Table 7. Plant sizes and growing habits of the rose cultivars and species evaluated at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Arrangement is alphabetical by and within classes.

Cultivar Year
Planted
Height Width Height Width Habit
(Feet) (Meters)
Albas
Alba semi-plena 1959 6.0 10.0 1.8 3.0 suckering
Belle Amour 1967 4.5 7.0 1.4 2.1 suckering
Chloris 1965 7.0 6.5 2.1 2.0 suckering
Jeanne d’Arc 1972 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 dense
Königin von Dänemark 1963 3.0 2.5 0.9 0.8 dense
Mme. Legras de St. Germain 1965 3.0 3.5 0.9 1.1 open
Pompon Blanc Parfait 1963 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Bourbons
Gipsy Boy 1967 5.5 8.5 1.7 2.6 arching
Mme. Ernest Calvat 1978 4.5 9.0 1.4 2.7 arching
Centifolias
Blanchefleur 1967 5.5 8.0 1.7 2.4 suckering
Bullata 1963 3.5 5.0 1.1 1.5 open
Cabbage Rose 1965 6.0 10.0 1.8 3.0 suckering
Centifolia Variegata 1978 4.5 6.5 1.4 2.0 open
Fantin-Latour 1973 4.0 9.0 1.2 2.7 arching
Petite de Hollande 1963 4.0 3.5 1.2 1.1 dense
Prolifera de Redouté 1965 3.0 5.5 0.9 1.7 suckering
Red Provence 1965 2.5 5.0 0.8 1.5 open
Rose de Meaux 1963 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 dense
Rose des Peintres 1967 2.5 4.5 0.8 1.4 open
Tour de Malakoff 1963 3.0 3.5 0.9 1.1 suckering
Damasks
Autumn Damask 1961 4.5 6.0 1.4 1.8 suckering
Césonie 1967 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 spreading
Kazanlik 1972 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 open
Léda 1963 2.5 6.5 0.8 2.0 suckering
Mme. Hardy 1959 6.0 7.0 1.8 2.1 suckering
Marie Louise 1963 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Omar Khayyám 1972 3.0 3.5 0.9 1.1 open
Rose de Rescht 1975 3.5 3.5 1.1 1.1 suckering
St. Nicholas 1963 3.0 4.5 0.9 1.4 suckering
York and Lancaster 1973 6.0 8.0 1.8 2.4 spreading
Floribundas
Chuckles 1987 2.0 4.0 0.6 1.2 spreading
Dapple Dawn 1989 3.5 4.5 1.1 1.4 dense
Eutin 1990 3.0 3.5 0.9 1.1 open
Nearly Wild 1980 3.0 5.0 0.9 1.5 rugosa
Redcoat 1986 4.5 4.5 1.4 1.4 dense
Gallicas
Alain Blanchard 1963 4.0 6.5 1.2 2.0 suckering
Alice Vena 1967 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Alika 1967 8.0 12.0 2.4 3.7 suckering
Belle des Jardins 1963 2.5 6.5 0.8 2.0 suckering
Belle Isis 1967 4.5 7.0 1.4 2.1 arching
Cardinal de Richelieu 1965 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 suckering
Charles de Mills 1963 4.0 5.5 1.2 1.7 suckering
Désireé Parmentier 1965 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 suckering
Duchesse de Montebello 1975 5.0 3.0 1.5 0.9 dense
Narcisse de Salvandy 1967 7.0 10.0 2.1 3.0 spreading
Président de Sèze 1963 4.0 12.0 1.2 3.7 suckering
Rosa Mundi 1965 3.5 4.0 1.1 1.2 suckering
Rose du Maître d’École 1963 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Superb Tuscan 1985 4.0 6.5 1.2 2.0 suckering
Tuscany 1965 4.0 3.0 1.2 0.9 dense
Grandifloras
Earth Song 1986 3.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 open
Hybrid Albas
Mme. Plantier 1975 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 dense
Hybrid Blandas
Betty Bland 1963 5.5 7.0 1.7 2.1 suckering
Hybrid Caninas
Andersonii 1987 5.5 12.0 1.7 3.7 arching
Hybrid Foetidas
Harison’s Yellow 1970 6.5 11.0 2.0 3.4 suckering
Hybrid Moyesiis
Marguerite Hilling 1965 8.0 8.0 2.4 2.4 arching
Nevada 1963 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 arching
Hybrid Musks
Ballerina 1990 3.5 4.5 1.1 1.4 arching
Belinda 1972 2.0 3.5 0.6 1.1 spreading
Daphne 1972 3.5 7.0 1.1 2.1 arching
Will Scarlet 1978 3.5 4.0 1.1 1.2 open
Hybrid Nitidas
Aylsham 1976 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 dense
Metis 1970 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 suckering
Hybrid Perpetuals
Baron Girod de l’Ain 1978 4.0 4.0 1.2 1.2 open
Frau Karl Druschki 1978 4.5 6.0 1.4 1.8 open
Mme. Scipion Cochet 1978 3.0 4.0 0.9 1.2 open
Mrs. John Laing 1963 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 open
Reine des Violettes 1959 3.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 open
Hybrid Rugosas
Agnes 1988 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 rugosa
Amelia Gravereaux 1960 4.0 7.0 1.2 2.1 open
Belle Poitevine 1963 2.5 5.0 0.8 1.5 rugosa
Blanc Double de Coubert 1959 2.5 2.5 0.8 0.8 rugosa
Bonavista 1980 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 spreading
Charles Albanel 1985 2.0 4.0 0.6 1.2 rugosa
David Thompson 1988 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 arching
Delicata 1963 3.0 4.0 0.9 1.2 rugosa
Elmira 1980 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 spreading
Frau Dagmar Hartopp 1972 2.5 4.0 0.8 1.2 rugosa
George Will 1966 4.0 4.5 1.2 1.4 dense
Grootendorst Supreme 1963 4.0 5.5 1.2 1.7 dense
Hansa 1954 4.0 5.5 1.2 1.7 rugosa
Henry Hudson 1980 4.5 7.0 1.4 2.1 rugosa
Hunter 1980 3.0 5.0 0.9 1.5 open
Jens Munk 1988 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 dense
Martin Frobisher 1969 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 dense
Moncton 1980 4.0 4.5 1.2 1.4 spreading
Mrs. John McNabb 1965 5.5 8.0 1.7 2.4 spreading
Pink Grootendorst 1965 3.0 4.5 0.9 1.4 dense
Rose À Parfum de l’Hay 1963 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 dense
Rugosa Magnifica 1988 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 rugosa
Sir Thomas Lipton 1986 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 arching
Thérèse Bauer 1967 2.5 4.0 0.8 1.2 open
Thérèse Bugnet 1965 5.0 5.5 1.5 1.7 open
Will Alderman 1963 4.0 3.5 1.2 1.1 dense
Hybrid Spinosissimas
Frühlingsanfang 1965 5.5 8.0 1.7 2.4 arching
Frühlingsduft 1963 7.0 8.5 2.1 2.6 spreading
Frühlingsgold 1978 8.0 11.0 2.4 3.4 arching
Karl Förster 1978 4.5 6.0 1.4 1.8 spreading
Suzanne 1956 5.5 7.0 1.7 2.1 suckering
Wildenfelsgelb 1965 6.0 7.0 1.8 2.1 spreading
Hybrid Suffultas
Assiniboine 1970 4.0 6.5 1.2 2.0 dense
Cuthbert Grant 1968 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 spreading
Kordesiis
Alexander von Humboldt 1975 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 climbing
Dortmund 1965 4.0 11.0 1.2 3.4 climbing
Henry Kelsey 1989 4.5 10.0 1.4 3.0 climbing
Illusion 1965 4.0 6.5 1.2 2.0 climbing
John Cabot 1979 6.0 8.0 1.8 2.4 spreading
John Davis 1992 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 dense
Karlsruhe 1965 2.0 5.5 0.6 1.7 climbing
Parkdirektor Riggers 1990 6.5 9.0 2.0 2.7 climbing
Rote Max Graf 1987 2.5 0.8 8.0 2.4 groundcover
William Baffin 1988 7.5 10.0 2.3 3.0 spreading
Miscellaneous Old Garden Roses
Juno 1972 4.5 6.5 1.4 2.0 open
Mosses
Black Boy 1963 6.0 7.0 1.8 2.1 suckering
Capitaine John Ingram 1967 4.0 7.0 1.2 2.1 suckering
Chevreul 1967 4.5 5.0 1.4 1.5 dense
Communis 1959 7.0 7.0 2.1 2.1 suckering
Comtesse de Murinais 1963 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 dense
Deuil de Paul Fontaine 1959 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 open
Duchess de Verneuil 1967 4.5 5.0 1.4 1.5 dense
Gabriel Noyelle 1963 6.0 6.0 1.8 1.8 open
Général Kléber 1965 3.5 6.0 1.1 1.8 suckering
Gloire des Mousseuses 1959 3.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 dense
Goethe 1967 6.0 6.0 1.8 1.8 suckering
Gracilis 1967 3.5 5.5 1.1 1.7 suckering
Henri Martin 1959 5.0 10.0 1.5 3.0 spreading
Jeanne de Montfort 1959 5.5 5.0 1.7 1.5 dense
Julie de Mersan 1965 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Laneii 1967 5.0 4.0 1.5 1.2 dense
Louis Gimard 1965 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Mme. de la Rôche-Lambert 1967 5.0 4.0 1.5 1.2 dense
Mme. Louis Lévêque 1967 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 suckering
Mossman 1963 5.0 5.0 1.5 1.5 open
Nuits de Young 1963 6.0 6.5 1.8 2.0 suckering
OEillet Panacheé 1967 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 dense
Perpetual White Moss 1967 3.0 4.0 0.9 1.2 dense
Robert Léopold 1967 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 dense
Salet 1959 5.0 6.0 1.5 1.8 dense
Violacée 1975 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 suckering
Waldtraut Nielsen 1967 7.0 5.0 2.1 1.5 dense
White Bath 1965 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 suckering
William Lobb 1967 6.0 8.0 1.8 2.4 spreading
Shrub Roses
A. MacKenzie 1990 6.0 5.5 1.8 1.7 arching
Adelaide Hoodless 1987 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 spreading
Alchymist 1986 4.0 11.0 1.2 3.4 climbing
Amiga Mia 1986 3.5 3.5 1.1 1.1 dense
Applejack 1975 6.0 9.0 1.8 2.7 spreading
Blue Boy 1963 4.0 3.0 1.2 0.9 spreading
Bonica 1987 2.5 4.0 0.8 1.2 spreading
Carefree Beauty 1988 4.0 4.0 1.2 1.2 spreading
Chamcook 1966 2.0 4.5 0.6 1.4 suckering
Champlain 1987 3.0 2.5 0.9 0.8 spreading
Country Dancer 1986 2.5 3.5 0.8 1.1 dense
Golden Wings 1987 5.0 4.5 1.5 1.4 dense
Haidee 1963 8.0 12.0 2.4 3.7 spreading
J. P. Connell 1992 5.5 3.5 1.7 1.1 spreading
John Franklin 1988 3.0 4.0 0.9 1.2 dense
Lillian Gibson 1963 9.0 11.0 2.7 3.4 arching
Morden Amorette 1987 4.0 5.0 1.2 1.5 spreading
Morden Cardinette 1992 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.3 open
Morden Centennial 1987 5.5 4.5 1.7 1.4 dense
Morden Ruby 1989 3.5 5.0 1.1 1.5 spreading
Prairie Dawn 1960 8.0 10.0 2.4 3.0 arching
Prairie Princess 1986 5.5 6.5 1.7 2.0 open
Prairie Wren 1955 8.0 12.0 2.4 3.7 spreading
Prairie Youth 1955 10.0 13.0 3.0 4.0 arching
Robusta 1990 5.0 5.5 1.5 1.7 dense
Scharlachglut 1967 7.0 7.5 2.1 2.3 dense
Summer Wind 1990 3.0 3.0 0.9 0.9 dense
Von Scharnhorst 1967 4.0 3.0 1.2 0.9 dense
Species
Dr. Merkeley 1962 5.0 10.0 1.5 3.0 suckering
R. ambylotis 1965 7.0 9.0 2.1 2.7 suckering
R. arkansana 1961 2.5 3.5 0.8 1.1 spreading
R. canina 1960 4.5 6.5 1.2 2.0 arching
R. cinnamomea 1973 3.5 5.5 1.1 1.7 arching
R. foetida 1960 5.5 6.0 1.7 1.8 dense
R. foetida bicolor 1975 5.0 4.5 1.5 1.4 dense
R. glauca 1970 8.0 9.0 2.4 2.7 arching
R. hugonis 1961 6.0 10.0 1.8 3.0 spreading
R. laxa 1953 10.0 12.0 3.0 3.7 arching
R. macounii 1959 6.5 10.5 2.0 3.2 suckering
R. mollis 1960 8.0 11.0 2.4 3.4 suckering
R. multiflora 1988 4.5 12.0 1.4 3.7 arching
R. nitida 1984 3.5 7.0 1.1 2.1 spreading
R. palustris 1972 5.0 9.0 1.5 2.7 dense
R. pendulina 1961 7.0 9.0 2.1 2.7 arching
R. pomifera 1956 6.0 7.0 1.8 2.1 suckering
R. primula 1962 11.0 14.0 3.4 4.3 arching
R. rugosa 1957 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 rugosa
R. rugosa alba plena 1974 4.0 6.5 1.2 2.0 rugosa
R. rugosa kamtchatica 1986 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 rugosa
R. sertata 1963 7.0 7.0 2.1 2.1 dense
R. setigera 1967 5.5 13.0 1.7 4.0 arching
R. spinosissima altaica 1973 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 dense
R. virginiana 1967 7.0 9.0 2.1 2.7 arching
R. woodsii 1979 5.5 6.0 1.7 1.8 spreading

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