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of the past. Often old roses will perform where the soil
is less than perfect and the gardener is less ambitious.
They are less likely to perish for want of a little water
or fertilizer. Most are also fungus and insect free. The
old rose blooms are often fragrant and very double or
sweetly simple like a wild rose. They may lack exhibition
form, and some may not bloom quite as often as modern
roses, but for romance and easy-care you can't beat them.
We receive antique roses several times during the year.
Our selections may vary from this list. Plants listed
in quotation marks are "found" roses that have
not been identified, but are assumed to be older varieties.
Some modern roses are listed with the antiques because
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Earth
Kind™ Roses
- Easy-care
roses selected from rigorous trials in Texas. The super
performers have been designated EarthKind™ Landscape Roses.
Most are antiques
Teas
carries the following EarthKind™ roses:
Belinda’s
Dream, Caldwell Pink,
Climbing Pinkie,
Duchesse
de Brabant, Else
Poulsen, Katy Road Pink,
Knock Out™, Mutabilis,
Perle d’Or, Sea
Foam, "Spice",
The Fairy
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Antiques roses come in many different types. But most
antiques are proven over time to be hardy and reliable
plants for even the worst soils. With a minimum of fuss
they will bloom and bloom for many years to come. Our
antique roses are grown on their own roots, which makes
them especially hardy for our area. The differences
between the varieties are worth considering in choosing
your "new" old rose:
Species
Wild roses grow in all parts of the world and can be
successful in your landscape. Most only bloom in the
spring, but they can be the easiest and fastest growing
roses to grow. Example: Lady Banks Rose
Chinas
The best for Houston and other warm climates, these
lovely roses come in beautiful colors and many are fragrant.
They are virtually evergreen and can bloom all the time.
That’s what gets them in trouble in colder climates
where they fail to go dormant. Example: Old Blush
Bourbon
Grown for their beautiful rich fragrance and elegant
flowers. Heavy bloom spring and fall. China/Damask heritage.
Example: Louis Philippe
Noisette
First truly American roses, developed in South Carolina
in the early 1800’s. Repeating fragrant climbers.
Example: Blush Noisette
Tea Rose
Grown for their rich tea fragrance and frequent bloom.
Warm climate rose like a larger China. Example: Mrs.
B R Cant
Polyantha and Floribunda
Excellent landscape color from these multi-flowered
compact shrubs. The polyanthas are the ancestors of
the more modern floribundas. Example: Valentine
Hybrid Musk
Very adaptable landscape plants that can be neat shrubs
or pillar type climbers. And they will bloom a little
in shade. They make well-behaved climbers with repeating,
fragrant bloom. Example: Buff Beauty
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 Archduke
Charles - A fine old hedge
rose, much admired with full, lasting flowers. Deep rose-red
outer petals, whitish pink inside. 3-4 feet. Always in bloom!
China Rose Prior to 1837 #112224 $19.95 |
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Belinda's
Dream*
- Shrub from 1988. Medium to soft pink very large full flowers,
very healthy with long stems. Bluish-green foliage, very
upright and sturdy. Makes a nice hedge or specimen. Fragrance
is nice. 3-5' *Chosen
to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape rose.
Patented Shrub #114454 $19.95 |
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Blush Noisette - Known for its fragrance and profuse
bloom. Pink buds open to white cupped double flowers in
spring, fall and infrequently during the summer. Grows as
a shrub or pillar climber, 4 to 8 feet.
Noisette 1817 #112939 $19.95 |
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Buff Beauty - Muted 2" apricot blossoms in the
spring, repeating in the fall. Floriferous, perfume fragrance,
disease resistant foliage. Spreading habit 7 to 12 ft.,
shade tolerant.
Hybrid Musk 1939 #112143 $19.95 |
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"Caldwell
Pink"* - Everblooming
double, lilac-pink flowers in clusters. A popular landscape
rose with a minimum of maintenance. Not fussy about soil,
but prefers sun. Compact growth to 4 ft. Found in Caldwell,TX.
*Chosen to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape
rose.
"Found" Polyantha (No date) #112613 $19.95 |
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Climbing Pinkie*
- Medium pink double blooms
in flushes throughout the season. Mild fragrance. Grows
up to 13' wide by 9' height.
Polyantha Climber 1952 #113184 $19.95
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Cramoisi Superieur - Velvety, rich crimson flowers with
silvery reverse in a double, cupped form. Nearly everblooming.
Leaves small, neat, dark green, and very healthy. Suitable
in a pot or the landscape. 3 to 6 ft.
China 1832 #114455 $19.95 |
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Ducher - Large near white double flowers have a strong
fragrance. Disease resistant growth to 4 ft. Repeats in
fall. Named for its hybridizer, Jean-Claude Ducher of Lyon,
France, 1829-1874.
China 1869 #118805 $19.95 |
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Duchesse de Brabant - Good Gulf Coast rose, its double
pearl-pink blooms are borne from early spring to mid-winter.
Lightly scented. Bushy growth to 6 ft.
Tea 1857 #102713 $19.95 |
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Else Poulsen* - Clusters
of pink single blooms with a mild fragrance in flushes throughout
the season. Grows 3 to 4 ft. Easy care.
Floribunda 1924 #118609 $19.95 |
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"Grandma's Yellow Rose"
- AKA "Nacogdoches Rose" This rediscovered
hybrid tea with butter yellow double flowers that won’t
fade in the sun. Own roots, too. Fragrant. Originally named
“Nacogdoches Rose” for where it was rediscovered.
Found Hybrid Tea (No Date) #118926 $21.95 |
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Gruss
an Aachen - Strong red/yellow colored buds open up to
large flat light pink flowers with a mild fragrance. Shade
tolerant but winter tender. Grows to 3 ft. Some describe
it as an early floribunda. Bred in Germany by Philipp Geduldig.
Repeats in fall.
Floribunda/China 1909 #102070 $19.95 |
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Hermosa
- Full medium sized soft, lilac-rose flowers on thick
blue-green foliage. Nearly always in bloom. Good in pots
or mass plantings. 3 to 4 feet.
China 1840 #112611 $19.95 |
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"Highway 290 Pink Buttons" - Found rose. Early miniature?
One-inch wide lilac pink double blossoms on a compact bush.
Makes a good border plant or pot plant. Grows 1 to 2 ft.
Slow starter in Spring.
Found Rose (Date Unknown) #114459 $19.95 |
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"Katy
Road Pink"* - Remarkably
free-blooming, vivid pink, semi-double flowers that display
their yellow stamens. Good specimen plant 3 to 5 feet. No
insect or disease problems. Probably Buck hybrid "Carefree
Beauty" from 1977. *Chosen
to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape rose.
"Found" Shrub (No date) #112608 $19.95 |
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Knock Out™*
- AARS 2000. Total black-spot resistance is claimed for
this eye-catching shrub rose. Lots of clusters of single,
cherry red blooms on medium sized rounded bush with blue
green leaves. Very hardy, light fragrance. PPAF. *Chosen
to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape rose.
Shrub #118589 $24.95 |
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Kronprincessin Victoria - This sport of Souvenir de
la Malmaison is a double cream white with a strong rose
fragrance. Grows 4 ft. Repeats in fall.
Bourbon 1888 #114461 $19.95
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Lady Banks Yellow - (R. banksiae
lutea) Vigorous climbing semi-evergreen rambler; heavy clusters
of small, double pale scentless yellow flowers in spring
only, along thornless arching branches that reach 20 ft
in length. Tolerates some shade.
Climbing Species 1824 #118640 $19.95 |
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Lady Banks White - (R. banksiae banksiae) Same growth
and spring flowering as the more common yellow variety,
but with thorns, the purest white flowers, and a lovely
violet scent.
Climbing Species 1807 #114155 $19.95 (unstaked)
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Louis Philippe - Rose crimson shaded with purple in
large double cupped form, almost constant bloom. Foliage
healthy. 3 to 4 ft. height and compact growth. Good bloomer!
China 1834 #112148 $19.95 |
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Madame Isaac Pereire - A typical Bourbon rose with big
full deep pink blossoms that repeat, on a vigorous, winter
hardy bush. Very fragrant.
Bourbon 1881 #118608 $19.95 |
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Madame Joseph Schwartz - This sport of Duchesse de Brabant
has light pink to white flowers, very fragrant and very
double, grows 2 to 6 ft.
Tea Rose 1880 #118610 $19.95 |
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"Maggie" - Large deep magenta pink blooms
are old-fashioned quartered doubles with a strong spicy
fragrance. Healthy foliage grows a large 8 - 10 ft. bush
with support. Good repeat bloom.
Found Bourbon #112969 $19.95 |
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Marie Pavié - Pale pink buds fade to white semi-double
fragrant blooms. Dark green thornless foliage. Constantly
in bloom, 3 - 4 ft. Easy care, extremely disease resistant.
Polyantha 1888 #112152 $19.95
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"Martha Gonzales"
- A "found" China rose with handsome, dark, fine-leafed
foliage and small scarlet red blooms with white streaks.
Grows 2 to 3 ft. and can be kept low if desired. Bushy.
Excellent landscape plant.
China (Not dated) #102710 $19.95 |
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Mermaid
- (Climber) Beautiful single, sulfur-yellow, fragrant
flowers, glossy medium green foliage, thorny, neat, but
very large vigorous habit. The flowers strongly resemble
Dogwood blossoms. Featured in England at Hampton Court
and Hever Castle. It makes a very large shrub/climber
rose if left unattended. Remontant blooms spring and fall.
Shade tolerant.
Hybrid Bractiata 1918 #114518 $19.95
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Monsieur
Tillier - Rose red, pink, salmon, and lavender combine
to make a sturdy double bloom. Continuous flowering and
fragrant. Grows to 6 feet. Handsome and distinctive.
Tea Rose 1891 #114823 $19.95 |
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Mrs. B R Cant - Good bloomer, with pale silver-rose
petals tipped with dark rose. Cupped, very full and well
scented. Grows 5-8 feet. Nice cut flower.
Tea Rose 1901 #112231 $19.95 |
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Mutabilis*
- Amazing medium-sized single blooms that change color from
yellow to orange to red as they age. New growth is bronze
on this well-branched bush that grows easily to 6 feet.
Easily grown and has show-winning form. Fragrant. *Chosen
to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape rose
China prior to 1894 #102718 $19.95 |
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New
Dawn - Cameo pink, large and strongly fragrant double
flowers. Climbing canes 18 to 20 feet. Very vigorous and
somewhat shade tolerant.
Non-patented Large Flowering Climber 1930#115829 $19.95 |
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Old Blush - Medium semi-double, light pink blooms in
many-flowered clusters, which often blush a dark rose on
the outer edges. Pleasant fragrance. Almost always in bloom.
Disease resistant foliage. Upright hedge type rose, tolerant
of limey soil. Grows 3 to 6 ft. Shade tolerant.
China 1752 #112146 $19.95 |
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Paul Neyron - Huge 6 to 7 inch diameter fragrant
blooms, rose pink colored, very full “cabbage” old rose
bloom. A thornless bush to 6 feet, attractive foliage.
Spring and fall blooming.
Hybrid Perpetual 1869 #102719 $19.95
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"PEGGY MARTIN CL" - "The Katrina rose" This
rose amazingly survived 2 weeks under 20 feet of salt water
after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It was growing at
the home of a rose enthusiast who had 450 other rose bushes
in her yard that did not survive. It is a 15 foot rambling
rose with clusters double bright pink flowers and practically
thornless and very disease resistant. Big spring bloom is
followed by repeat flowering periods, especially in the
fall. Supporting Horticulture restoration projects in New
Orleans and Beaumont. Rambler "Found" #119364
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Perle d'Or* - Similar to
Cecile Brünner, but slightly more salmon to orange tones.
Lightly fragrant, grows to 4 ft. Perfect little buds for
boutonnieres. *Chosen
to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape rose
Polyantha 1884 #102720 $19.95 |
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Red Radiance - A "red" sport of Radiance,
an early Hybrid Tea from 1908. Large double deep rose pink
flowers are globular in form and have a strong damask fragrance.
Repeat blooming. 4 to 6 ft.
Hybrid Tea 1916 #102734 $19.95 |
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Sea
Foam* - Old-fashioned pure
white flowers carried on 10 ft. trailing canes. Climber
or recumbent form suitable for embankments and groundcover.
*Chosen to be an EarthKind™
easy care landscape rose
Shrub Rose 1964 #102696 $19.95 |
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Sombreuil - This gracefully formed climber
is the most vigorous of the white teas, but thorny. Huge
creamy white blooms have a delicious tea fragrance. Mildew-free
pillar rose or can be trained on a low fence. 6-10 feet.
Tea Rose 1850, Climber #111911 $19.95
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"Spice"*
- This light pink is a new EarthKind disease resistant
selection. A strong spicy scent and old-fashioned double
form. Good for cutting. Grows to 4 ft.
Found Bermuda/China #119094 $19.95
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The
Fairy* - Clusters
of small light pink roses. Tends to spread down and root
itself, making it an excellent groundcover rose. Small
leaves and thorny branches. Very tough and tolerant of
poor conditions. Shade Tolerant. *Chosen
to be an EarthKind™ easy care landscape rose
Polyantha 1932 #112150 $19.95
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Valentine - One of the brightest of bright red flowers
in large clusters; an excellent mass display. Mild fragrance.
Repeat blooming, grows 3 to 4 ft. A China Doll cross.
Floribunda 1951 #102736 $19.95 |
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Zepherine Drouhin - Prolific, crimson blooms in spring.
Unique fragrance. Almost thornless. Somewhat shade tolerant.
Grows to 10 feet. Named for the wife of a French horticulturist.
Bourbon 1868 #114826 $19.95 |
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"Old roses" & "Antique
Roses"
"Old roses" is a term the American Rose
Society uses to describe plants introduced prior to 1867.
"Antique Roses" is often used to describe
plants that have been in cultivation 75 years or more.
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Est.
1843 
List of Antiques
