Six Award-Winning Rose Varieties That Can Enhance Any Landscape
May 23, 2023 Two leading rose breeders recently earned high marks by receiving awards from various rose trials. Star Roses and Plants, a genetics company involved directly in breeding roses, edibles, and woody plants, won three awards from The American Rose Trials for Sustainability (A.R.T.S.) program, which identifies the most sustainable, hardy, pest-resistant, and beautiful rose cultivars for use in American landscapes and gardens. To determine their top performers, A.R.T.S. adjudicators identify which roses are the most pest-resistant, drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, vigorous, and beautiful in five regions across the U.S. For a cultivar to be awarded an A.R.T.S. Local Artist award, it must perform equal to or better than the industry standards in a specific region. Those that earn the Master Rose distinction have achieved top marks in four or more regions.
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The Star Roses winners include:
- ‘Brick House Pink’: A very compact Floribunda with fluorescent pink flowers that bloom continuously from spring through frost. It thrives in both containers and the landscape.
- ‘Bright & Shiny’: A Floribunda rose that produces blooms in a bright, cheerful color of apricot-orange mixed with yellow that finish light pink. The foliage is dark green and glossy, which provides an excellent contrast to the bright blooms.
- ‘Veranda White’: A compact, bushy rose with pure white blooms. This variety works well in containers.
To learn more about Star Roses and Plants introductions, click here. To learn more about The American Rose Trials for Sustainability, click here.
Winners From Proven Winners ColorChoice
The Proven Winners ColorChoice landscape rose collection also earned awards in the A.R.T.S. program and in the American Rose Center International Rose Trials. Two Proven Winners ColorChoice roses earned top marks in the A.R.T.S. program.
‘Oso Easy Peasy’ landscape rose earned a Master Rose designation, receiving top marks in four of the A.R.T.S. climate regions. A standout in gardens and landscapes, Oso Easy Peasy rose sends out continuous sprays of tropical pink doubled blooms on a 2.5-foot to 3.5-foot habit. It was bred by David Zlesak and introduced by Spring Meadow Nursery in Grand Haven, MI.
‘Oso Easy Italian Ice’ rose received an A.R.T.S. Local Artist Award. It is a 1.5-foot to 2.5-foot mounded shrub rose bred by Christopher Hugh Warner in the U.K. and introduced by Spring Meadow Nursery.
The American Rose Center also released the results of its 2023 International trials, and a Proven Winners® ColorChoice Oso Easy landscape rose once again snagged the Volunteers of America Rose Garden Award for Best Shrub – Groundcover Rose. Zlesak’s ‘Oso Easy Peasy’ rose proved to be an exceptionally strong bloomer with a healthy habit in the Shreveport test garden, following in the footsteps of ‘Oso Easy Double Pink’ rose and earning the Best Shrub – Groundcover Rose honor.
Also earning an award was ‘Ringo’ rose, bred by Christopher Warner and introduced by Spring Meadow Nursery. The blooms of this colorful hybrid open a bright golden yellow with a red eye. They mellow to a soft yellow before finally turning white with a distinct pink center. This 3-foot to 4-foot rounded shrub rose is already a multiple award winner and adds the American Rose Center Committee Best Shrub – Bush Form award to its impressive resume.
The American Rose Center awards program recognizes new rose varieties of superior quality and marked distinction. Roses are evaluated for two and a half years in the American Rose Center’s test garden area on its 118-acre campus.
For more information, visit ProvenWinners-Shrubs.com and SpringMeadowNursery.com.
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