Texas Roses Texas Roses

Texas heat is hard on roses.  Here are roses that do well in Texas.

Here is the slide show in a different presentation:  Heat Hardy Texas Roses

Choose a sunny location, loosen or till the soil, and construct a raised planting bed to a height of about eight to ten inches. Use a loose soil and add an acidic fertilizer fully mixed in the soil:  one third washed sand; one-third peat or compost and one-third topsoil.

Recommended Varieties for Texas

There are many varieties that just won’t do well in Texas because of the weather and soil conditions.

Here are some roses which will grow in the Texas area.

CLIMBERS


  1. Altissimo
  2. America — Coral Color
  3. Blaze (Improved) — Red Color
  4. Don Juan — Red Color
  5. Handel
  6. Joseph’s Coat — Multicolor
  7. Pinata — Multicolor
  8. Royal Gold — Yellow Color

HYBRID TEAS

  1. Apricot Nectar
  2. BelindaÕs Dream
  3. Bewitched
  4. Bride’s Dream
  5. Brigadoon
  6. Candlelight
  7. Charisma
  8. Christian Dior
  9. Chrysler Imperial –Yellow to Orange
  10. Color Magic
  11. Double Delight — Multicolor
  12. Elina
  13. Elizabeth Taylor
  14. First Prize — Pink Color
  15. Fragrant Cloud — Orange to Red Color
  16. Gold Medal — Yellow Color
  17. Just Joey — Orange Color
  18. Lady X
  19. Montezuma — Orange Color
  20. Mister Lincoln — Red Color
  21. Olympiad — Red Color
  22. Perfect Moment — Multicolor
  23. Paradise — Lavender Color
  24. Pristine
  25. Royal Highness
  26. Secret
  27. Sheer Elegance
  28. Tropicana — Orange to Red Color
  29. Touch of Class — Coral to Pink Color
  30. Uncle Joe (Toro) — Red Color

GRANDIFLORAS

  1. Caribbean
  2. New Year
  3. Gold Medal — Yellow Color
  4. Ole
  5. Love — Red to White Color
  6. Queen Elizabeth — Pink Color
  7. San Antonio — Red Color
  8. Tournament of Roses

FLORIBUNDAS

  1. Angel Face — Lavender Color
  2. Europeana
  3. French Lace
  4. Impatient
  5. Ivory Fashion
  6. Marina
  7. New Dawn
  8. Showbiz
  9. Summer Fashion
  10. Sunflare
  11. Sweet Inspiration
  12. Trumpeter
  13. Gene Boerner

OLD FASHIONED or ANTIQUES

  1. Archduke Charles
  2. Mrs. Dudley Cross
  3. Autumn Damask
  4. Mutabilis — Multicolor
  5. Baronne Prevost — Pink color
  6. Old Blush — Pink color
  7. Caldwell Pink — Pink color
  8. Paul Neyron — Pink color
  9. Marie Pavie
  10. Sombreuil (Cl.)
  11. Jacques Cartier — Pink color
  12. Souvenir de la Malmaison – Pink color

SHRUBS

  1. Abraham Darby
  2. Bonica
  3. Carefree Beauty
  4. Carefree Wonder
  5. English Garden
  6. Mary Rose
  7. Simplicity — Pink Color
  8. The Squire

MINIATURES

  1. Acey Deucey
  2. Baby Katie
  3. Beauty Secret — Red Color
  4. Child’s Play
  5. Cupcake
  6. Dreamglo
  7. Fancy Pants
  8. Good Morning America
  9. Herbie
  10. Irresistible
  11. Jean Kenneally
  12. Kathy Robinson
  13. Kristen
  14. Little Jackie
  15. Minnie Pearl
  16. Mother’s Love
  17. Party Girl
  18. Peaches ‘n Cream
  19. Poker Chip
  20. Rainbow’s End
  21. Red Beauty
  22. Rise ‘n Shine
  23. Santa Claus
  24. Starina
  25. Sunblaze Series
  26. Winsome

Rose bushes are graded by standards of the American Association of Nurserymen. Grade I for Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras requires three or more strong canes 3/8 inch or more in diameter, the canes must be 18 or more inches long. Grade 1 _ requires two or more strong canes, 15 or more inches long. Grade 2 has two or more strong canes, 12 or more inches long. Grade 1 plants are recommended.

Lee Ann Torrans
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