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brid from Peterson in Denmark; it has a very strange 

 reflowering habit in that it blooms in mid-)une on old 

 wood and then immediately reblooms on new wood, 

 extending the spring flowering season from four weeks 

 to six; then it doesn't bloom again until September. 

 Its growth habit is also a bit unusual here in 

 Nashua — budded on Canina laxa, the bush is ten feet 

 high and six feet wide after three years On its own 

 roots, it's only four feet by three. And on Multiflora, it 

 is six feet by four. All have survived with little or no 

 dieback. (Note: bud unions are buried two inches be- 

 low the ground.) 



AMANDA PATENOTTE. 1844. Flowers dark rose (fuch- 

 sia), medium, full, globular, very old-fashioned in 

 form, fragrant--in clusters of 3-5, repeats very well. 

 This is the hardiest of the old Damask Perpetuals and 

 really is perpetual, giving at least three flowerings a 

 season (weather permitting). Bush large and 

 spreading--three to four feet high and wide. (Note: it 

 is sold under various names ("Glendora Damask," 

 McGregor's Damask," etc.) in addition to the one 

 above. 



EUGENIE GUINOISEAU. 1864 Moss medium red Flow- 

 ers reddish cerise changing to reddish violet, full 

 double, large, in small clusters of one to five. Bush 

 vigorous, upright, four feet high, two wide. Remondant 

 (blooms in the spring and the fall). 



MORDEN CARDINETTE. 1980. Shrub Explorer Series. 

 Flowers cardinal red, double (25 petals) in clusters of 

 five to fifteen, only slightly fragrant. Bush small, 

 compact--three by three feet. Excellent for small gar- 

 den I've had this six years--needs no protection (at 

 temperatures of -35F, tips do die back). 



ROSA MULTIFLORA NANA ("The Gift"). Dwarf repeat 

 non-climbing form of Rosa multiflora Large clusters of 

 30-40 blooms of signal-white half-inch flowers from 

 June until frost. As the numbers of flowers decreases 

 in the fall, they are augmented by thousands of red 

 hips. Bush three feet high, six feet wide. 



ROSARIUM UETERSEN. 1977. Climber with deep coral 

 pink blossoms. Buds are ovoid; flowers very double, 

 fragrant, three inches across. Blooms from June until 



frost. Foliage large, glossy, with vigorous climbing 

 growth. 1 use this rose as a ground cover. It dies back 

 above the snow line, but always comes back for me. 

 (I've had it twelve years.) 



SARAH VAN FLEET. 1926. Medium pink. Flowers-wild 

 rose-pink, semi-double, loosely cupped, large, very 

 fragrant Recurrent bloom. Foliage leathery Compact 

 upright growth. (A word of caution: this a Rugosa; do 

 not spray Rugosas: they are phytotoxic— the leaves fall 

 off if you spray them.) 



STANWELLS PERPETUAL. Spinosissima x Damask 1838. 

 Flowers soft blush-pink, sometimes almost white, very 

 double, flat with a button eye. Slight damask fra- 

 grance. Bush small, bushy, spreading— two feet high by 

 three wide. Repeats well. Very hardy. 



THERESE BUGNET. 1950. One of the 'Bugnet' series of 

 Rugosas hybridized by Percy Wright-not the best (my 

 personal preference being Maria Bugnet), but surely 

 the best-known. Flowers deep dark pink fading to 

 light, four inches across, double with 25 petals, in 

 clusters of three to five. Bush stiff and upright. Canes 

 dark magenta-red--almost black--in spring (be careful 

 not to prune live canes just because they're black). 



WILLIAM BAFFIN. 1983. One of the new Explorer se- 

 ries from Agriculture Canada. WOW--now, here is a 

 landscaper's rose--three-inch flowers deep pink, 

 lighter center, flat, blooming in clusters of thirty on a 

 free-standing bush that— after four years--is ten (yes, 

 ten) feet high and eight feet wide and is completely 

 covered with blooms in the spring and continues to 

 bloom sporadically right up until frost. (I know--some 

 of our customers will say that it's not yellow or that 

 its too big or that it has no fragrance, but hey, I'm 

 working on that.) 



Most of these roses can be obtained bare-root from 

 Pickering or Hortico in Canada; some from Bailey's in 

 Washington. I am growing all of them here in my small 

 nursery in Nashua. 1 grow approximately 4000 bushes 

 in my display garden of over 1000 varieties. If anyone 

 needs help, feel free to call me at 603-888-2214. 



Mike Lowe is owner and operator oj Lowe's Own Root Roses, 6 

 Sheffield Road. Nashua, NH 03062. 



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