Landscape Rose Cane Hardiness Ratings

Spring 1999 and Spring 2001

by David Zlesak


Cane survival data was taken at Bailey Nurseries’ rose display garden in St. Paul, MN as well as the shrub rose garden at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen, MN. Both locations are in USDA hardiness zone 4, however, the Arboretum location is a more exposed site. Both locations use wood chip mulch to dress their beds. The roses at both sites received no supplemental protection to aid in winter survival. Cane survival data was taken in April of 1999 and 2001. From this data we can get an idea of relative cane hardiness between cultivars. However, for practical purposes, overall adaptability to the Minnesota climate should take into consideration both cane survival and ability to grow vigorously and bloom well even after severe dieback. Many of the roses bred by Dr. Griffith Buck in Iowa, for instance, have poor cane survival in zone 4, but can grow vigorously and bloom prolifically by mid-summer. The winter of 2000/2001 had better snow cover than the winter of 1998/1999.

Rating Scale: 1=no visible live wood above mulch, 2=an inch or two of live wood, 5=about 50% live wood, and 10=most canes alive all the way to the tip.

Bailey Nurseries Display Garden Spring 1999

Cultivar

Rating

 Cultivar

Rating
Adelaide Hoodless 4 Louis Jolliet 8
Alexander Mackenzie 8 Madame Hardy 3
Belle Poitevine 10 Magnifica (rugosa)10
Bonica 2 Marie Bugnet 10
Captain Samuel Holland 7 Marie Victorin 3
Carefree Beauty 3 Marjorie Fair 2
Carefree Delight 3 Morden Blush 5
Carefree Wonder 1 Morden Centennial 5
Champlain 3 Morden Ruby 5
Charles Albanel 10 Nearly Wild 2
Chew Creepy 2 Open Arms 2
Chuckles 2 Prairie Dawn 10
Country Dancer 1 Prairie Joy 6
Cuthbert Grant 4 Purple Pavement 10
David Thompson 10 Robin Hood 2
De Montarville 2 Rosa rugosa alba semi-plena 10
First Light 2 Sally Holmes 1
Flower Carpet (Pink) 1 Sarah van Fleet 1
Foxy Pavement 10 Scarlet Meidiland 1
Frontenac 8 Sea Foam 2
George Vancouver 10 Simon Fraser 4
Golden Wings 1 Snow Pavement 10
Henry Hudson 10 The Hunter 4
Henry Kelsey 7 Therese Bugnet 10
J.P. Connell 5 Topaz Jewel 1
John Davis 7 William Baffin 10
John Franklin 3 William Booth 10
Lambert Closse 8 Winnipeg Parks 4










Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Spring 1999 / Spring 2001
Cultivar 1999 Rating 2001 Rating Cultivar 1999 Rating 2001 Rating
Adelaide Hoodless 3 3 Delicata 9 9
Alain Blanchard 5 4 Dick Koster.1
Alexander Mackenzie 3 4 Dr. Eckener 1 1
Alika 10 10 Dr. Merkeley 9 8
Amelia Gravereaux . 1 Duchesse de Montebello 8 4
Apart . 10 Earth Song 1 1
Applejack 9 7 Elmshorn 1 1
April Moon . 1 Empress Josephine 7 .
Aunt Honey . 2 Erfurt 1 1
Autumn Damask 2 3 Etna . 3
Aylsham . 10 Eutin 1 3
Ballerina 1 2 Ferdinand Pichard 1 2
Belle Amour 2 2 First Light . 2
Belle Isis 4 5 Flower Carpet (Appleblossom) . 2
Belle Poitevine 10 10 Flower Carpet (Pink) 1 2
Betty Bland 7 8 Flower Carpet (White) 1 1
Blanc Double de Coubert 10 9 Frau Dagmar Hartopp 10 10
Bonica 2 2 Frau Karl Druschki 1 1
Buffalo Gal (Foxi Pavement) 10 10 Freckles 1 1
Bullata . 3 Frontenac 7 7
Captain Samuel Holland 6 2 Fruhlingsanfang . 7
Cardinal de Richelieu 3 2 Fruhlingsduft 6 2
Carefree Beauty 2 2 Fruhlingsgold 5 4
Carefree Delight 2 2 Fruhlingsmorgen . 4
Carefree Wonder 1 1 General Jacqueminot . 1
Champlain 1 1 General Kleber 3 3
Charles Albanel 9 9 George Will 9 8
Charles de Mills 5 3 George Vancouver . 4
Chaucer 1 2 Golden Wings 1 1
Chloris 5 3 Grootendorst Supreme 9 5
Chuckles 1 2 Haidee 10 10
Complicata . 3 Hansa 10 9
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer . 1 Harison's Yellow 9 9
Corylus 10 8 Hawkeye Belle 1 2
Country Dancer 1 2 Hebe's Lip . 3
Cuthbert Grant 2 2 Henri Martin 3 3
Dart's Dash 10 10 Henry Hudson 10 10
David Thompson 9 9 Henry Kelsey 4 2
De Montreville 3 2 Honeysweet . 1
Hunter . 2 Nyveldt's White . 10
J.P. Connell 3 3 Parkdirektor Riggers . 1
Jens Munk 10 10 Pearlie Mae 1 1
John Cabot 7 4 Perpetual White Moss 2 1
John Davis 10 4 Petite de Hollande 3 3
John Franklin 2 2 Pink Grootendorst 8 3
Julie de Mersan 3 3 Prairie Dawn 8 9
Kaleidoscope 1 1 Prairie Fire 1 1
Karl Forster 8 3 Prairie Joy 3 3
Konigin von Danemark 6 3 Prairie Flower 2 2
L.D. Braithwaite 1 2 Prairie Harvest 1 1
Lambert Closse 3 2 Prairie Princess 2 2
Lavender Lassie 1 2 Prairie Wren 10 10
Leonie Lamesch 1 . Prairie Youth . 10
Lillian Gibson 9 9 Robin Hood 1 1
Linda Campbell 2 3 Robusta 3 2
Louis Jolliet 6 4 Rosa acicularis . 10
Mme. Georges Braunt . 1 Rosa alba semiplena 3 5
Mme. Hardy 4 3 Rosa amblyotis 10 10
Mme. Legras de St. Germain 7 4 Rosa cantabrigiensis 4 3
Mme. Plantier 4 3 Rosa carolina 10 10
Mme. Scipion Cochet 1 2 Rosa cinnamomea 10 9
Mme. Zoetmans 3 2 Rosa eglanteria 9 8
Magnifica (rugosa) 9 9 Rosa foetida bicolor 7 7
Maiden's Blush 9 7 Rosa foliolosa 10 9
Marguerite Hilling 5 2 Rosa glauca 10 10
Marie Bugnet . 10 Rosa hugonis 10 9
Martin Frobisher 8 8 Rosa laxa 10 10
Mary Manners 2 3 Rosa macounii 9 9
Mont Blanc 9 9 Rosa mollis 9 9
Morden Blush 2 2 Rosa moyesii 3 2
Morden Centennial 3 2 Rosa mundi 5 5
Morden Fireglow 1 2 Rosa nitida 10 9
Morden Ruby 3 2 Rosa palustris 10 10
Mrs. John McNabb 9 9 Rosa pendulina . 10
Nastarana 1 1 Rosa pomifera 10 10
Nearly WIld 3 . Rosa primula 10 10
Nevada . 1 Rosa roxburghii normalis 6 6
Nuits de Young 7 4 Rosa rugosa kamtchatica 8 .
Rosa sericea . 1 Suzanne 10 10
Rosa setigera 9 8 The Fairy 1 1
Rosa spinosissima altaica 9 9 The Hunter 3 2
Rosa virginiana 9 10 Therese Bugnet 10 10
Rosa woodsii 9 10 Topaz Jewel 3 2
Rose a Parfum de l'Hay 2 3 Tuscany Superb 3 4
Rosy Wings 1 2 Two Sisters 1 2
Royal Edward . 2 Wandering Wind 1 2
St. Nicholas 4 5 White Bath . 1
Sarah van Fleet . 3 White Grootendorst 8 3
Scharlachglut 7 3 White Pet . 2
Sea Foam 1 3 Wildenfelsgelb 8 3
Serendipity . 1 Will Alderman 10 .
Sir Thomas Lipton 4 2 William Baffin 10 10
Snow Owl (White Pavement) 10 10 William Booth 9 8
Souvenir de Philemon Cochet . 10 William Lobb 3 2
Square Dancer . 2 Winchester Cathedral . 2
Stanwell Perpetual 3 2 Winnipeg Parks 2 2
Summer Wind 1 2 Winter Sunset 1 1
Surrey 1 1 Yankee Lady . 10
Survivor 8 5 York and Lancaster 3 1
. . . Yvonne Rabier . 2