Autumn in the Heritage Rose Garden

Please join us on the last Saturday in September 2013!

 

Pictures from previous event

hips  A basket of rose hips from many varieties of roses

          Our sales tables set up and ready  >roses
Hips  Barbara Gordon gave a wonderful talk on rose hips.

          Composting talk by Joan Kyle  >Compost
Propagation  Dave Bang demonstrated methods of propagating roses.


Varieties of Roses for Sale

This is the list of roses we still have for sale from our nursery. Roses are $10 to $20, including sales tax. Many are also free to public gardens, cemeteries, and historic sites. Contact Jill (see below) if you are interested in any of the roses on this list.

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'Dick Koster Fulgens'  P-6-25  Pol  Koster  1940
This is the cutest polyantha! It has about a hundred petals packed into each small, deep pink flower. Blooms repeatedly throughout the year. Our plant was imported from Germany, and not available anywhere else in the US. 2 plants		 Dick Koster Fulgens
'Little Buckaroo' L-2-18, L-2-21 Min, Moore, 1956.
Bright red with white center and pointed petals, Little Buckaroo was one of Ralph Moore’s early successes, and remains one of the best early miniature roses. Found as far away as Texas, this little fella is a real survivor. 		Little Buckaroo
'Cl. Jackie'  Not in the garden, yet.   Moore  1957  A light yellow, repeat blooming climbing miniature.

Cl. Jackie
'Mel's Heritage'  Nursery fence.  seedling × Crepuscule Paul Barden, 2009
Peachy pink/copper blooms, fading to pale pink, on a tall, lax, climbing rose from 8’ to possible 20’ Smallish (2.5-in) but very full pom-pom blooms are carried in generous clusters. The uncommon apple fragrance is a delightful surprise – and one you won’t soon forget. The fragrance floats on the air, delighting passers-by. ‘Mel’s Heritage’ repeats quickly, for almost-continuous color. Glossy foliage is a rich medium green. This beauty combines the Wichurana and Noisette classes, to create a climber that seems custom-made for California gardens: Vigorous, heat-tolerant, and resistant to blackspot, mildew, and rust. In almost any garden, this beauty should “shine” as a Climber, Ground-Cover, or Pillar Rose. Rights to this rose were a gift from hybridizer Paul Barden to the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, in memory of the garden’s late Director, Col. Mel Hulse – who was its greatest fan. We know Mel’s smiling — knowing that it is here, today.
Paul Barden said of ‘Mel’s Heritage’: “It’s one of those seedlings that ALMOST slipped through my fingers and into the compost pile. It survived solely because of Mel's decision to plant it on the fence at the Heritage. If it were not for him, it would be long gone. This may well turn out to be a superb repeating Rambler for many California climates. It has a lovely scent.” 1 plant. 		Mel's Heritage
'Orange Triumph'  P-7-6, P-7-22  1937  Kordes
No, it's not orange, it's red. The classification is Floribunda or Polyantha, but its ancestry includes Hybrid Musk and Wichurana rambler. We grow it with the Polyanthas.		 Orange Triumph
'Doorenbos Selection'   O-22-13    One of the best Hybrid Spinosissimas. We've potted up some rooted suckers. Doorenbos Selection
"Debutante"  (on the Santa Clara Univ. fence)  Wichurana rambler  Walsh  1901
A rambler of the 'Dorothy Perkins' type, but with healthier foliage and light pink flowers.  Helpmefind shows two slightly different plants identified as Debutante, one pink, and one white with a pink center. Ours is the pink type. Scattered rebloom after the big late spring flush. We grow this on the Santa Clara University fence. The original plant of it was next to the ruins of the Tevis mansion at the Alma College site. It was growing and blooming in complete shade, and has since died. 2 plants		 debutante-like

'Yellow Bantam' L-6-31  MicroMini  1960  Moore

See Photo
'Rugelda' (not in the garden yet)  Kordes  1989
A beautiful yellow blend Hybrid Rugosa. It will grow to a tall, healthy bush with shiny foliage 		See Photo
'Belami' M-27- 34  Hybrid Tea 1985   Kordes
A soft orange-pink blend. Rare. 2 plants. 		Belami
'Baby Shower' O-22-28   Cl. Mini    Baby Shower
"Berkeley Red" M-24-13  Hybrid Tea   2 plants Berkeley Red

‘Blushing Beauty’ (not in the garden) LCl   Burbank   1934
We grow this on the Santa Clara University fence. It’s a nice once blooming climber, pale pink, double. Not in Commerce. 2 plants

See Photo
'Golden Wings'   HSpn  1956    Shepherd. A beautiful, once-blooming pale yellow rose with a wild look. 2 plants See Photo
'Sterkmanns'   Gallica  1842    Potted up root suckers, 1 plant See Photo
'Brilliant Pink Iceberg'   Fl.  1995   Lilia Weatherly found this sport of Iceberg in Australia. 2 plants See Photo
'Bride's Dream'   HT  1986    Kordes See Photo
'French Strumpet'   Hybrid Gallica  ~2000   SJHRG. This rose resulted from a bird-dropped seed on our front berm, where it still grows. Mel Hulse said it looked like a Gallica crossed with everything else in the garden, thus it's name. It has produced a few suckers, so we dug one up to put in the Gallica section, and this smaller plant came up with it. Once blooming. The only care the original plant has ever received has been keeping the weeds a few feet away from it. See Photo
"Legacy of John C Mathiesen"   Hybrid China  Found rose   
'Lorrie Freeman'   Hybrid Kordesii  ~1995    Liggett
'Opal Brunner'   Cl. Floribunda  1948    Marshall See Photo
'Roundelay'   Grandiflora  1954    Swim See Photo
'Sunset Celebration'   Hybrid Tea  1994    Fryer See Photo
'Thorsbyana'   Ayrshire  1840    Bennett See Photo
'Velours Noir'   Gallica  ~1810    Dupont See Photo
'Rise n Shine'   Min  1977   Moore See Photo
'Blush Noisette'   Noisette  1814    See Photo

This page was produced by Jill Perry with help and pictures from David Giroux, Jeri Jennings, Anita Clevenger, Judy Eitzen, Masha McLaughlin and Guadalupe River Park Conservancy.

This page was last updated on 8/18/12.

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