another row of petals but seems to hold well. I have not noticed as many color variations this yr. Myers (NC): Like so many others (White w/pink edge):/tends to look like a tulip but judges seem to like it. Reed (GA): I like what I see so far from this new bush. I think it is going to be a good show rose. The bloom sometimes is too large for the foliage. Schulman (FL): Upright bush w/beautiful, pink-tinged, white blooms. Shockley (AR): Certainly a rose to keep. The size & form can be outstanding in fall’s cooler weather. Tilley (GA): Great grower on Fortuniana. Blooms are large w/good form & come mostly one-per-stem. Looks great in garden but substance is usually lacking. Not a