Best Roses for Baton Rouge

1. Easiest to Grow
    a. Shade - Mermaid, Knock Out
    b. Survivor Instinct – Old Blush, Mrs. B R Cant, Souvenir de St. Anne, Cramoisi Superieur, Napoleon, Knock Out, Isabella Sprunt, Mrs. Dudley Cross, Duchesse de Brabant, Ann Olivier, Gilbert Nabonnand, Barn Dance, April Moon, Folksinger
            Mrs. Dudley Cross         Souvenir de St. Anne's

2. Best Shrub
    a. For Hedge – Old Blush, Mutabilis, Natchitoches Noisette, Le Marne 

 
 Le Marne
    b. For Specimens – Mrs. Dudley Cross, Mrs. B. R. Cant, Marie Van Houtte, Archduke Charles, other Teas. 

              Archduke Charles in back, Valentine in front
 Archdule Charles flower

3. Best Climbers
    a. Mannerly – Red Cascade, Climbing Rainbow’s End, Don't Rain on My Parade, Graham Thomas

Red Cascade on a pole 

    b. Vigorous – Lady Waterlow, Souvenir de Mme Leonie Viennot (once blooming), Mermaid, yellow/white Lady Banks (once blooming), Climbing Cramoisi Superieur, Climbing Old Blush, Climbing Reve d'Or, Climbing Pinkie

 Lady Banks in the garden

4. Best Fragrance - Duchesse de Brabant, Abraham Darby, Darrows Enigma b. Most Fragrant Hybrid Teas: Mr. Lincoln, Double Delight, Fragrant Cloud, Eiffel Tower, Lemon Spice, Chrysler Imperial
                 Duchesse de Brabant - Favorite Rose of Teddy Roosevelt

5. Best Container Rose – Cecile Brunner, Perle d’Or, the Knock Outs, Lindee, Lavender Pink

                    Pearl D'Or                      Blushing Knock Out

6. Most Versatile Rose – Don Juan, Belinda’s Dream, Double Knock Out, Double Pink Knock Out
Belinda's Dream

 Belinda's Dream

7. Best Naturalized Rose – Mermaid, Lady Banks, & Cherokee will all grow into trees, Mutabilis
Mermaid

  Mermaid

8. Most Historic – Katrina Rose (The Peggy Martin Rose), Lafter, Cherokee Rose

9. Best Cut Flower – Mrs. B R Cant, Polonaise, Belinda’s Dream, Mr. Lincoln, Veterans Honor, Don Juan 
                         Don Juan            Polonaise

10. Most Unusual – Green Rose, Ebb Tide, Night Owl

11. Best Hips – Carefree Beauty, Dortmund

 Carefree Beauty in bloom

12. Best Fall Color – Carefree Beauty, Caldwell Pink

13. Most Polite – Vincent Godsif, Belle Story, Valentine

14. New Roses to Try: Homerun, Julia Child, My Hero, About Face




15. Griffith Buck Roses to try: Countryman, Winter Sunset, Blue Skies

                             
                                                              Winter Sunset