their introductions. General any rose that was introduced before
1867 would be classified as an OGR. Althou this is the "offical"
year to use you may find roses here that include some introduced
after 1867 and these are referred to as Victorians. Roses in this
classification are generally very fragrant with a charm all their
own. These rose may fall under many different classifications.
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~ Autumn Damask ~ Also known as Quatre Saison and I believe it is R. damascena semperflorens. The Autumn Damask is one of those Damask roses that actually does very well in our hot and humid climate of Texas. It throws long canes and provides many sprays of beautiful pink roses with a wonderful old rose fragrance which is strong and just out of this world. It is very old and some believe that it dates to Roman times. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Baron Girod de l'Ain ~ A hybrid perpetual bred in 1897 with unique white picotee edging contrasting against petals of deep red. Fragrant, moderate repeat bloom, but with a tendency to get some blackspot. Still, a gorgeous rose and worth the effort to grow. (photo by: MISSLISALOU)
~ Bon Silene ~ Tea Rose-1835- Eugene Hardy Loose, double flowers of a deep rose pink unfurl from the classic long-pointed buds. The broad, mulitbranched bush provides sweetly scented blooms throughout the growing season. This bush is often found in cemeteries throughout the South. Grows 4 to 6 feet. Constantly in bloom and is very carefree and disease resistant. It requires virtually no care at all!! (photo by: Willinator)
~ Champney's Pink Cluster ~ Originating with an 1802 Musk-China cross by John Champneys of Charleston, This progenitor of the class noisette (a cross of R. moschata x 'Old Blush') combines the broad shrubby habit and scented large clusters of flowers seen in the Musk Rose with the pink coloring, larger flowers and continuous bloom of the Chinas. It is said to have been introduced in 1811. The semi-double flowers of palest pink, petals overlapping in layers and revealing a column of cream styles, have a musky-sweet scent. Bushy and tall with vigorous growth habit blooming in clusters. Disease resistant with few thorns, easily trained as a climber. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Cherokee Rose ~ This rose was introduced into the US in the 1700's and is now naturalized in the south. In March when spring is just around the corner, we see the Cherokee Roses blooming at the edge of woodlands here, and it is a phenomenal sight! It clambers up trees to as high as 30 ft. and blooms with 5-inch pure white roses. It is evergreen, really thorny, and totally carefree. It makes large hips. (photo by: MISSLISALOU)
~ Clotilde Soupert ~ Classified as a polyantha and was introduced in 1890 by Soupert and Nolling of Luxembourg. It is a beautiful pale pink to white while always maintaining that pink center. When the weather is cooler the color turns to an overall soft pink. The blooms are borne in clusters and each bloom can get quite large for the average polyantha at 2-3 inches across. The fragrant blooms are cupped with tissue-paper thin petals on thornless stems on a bush that stays short and full. The only problem this rose seems to have is mildew on occassion and the buds will ball in wet weather. There is a very quick repeat so cutting off damaged buds and tips are never noticed. A rose with all the appearence of an "Old World" rose without the size, thorns and a much better bloomer! (photo by: MsMary)
~ Comte de Cambord ~ This lovely OGR was introduced in 1863 by Robert & Moreau of France. It is extremely healthy and produces a constant supply of rich pink very fragrant blooms. The plant grows about 4 feet high and upright, making it an ideal plant for garden or large pot. (photo by: MsMary)
~ Cramoisi Superieur ~ This is a china rose dateing from 1835 and is one of the first to incorporate the clear red of Slater's Crimson China. It has a nice fruity fragrance and very good substance and blooms all of the time for me. It was hybridized by Coquereau. It is very disease resistant and can get large as it has in my garden (6 to 8 feet tall and 4 feet in diameter). (photo by: Willinator)
~ Duchesse de Brabant ~ Antique Tea, Hybridized by Bernède, 1857. This classic tea rose has rosy pink, tulip-shaped double blossoms which are 2 to 3 inches across and have a strong fragrance. Plants grow 3 to 5 feet tall in most climates and are relatively disease resistant. The pink, cabbage shaped flowers are in almost continuous bloom. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Eugene de Beauharnais ~ The rose was hybridized in 1838 by Hardy and is classified as a China/Bourbon hybrid. It has very fully double crimsom blooms that are reccurrent on a bushy upright plant that stays a reasonable size. The plant is very sturdy and healthy even here in Texas planted in a pot. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Gruss an Tepliz ~ ( Bourbon - Geschwind - 1897) Described as having medium red blooms with strong fragrance and repeat bloom. Bred in Hungary as a cross of [(Sir Joseph Paxton x Fellenberg) x Papa Gontier] x Gloire de Rosomanes with some dispute regarding parentage. I got this plant in September 2000 and have planted it in a half whiskey barrel and it appears to be doing fine. It has performed amazingly well in its confined space with limited sunlight! This rose is included in the World Federation of Rose Societies Old Rose Hall of Fame. The Old Rose Hall of Fame recognizes roses of historical or genealogical important and those roses which have enjoyed continued popularity over a great many years. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Harison's Yellow ~ This is a strange rose indead, but if you are interested in history it comes with alot! It is believed to be a Hybrid foetida and was found in 1830 in the yard of George Harison an attorney and amateur hybridist. His garden was located in what now is downtown Manhattan. As the early pioneers left in wagon trains for the West they would break a piece off Mr. Harison's plant and would take it with them to be planted at their new location. To them it was like taking a bit of home with them and many of these rose cuttings were planted along the trails all the way to the West Coast. Hence the other names this rose is known by; "The Pioneer Rose" and "The Yellow Rose of Texas". It is a VERY thorny, thin stemed rose with leaves that are medium green, fernlike and can reach widths of 3-4 feet and heights of 5 feet. The blooms are small (about 2 inches) bright yellow with a light fragrance and has only one bloom cycle in early Spring. Once it is established it needs little care and infact will do better with lack of care and is extremely disease resistent. Not your common garden rose, but in the right place along a fence where it can be trained to create a living barrier with its needle sharp torns it will definately add interest to your garden. (photo by: MsMary)
~ Honorine de Brabant ~ A bourbon rose of unknown parentage this rose is dated from approximately 1840. The beautiful pink striped blooms of this rose range from deep pink stripped with light pink to almost white stripped in light pink. The photos shown below were all taken from the plant on the same day. This rose is fairly disease resistent and usually gave me one great flush in the spring, a smaller flush in later summer and sporatic blooms inbetween. This rose has only a few thorns and has beautiful light green foliage and canes. It runs about 6 feet by 6 feet and is hardy in zones 5 through 10. (photo by: SunAndRoses)
~ Jaune Desprez ~ As somewhat paraphrased from the "Yesterday's Roses" Website: "This bush is a cross of 'Blush Noisette' x 'Park's Yellow Tea-scented China'. 'Desprez a Fleur Jaune' ("Jaune Desprez" for short) is a variety of exceptional charm. It is one of the first roses to bloom spring, with flowers opening from tiny, perfectly scrolled and pointed buds. The flowers are loosely quartered rosettes with distinct button eyes, no more than 2.5 or 3 in. across. Their color is a soft buff-apricot, shot through with yellow and pink. They are born in large clusters and blooms almost continually until the first heavy frost, its color varying as the season progresses." The fragrance is strong and very sweet. It is a noisette which was hybridized in 1830 by Desprez. Mine thrives with benign neglect and stretches over an area of about 3 feet by 7 feet. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Le Pactole ~ This has always been one of my favorite tea roses, not only because it is especially beautiful, but it is unique. The roses are in the Perle d'Or form with many smaller narrow petals in the center. They are a soft yellow, fragrant, and appear in gently nodding clusters of 3-5. The shrub grows to 4-5 ft. tall and wide. Le Pactole is a very old tea rose, introduced in 1841 by Meillez. (photo by: MISSLISALOU)
~ Louis-Phillippe ~ Was hybridized by Guerin in 1834. The flowers of this rose are double, deep crimson with a touch of blush at the center and like all old Chinas exhibits an occasional white streak through the petals. This rose is often confused with 'Cramoisi Superieur' (though mine has consistently fewer petals and grows more like Slaters with more petals). The only difference we can detect is that 'Louis Philippe' is more compact and the color varies. A Texas statesman, Lorenzo de Zavala, collected this rose during his stint as Minister to France in the mid 1830's and planted it at his home in Lynchburg, TX (Houston metropolitan area). size: 3 to 5 feet (for me it reachs 6 to 8 feet. Zone 7 to 9 Repeat blooming, Fragrant, red blend. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Louise Odier ~~ This rose dates from the 1850s and like many other bourbon roses, this one has a very satisfying old rose fragrance. Very winter hardy in the north, it still performs well in the south. If you are looking for a good rose from the Victorian era, this is a good one to consider. (photo by: Spidermite)
~ Maggie ~ This rose was found at a Louisiana Plantation by William Welch and intrduced in 1980. It is a beautiful fragrant red bourbon rose which is very floriforous and disease resistant. Size is large reaching 5-6 feet and 4 feet around in warmer climates. It may be the rose 'Mme Eugene E. Marlitt' which was a popular red bourbon introduced by Rudolph Geschwind at the turn of the century (1900). Mr. Welch christened this rose "Maggie" after his wifes grandmother. The flower color is actually quite variable and ranges anywhere from deep fuchsia to bright crimson-carmine, depending upon weather and exposure. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Mme Pierre Oger ~ This rose is in the Bourbon class and has wonderful fragrance but can be stingy with its blooms it was hybridized in 1878. It is a sport of the bourbon La Reine Victoria and is a beautiful pale pink blooms. They are delicate and very fragrant and I have enjoyed this rose when it blooms. It does get large and rangy and is best tied up onto some form of structure and it does bloom more on horizontally tied canes. Here is the first picture showing how I have tied up this rangy plant. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Mrs. B.R. Cant ~ Tea roses are noted for becoming large bushes, but this one is a giant even among the teas. Mrs. B. R. Cant makes big (3-5"), very double, deep pink to red flowers, with a nice "tea" scent (actually I would equate the scent to that of grapefruit). It is highly disease- resistant. Mine has been planted in a Whiskey Barrel for about 3 years and it throws canes that are every bit of 5 to 6 feet. The bush is probably 8 feet tall and at least 6 to 7 feet across in my yard. It does thrives and blooms nearly constantly. Tends to produce many tall basal canes, beginning stout and branching into twiggier wood above. Good, reliable rebloom and very nice fragrance with huge globular dusky pink flowers, packed with petals scrolled tightly in a full cup, and scented of Tea and Grapefruit. The parents are unknown and this rose was hybridized in England by Benjamin R. Cant in 1901. I think that this may be a top candidate to win a Victorian Award. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Mutabilis ~ A wonderful china rose which was bred prior to 1894 and has the most wonderful habit of changing colors of blooms. The blooms are single and open a yellow apricot color and as the blooms age they turn a darker pink The bush can get huge and mine has canes that are nearly 2 1/2 inches in diameter and some are 8 to 10 feet long. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Rosa Chinensis Veridiflora ~ This rose was discovered (or perhaps 'rediscovered' would be a better word) prior to 1845 by a British missionary, traveling in China. This may well be the oldest variety of rose that is still in existence today. The golf ball size flowers are more like a collection of small, narrow leaves. This rose does not produce pollen or set hips. The plant is healthy and vigorous, attaining a height of 4 feet or more. The dark green blooms are borne in clusters of 6 to 10 or more ball-shaped flowers throughout the year. (It is sometimes referred to as 'The Green Rose', but that is NOT it's official name.) (photo by: Sue O'Brien)
~ Rosa Mundi ~ (aka: R. gallica versicolor) This is probably the oldest striped rose around. (est. before 1581) It's a color sport (mutation) of Rosa gallica officinalis, also known as the Apothecary's Rose, a very old rose that was grown in medieval times and used in medicinal herb gardens. Not only do the petals make a very fragrant potpourri, but the hips are also high in vitamin C, which would have been very important to people ages ago. The gallica class is extremely winter hardy and will survive just about anything. The blooms are fragrant, but not recurrent. (photo by: Spidermite)
~ Rouletti ~ This rose is classified as a Hybrid China dating to before 1867. It is a wonderful miniature china with a very carefree habit and disease resistant and thriving in our hot and humid climate. It was discovered in a window box in Switzerland by Roulet in the 1920's and is the progenitor of all of the modern minatures. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Slater's Crimson China ~ Introduced in 1790. One of the "Stud Chinas" it differ from the Old European Garden Roses in several significant respects. They bear loose, semi-double flowers on thin, wiry stems, sparsely clothed in shiny, red-tinted foliage. They are lightly, if at all, fragrant and are relatively sensitive to cold. In contrast to the Old European types, whose flowers fade with age, the blossoms of these China Roses generally grow darker upon exposure. As contrasting to Old Blush this rose provides bright red blooms. (photo by: Willinator)
~ Sombreuil ~ (Photos #2 - bush) A fantastic Old Garden Rose classified as a climbing tea rose. Bred in France by Roberts and introduced in 1850 it is beautiful as well as fragrant. In warmer climates it can reach 15-20 feet and has continuous clusters of large blooms that open flat. The color can be pure white when its warm & have a tinge of pink when the weather is cooler. The bush is very healthy and quite hardy. A "must have" rose for those who love OGR's and have the room for this beauty. (photo by: MsMary) (photo #2: Sue O'Brien)
~ Zephirine Drouhin ~ Photo #2 - bush Classified as a pilliar, large shrub or climber and was introduced in 1868 (parentage unknown) by Bizot of France. It is truly one of the prettiest climbers with fragrant cerise-pink blooms. Early spring it covers itself with blooms and in most climates will repeat with occassional clusters throughout the season. It is thornless and responds well to heavy or light prunning. Also does well in most zones and in warmer climates can reach 15-20 feet if not prunned back to keep it under control. Will grow and bloom in less direct sun light, but needs an open area with circulation to prevent mildew, rust and blackspot. (photos by: MsMary)
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