BEST ROSES SURVEY – Spring 2004

Members of the Santa Barbara Rose Society were asked to name three of their most vigorous and prolific roses (not the ones they liked the best).  The most often cited best roses in the Camarillo to Arroyo Grande area out of 54 responses are: Double Delight & Iceberg  (each cited 10 times), Secret (8), Fame (7), Sunset Celebration (5), Just Joey (4), Mister Lincoln (4), Sally Holmes (4), Tournament of Roses (4) and Yves Piaget (4).

 Double Delight (10)                   Iceberg (10)

 

 Secret (8).................... .... .......................... .Fame! (7)........

 Sunset Celebration (5)  Just Joey (4) 

Mister Lincoln (4)      ... Sally Holmes (4) 

Tournament of Roses (4)  Yves Piaget (4)

Master consulting rosarian Dan Bifano recommends the following roses for their disease resistance (January, 2008):

About Face, Ambridge Rose, Barbra Streisand, Brass Band, Crimson Bouquet, Falling in Love, Fame!, Gemini, Honey Dijon, Hot Cocoa, Ingrid Bergman, Johann Strauss, Julia Child, Lasting Love, Livin’ Easy, Marilyn Monroe, Mellow Yellow, Neptune, New Zealand, Scentimental, Secret & Sunset Celebration. (The ones in bold are in the top 10 above.)

Below is a list of the 92 varieties of roses cited, including the number
of times they were selected if more than once. (Top 10 are in bold.)
Below that is a listing by area.

Abraham Darby Altissimo  (3) Ambridge Apricot Nectar Barbara Worl* (2) Barbra Streisand Betty Boop  (3) Bewitched Bill Warriner  (3) Brandy Brigadoon Candelabra  (2) Captain Thomas Cecile Brunner  (2) Cherry Jubilee Chicago Peace Chrysler Imperial Collette Colonel White Color Magic Disneyland Double Delight  (10) Duet  (2) Easy Livin’ Eden Climber Eugene de Beauharnais Fame  (7) First Prize Flower Girl Flutterbye Fragrant Cloud  (2) Francis Dubreuil French Lace  (3) Gemini  (3) Gertrude Jekyll (2) Glamis Castle Gingersnap Glory Days Gold Medal (2) Golden Showers Golden Celebration  (2) Graceland Granada (2) Heaven on Earth  (2) Hot Cocoa  (3) Iceberg (10)

Ingrid Bergman  (3) Jiminy Cricket Johann Strauss  (2) Joseph’s Coat Just Joey (4) Katherine Morley (2) Love and Peace Leonardo da Vinci (2) Leila Verde Marilyn Monroe Marmalade (2) Medallion Meridian Sunset Mister Lincoln  (4) New Day New Zealand  (2) Olympiad  (2) Peace Perfect Moment  (2) PinkGruss an Aachen Pinkie Playboy Polka  (2) Proud Land Rock & Roll Rosa Banksiae lutea Rosa mutabilis chinensis Rosette Delizy Sally Holmes  (4) Scentimental Secret (8) Secret Garden (2) Sexy Rexy Shreveport Sparrieshoop Sunset Celebration (5) Sweet Juliette Sweet Revenge Taboo  (2) Tamora The Fairy Tivoli Garden Touch of Class Tournament of Roses  (4) Trumpeter (2) Yves Piaget  (4)

*Roses in italics are not in the American Rose Society handbook.

Best performing roses by area              

Arroyo Grande        Duet, Tournament of Roses, Iceberg

Beach                       Altissimo, Fame, French Lace, Ingrid Bergman, Tivoli Garden, Tournament of Roses

Carpinteria              Brigadoon, First Prize, Gemini

Camarillo                 Barbara Worl (2) , Colonel White, Rosa Banksiae lutea, Secret Garden (2)

Eucalyptus Hill        Flutterbye, Gemini, Tournament of Roses

Foothills                Bill Warriner, Cecile Brunner, Double Delight (3), Duet, Fragrant Cloud,
Gold Medal (2), Golden Celebration, Graceland, Heaven on Earth, Hot Cocoa, Iceberg (2), Jiminy Cricket, Leonardo da Vinci, Meridian Sunset, Olympiad, Sally Holmes, Shreveport

Goleta                     Altissimo, Apricot Nectar, Barbra Streisand, Cherry Jubilee, Chrysler Imperial, Easy Livin', Eugene de Beauharnais, Francis Dubreuil, French Lace, Hot Cocoa, Iceberg, Leila Verde, Sally Holmes, Sunset Celebration

Hidden Valley          Ambridge, Johann Strauss, The Fairy

Hope Ranch             Sparrieshoop, Tournament of Roses, Yves Piaget

Mesa                         Bill Warriner, Fame, French Lace

Mission Canyon       Betty Boop, Bill Warriner, Double Delight (2), Granada, Just Joey

Montecito                  Candelabra, Double Delight, Fame, Granada, Mr. Lincoln, New Day, Playboy, Polka, Taboo

Nipomo                     Eden Climber, Rosa mutabilis chinensis, Yves Piaget

Riviera                       Bewitched, Brandy, Candelabra, Celebration, Double Delight, Glamis Castle, Fame, Gemini,  Gingersnap, Glory Days, Iceberg, Love & Peace, Marmalade, New Zealand, Peace, Perfect Moment, Rock & Roll, Rosette Delizy, Scentimental, Secret, Sexy Rexy, Sweet Juliette, Sweet Revenge, Trumpeter, Yves Piaget   

Samarkand               Flower Girl, PinkGruss an Aachen, Sally Holmes

San Roque                Bewitched, Double Delight (3), Fame, Fragrant Cloud, Gertrude Jekyll (2), Golden Celebration, Iceberg (2), Just Joey, Katherine Morley (2), Marilyn Monroe, Mister Lincoln (3), New Zealand, Olympiad, Proud Land, Secret (3), Sunset, Sunset Celebration (3), Touch of Class

Santa Paula                 Medallion, Pinkie, Yves Piaget                              

Santa Ynez                   Abraham Darby, Betty Boop, Captain Thomas, Chicago Peace, Collette, Golden Showers, Hot Cocoa, Iceberg, Johann Straus, Polka

Summerland               Cecile Brunner, Color Magic, Fame

Sycamore Canyon      Fame, Iceberg, Taboo

Toro Canyon              Altissimo, Joseph’s Coat, Just Joey

Upper East Side         Disneyland, Heaven on Earth

West Side                    Betty Boop, Ingrid Bergman, Just Joey, Perfect Moment, Secret, Tamora

Area not given:          Banksiae, Iceberg, Ingrid Bergman, Mutabilis, Sunset Celebration, Trumpeter

              

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