Grandiflora Rose Varieties

Pinks

• The multiple award-winning Queen Elizabeth, introduced in 1954, continually produces clusters of classically formed pink roses all season on an upright, vigorous plant. Sonia is a pink blend grandiflora. Elegant, high-centered blooms and long stems made Sonia a valuable florist rose following its introduction in 1974. Sonia successfully earned a place in home gardens with its vigorous growth and prolific flowering habit. Aquarius is a highly rated light-pink blend. Tournament of Roses is a shorter grandiflora sometimes listed as a hybrid tea. Tournament of Roses continually displays salmon pink, high-centered roses, with a darker reverse, through the season.

Reds

• Dick Clark is a 2011 All-American Rose Selection (AARS) winner. The light-sensitive roses begin as deep red buds, the coloration varying among cherry, pink, cream and deep burgundy as they open. The large, colorful flowers emit a subtle, spicy scent. Crimson Bouquet is an AARS from 2000. The disease-resistant plant, somewhat shorter than the typical grandiflora, produces deep crimson roses. Scarlet Queen Elizabeth, sometimes listed as a floribunda, is similar in habit to its pink parent, with scarlet-colored roses. Scarlet Knight, a Meilland creation, produces small clusters of large, deep crimson flowers in seasonal flushes.

Yellow and White

• The AARS awarded honors to several yellow grandiflora roses. Dream Come True, a 2008 winner, is a yellow blend, showing various amounts of pink or red. Strike it Rich took AARS honors in 2007 with its vigor, disease-resistance and fragrance, as well as its large, deep buttery-yellow, crimson-splashed blooms. Shining Hour won AARS honors in 1991 for its high-centered, glowing, golden blooms and dense growth habit. Mount Hood has glossy, deep-green foliage setting off its clusters of fragrant white roses in a striking display. Mt. Hood is a 1996 AARS winner.

Orange Blends

• Deep yellow decorates the inside petals of About Face, a 2005 AARS winner, while the outside petals are rich, orange-bronze. Glowing Peace won AARS honors in 2000. This vigorous descendant of Peace sports large, fragrant, bi-colored orange-red blossoms and deep-green foliage that turns burgundy in fall. Candelabra, an AARS grandiflora winner from 1999, produces brilliant salmon-orange roses. Caribbean, a 1994 AARS winner, displays orange-yellow blend roses with a tropical flair.