Growing Roses in the South Puget Sound
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The following varieties are recommended by the Gray's Harbor Rose Society for special conditions on the Beach:

Very cool, wet, foggy and windy most of the the time.
 

Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras Floribundas
Miniatures Large Flowered Climbers
Old Garden Roses Shrubs
 

Hybrid Teas (HT) and Grandifloras (GR)

Dainty Bess (light pink) single                   

Folklore (orange blend)

Gold Medal – GR (medium yellow)

New Zealand (light pink) very fragrant

Pristine (white)

Savoy Hotel (light pink)

Stephen’s Big Purple (mauve) very fragrant


Floribundas

Amber Queen (apricot blend)

Blueberry Hill (mauve) - single

Nicole (white)

Playboy (red blend) single

Playgirl (medium pink) single

Easy Going (yellow blend)

Livin’ Easy (orange blend)


Large Flowered Climbers

Altissimo (medium red)                                                

Royal Sunset (apricot blend)

Cl. Westerland (apricot blend)


Miniatures

Most all minis

Cl. Mini – Jeanne Lajoie (med pink)

Cl. Warm Welcome (orange red)


Shrubs

Abraham Darby (orange pink) English                        

Golden Wings (light yellow) single

Pink Meidiland (pink blend) single               

Ballerina (medium pink)  Hybrid Musk                 

Belinda (medium pink)  Hybrid Musk

Cornnelia (pink blend) Hybrid Musk

Hansa (medium red) Hybrid Rugosa


Old Garden Roses

Apothecary’s Rose (deep pink) Species

Rosa Mundi (pink blend) Species

Marchesa Bocella (light pink) Hybrid Perpetual

Mme. Hardy (white) Damask

Rose de Rescht (deep pink) Portland

Cornnelia (pink blend)  Hybrid Musk

R. eglanteria (light pink) single Species

R. macrantha (light pink) single Species

R. soulieana (white) Species

 

 

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