Award-winning Roses for 2002

We may not be through with the year 2001, but that doesn't mean that new award-winning roses aren't on their way! All-America Rose Selections has named two new roses their 2002 winners.

AARS is a non-profit association dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses. The winning roses are the best of the best in trials at test gardens across the U.S. for two years. Each AARS winner was evaluated for 15 traits including disease resistance, hardiness, color and novelty. So-called "All-American" roses have been named since 1938. The two 2002 All-Americans will be widely available in early 2002. Photos of the two are available on the Rose Resource web site at www.rose.org., as well as at www.BaileyNursery.com.

Love & Peace. This rose has a famous grandparent -- none other than Peace, which is probably the world's most renowned rose. This is a classic upright hybrid tea rose featuring 5- inch flowers of golden yellow edged with pink. Sound familiar to fans of Peace? It also has dark green glossy foliage. The luscious buds slowly spiral open to reveal a flower that contains a minimum of 40 petals, exhibiting a sweet fruity scent.

Love & Peace, which grows 4-5 feet by 3 feet, is perfect for framing a formal rose garden or creating a striking feature within a landscape. It also is disease-resistant.

This winning rose comes from a rose breeding program begun just 10 years ago at Bailey Nurseries in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was created by rose breeders Jerry Twomey and Ping Lim from an unnamed seedling and Peace. This is Lim's first AARS winner. Twomey has hybridized several past winners, including All That Jazz and Sheer Elegance.

"This rose is a tough and lasting beauty," said Lim, "It's a rose that will be shared by many."

Starry Night. Not even the most star-studded night can challenge the beauty of this winner, the 2002 AARS landscape shrub winner. Set against medium green glossy foliage, the pure white flowers sparkle brightly. The five-petal flowers, of medium size, are 2-3 inches in diameter. More significantly, the flowers are single-petaled, resembling a dogwood flower.

This disease-resistant variety is perfect for large plantings, borders and groundcover because it grows 3 feet by 3 feet in cool climates, and 6 feet by 6 feet in mild to warm climates.

Pierre Orard from Feyzin, France is the breeder. He crossed Anisley Dickson and Rose wichurianna to come up with the winner. This is his first AARS winner. Edmunds' Roses is

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