Golden Gables Rose Garden

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Golden Gables Rose Garden Groveland,
Florida
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Golden Gables Rose Garden West
Trumpeter (Ireland)
Lagerfield (United States)
Clotilde Soupert
Sun Flair (Ireland)
Celine Forestier (France)
Gruss an Aachen (Germany)
Baronne Henriette de Snoy (France)
Madam Ernest Calvat
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Trumpeter (Ireland)
Floribunda from Sam McGredy of Ireland in 1977,
Trumpeter. Huge clusters of large, over 4 inch,
double, cupped blooms, 39 petals, up to 15 per
stem, in a vivid orange/red, from spring through
fall on a low maintenance shrub. The blossoms
will not fade in color until the petals
drop.Flowers of a slight dusky rose scent are
bourne in abundance on a very disease resistant,
bushy shrub, with glossy, dark green leaves, red
color to the new growth. Bushy, spreading and low
growing in form, Trumpeter grows 2 to 3 feet in
height and width.
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Gruss an Aachen (Germany)
Floribunda from Germany in 1929, Pink Gruss an
Aachen. Considered to be the first Floribunda
rose, with large flowers for a Floribunda, Gruss
an Aachen produces large, over 3 inch, highly
scented, beautifully formed shell pink blossoms,
tinted with salmon, the 40 to 45 petals opening
full and flat. Pink Gruss an Aachen is is similar
in form, scent, a light pink with a tinges of
brighter pink, fading to creamy ivory. The color
holds up better in the sun, varies with the
weather, soil. Pink Gruss an Aachen is a compact,
bushy, spreading shrub, growing 3 to 4 feet in
height, 3 feet wide. Its foliage is rich green,
leathery, very disease resistant, replenishing
its beautiful, fragrant flowers all season.Said
by many to be the most beautiful in her class,
this fine Floribunda will tolerate sun to partial
shade, is most adaptable to a wide variety of
climates, very hardy from zones 4 through 9.
Parents of Gruss an Aachen were Hybrid Perpetual
Frau Karl Druschki X Franz Deegan, Hybrid Tea,
Pink Gruss, a sport of Gruss an Aachen.
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Clotilde Soupert
Polyantha, from 1890, Clotilde Soupert. Individua
l flowers of Clotilde Soupert are unlike any
other Polyantha, large and full, often quartered,
with over 100 neatly layered pale-pink petals.
Fragrance is excellent, strong scented.Growing
from 3 to 4 feet in height, spreading, the
foliage is dark green, tolerating a wide variety
of climates, heat, continuing to produce her
beautifully formed flowers up until frost, very
repeat in clusters, growing from zones 6 through
9, 5, with protection. Often said to look like a
smaller Souvenir de la Malmaison, Clotilde is
hardly ever out of bloom.
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Sun Flair (Germany)
Floribunda by Kordes of Germany in 1987, Sun
Flair. Oval buds open to clusters of large, 3
inch, double blossoms, 25 to 30 petals, in a
bright, lemon yellow with a sweet licorice
fragrance.Very repeat and prolific blooms are
produced on quite disease resistant, shiny,
bright green foliage with purple stems and new
shoots. This bushy, vigorous, very healthy shrub,
with rounded growth, grows to 4 feet in height, 3
feet wide, very hardy from zones 5 through 9,
possibly 4, with protection.Sunsprite, being
the best of the deep yellow clustered
Floribundas, from which it takes all the good
characteristics, parents, Sunsprite X seedling,
Sun Flair is one of the healthiest, most
vigorous, also, a good show and cut flower.
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Lagerfield (United States)
Grandiflora from Christensen, USA, in 1986,
Lagerfeld. A great exhibition rose, Lagerfeld's
fat silver/lavender buds opens to sprays of 5 to
15 flowers, high centered, large, 5 inches, in a
rare, beautiful silvery lavender shade. Intensely
fragrant of an old rose scent, these well formed
blossoms repeat throughout the growing
season.This abundant bloomer produces its
clusters on a very healthy bush, with dark green,
shiny, disease resistant foliage. Spreading,
vigorous growing from 4 to 6 feet in height, 4
feet in width, this fine Grandiflora is hardy
from zones 4 through 9. Lagerfeld was named after
a fashion designer.
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Baronne Henriette de Snoy (France)
Old garden Tea, from France in 1897, Baronne
Henriette de Snoy. Long buds open to large, 35
petals, double, quartered, pale pink and cream
blossoms, carmine reverse, with excellent
fragrance. Blooms are produced repeatedly from
spring through fall, on stiff stems, with glossy,
green, disease resistant foliage, bronze red new
growth.A strong, vigorous, tall plant, Baronne
Henriette grows 4 to 6 feet in height, 3 to 4
feet in width, producing an abundance of fragrant
blooms, excellent for cutting, from zone 7
through 11.Beautiful rose, its parents were
fine Teas, "Gloire de Dijon" and "Madam
Lombard".
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Celine Forestier (France)
Noisette from Trouillard of France in 1842,
Celine Forestier. Large, double, 3.5 to 4.5
inch, quartered blooms, in a creamy yellow with
peach/pink tint open flat, display a button eye.
The flowers are very fragrant, of a strong, spicy
Tea scent with fruity overtones.Celine
Forestier produces clusters of blossoms on strong
canes, disease resistant, medium green foliage.
Growing on a well foliated shrub 10 to 15 feet in
height, Celine Forestier thrives in warm
protected areas in cooler climates, hardy from
zones 6 through 9.
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Madam Ernest Calvat
Bourbon from 1888, Madam Ernest Calvat. Huge,
pale pink, shading to darker pink, very double,
quartered, cupped-shaped blossoms are produced in
clusters during the growing season, with
exceptional rich fragrance. Mainly produced in
the spring, but the blooms in fall are largest
and most fragrant.The foliage of Madam Ernest
Calvat is dark green with purple tinted leaves,
resistant to black spot, healthy.Growing
vigorously with tall, strong canes, from 5 to 7
feet in height or more, it is very hardy from
zones 5 through 10. A sport of Madam Isaac
Pereire, this Bourbon makes a good hedge, shrub,
or pegged specimen.