It was quite overcast yesterday (rain this weekend, yeah!) so I took a quick trip to the local rose garden to see what's blooming. Here are a few highlights.
This first one is called Mel's Heritage, named for Mel Hulse, the former curator of this garden. It's a Hybrid Wichurana bred by Paul Barden. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose... Small clusters of sweet blooms of pale apricot fading to soft pink on a tall plant they have growing on a pillar and also another big one along a chain link fence.
Note from Paul "This seedling was given to the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden in 2005 for trial purposes. I had neglected to follow up on this rose until recently. Reports of its superb qualities at the San Jose Heritage garden have encouraged me to consider commercial release of it, which may happen as soon as 2009. It will be a special release through the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden to raise funds for maintenance and expansion of the garden. It is now called 'Mel's Heritage' to honor one of its previous directors who was well known by many who visited the Heritage. Mel's contributions to the Heritage were instrumental in making it the world class collection it is today.

Silver Lining, a hybrid tea


Careless Love, a hybrid tea


Amatsu-Otome, a HT from Japan


Just Joey

Contrast, a HT


Girona,(with visitor) a HT by Pedro Dot


and the beautiful Chicago Peace

Crock O' Gold, a HT


This is tagged as 'Korbel Shanty Pale Yellow', a found rose, cutting donated by Gregg Lowery & Philip Robinson of Vintage Gardens, Sebastopol, CA.


Fred Howard, a HT I always admire when I visit the garden

Pink Lustre, a HT bred in the Netherlands


Gardens of the World, a HT by Jack E. Christensen


Lady Luck, a HT

Sebastian Schultheis, a grandiflora/HT out of Germany


A found tea (all the teas seemed to have mildew)


Duke of York, a 1893 China


Souvenir de Gilbert Nabonnand, a 1920 tea out of France

Vintage Visalia, a pretty floribunda by Ralph Moore



Jean Bach Sisley, an 1898 tea


Rêve d'Or, a great Noisette


Lady Hillingdon, a tea dating from 1910

Adam, an old tea


Ilse Haberland, a Kordes 1956 shrub with huge blooms


Iced Ginger, a floribunda

Mrs. John Laing, an old Hybrid Perpetual


a pretty unknown (found) Hybrid Perpetual


Gloire des Rosomanes, a bourbon from 1925


Jules Margottin, an old 1853 Hybrid Perpetual

This is an old found rose named Portland from Glendora, also has several other names. It always catches my eye because it seems to be in bloom every time I visit and always looks so good. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose...


Monsieur Gourdault, an 1859 Bourbon


Mademoiselle Blanche Lafitte, an 1851 Bourbon

This bright thing is Fire King, a 1959 Floribunda from Meilland. Meilland later named another rose Fire King in 1999, go figure.


September Song is one of my favorites at the garden. I have added many pictures of it into the HMF database. It's a Buck grandiflora.


Traumland, a Tantau floribunda


Rosenelfe, a pretty Kordes floribunda

Betty Prior


This tiny cutie is called Crazy Dottie


Another miniature, My Sunshine


A Ralph Moore mini named Rise 'N Shine


This mini pink confection is Renny, also by Moore


Another Moore mini, Rose Gilardi


And one of my favorite mini's, Ring of Fire, also by Moore

Wonderful pictures! Thanks for including what type of rose each is - it keeps me from coveting those I shouldn't try to grow!

Continuing with the mini's, another Moore, Berkeley Beauty.


This gorgeous mini is named Libby, bred by Margaret E. Rovinski


This is a gorgeous mini climber by Moore called Candy Cane


A pretty mini called Carnival Glass


Pink Mandy by Moore


This pretty mini is growing as a standard at the garden, it had an incorrect tag next to it so no idea what it is.

Pink Bountiful, a floribunda


Plomin, a floribunda by Tantau


Picasso, a McGredy floribunda


The always great looking Playboy, a floribunda


Pride of Oakland, a Floribunda


Ma Perkins, a Boerner floribunda


The bright Gingersnap floribunda

This is Neon Lights, a Warriner floribunda. It lives up to it's name.


Papageno, a McGredy HT


Melflor, a Floribunda


Playtime, a bright Ralph Moore floribunda


Sue Lawley, a McGredy floribunda


Pirouette, a Lens floribunda


Hansestadt Lübeck, a Kordes floribunda

Now for a few David Austin roses.

Eglantyne


Breden


Yellow Button


Evelyn


Pat Austin


Brother Cadfael


John Clare


William Morris


Gertrude Jekyll


Emanuel


The Squire

Rockin' Robin, a Weeks mini shrub


Camille Pissarro is a beautiful and entertaining Delbard floribunda that I always take lots of pictures of.



Polo Club, a pretty although weak HT, it's still the small pathetic looking plant I first saw 2 years ago.


The Temptations, a HT


Secret is one of the most beautiful and healthy HT roses I know, distinct too, I can recognize it in any garden now because of it's consistently perfect beautiful blooms.



Lagerfeld, a grandiflora (not too many of the lavender blooms look good, most of them are moisture spotted and it ruins the look IMHO, this one looked OK)

Phyllis Bide, a polyantha climber, always a pretty thing with the most charming little blooms.


Quaker Star, a bright grandiflora


French Perfume


A florist hybrid tea rose bred by Kordes and introduced in So. Africa as Esther Geldenhuys


Glowing Peace


Ivory Tower, a Kordes HT


Royal Dane, a gorgeous Poulsen HT


This gorgeous thing is Wini Edmunds, a McGredy HT

I can't imagine waking up to anything more beautiful than a Sue parade. What a feast, Sue! Gorgeous roses, and the photos are absolute perfection, as always. I love all of the detail -- the exquisite veining on Fred Howard, the myriad of petals on Portland from Glendora and Renny, etc.

I know you'll be adding these to the database later, so today I'll make sure we have entries for all of them.