Canadian Artist Series Roses
Roses for all of Canada
Start with one thousand hybrid roses.
- Are they pretty enough to be worth the effort?
- Will they survive a prairie winter?
- Will they be happy in Eastern Canada's humid summers.
35 made those cuts.
Further testing. Field trials all over Canada.
Slowly the ones meeting the tough standards are being released.
Ok, let's get a bit more serious. After reading the website (in more info below) I came to the conclusion these are great Canadian roses that will grow just about anywhere reasonably close to the US border with some care. But they aren't as tough as the Explorer series. If you are new to roses, go with the explorer's first.
2007 Felex Leclerc Rose
2007 Emily Carr Rose
- Named after the Canadian Painter, Emily Carr.
- Size: 5 feet tall x 3 feet wide
- Flower: Medium Red
- Zone 3
2012 Bill Reid Rose
Bill Reid was a noted Haida artist working as a sculptor, painter, and jeweler.
This is an improvement on Morden Sunrise.
Colour: Yellow, with orange highlights.
2014 Campfire Rose
- Named in honor of a painting by Tom Thompson.
- Size: 3 feet high by 4 feet wide.
- Colour: Tricolour: Starting white, going yellow, then purple-red
- Zone 3
2016 Oscar Peterson Rose
More info:
Canadian Artists Roses website Rose plant instructions from Rose Magazine
Lodgepole Pine in our front yard.
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