Roses at Magnolia Garden Center, Seattle, WA

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Roses

Roses are the most widely cultivated plants in gardens and parks, and the plants with the longest horticultural history, since they've been grown in every part of the world for centuries. It is the national plant of the USA and of England. What's more, they are the universal symbol of love and beauty. When you offer a rose, bear in mind that certain rose colors carry specific symbolic meanings:
Red: love
Pink: gentle feelings of love and friendship
Dark Pink: Gratefulness and appreciation
Light Pink: Admiration, sympathy
White: Innocence, friendship, respect
Yellow: Jealousy and infidelity
Orange: Passion
Blue: Mystery
Black: Devotion, adoration
Purple: Protection

The genus contains more than 100 species, all native to the Northern hemisphere. They are deciduous shrubs and climbing plants with compound, often spiny green leaves, with spiny stems. Typical species usually bear pink or white flowers with 5 lobed petals and 5 sepals. The developed cultivars feature colored, often fragrant flowers from may to November.
Roses are divided according to the bloom form and the flower shape in the following divisions:
Large-flowered bush (Hybrid Tea), Cluster-flowered bush (Floribunda), Grandiflora, Climber, Miniature, Ground-cover, Arboraceous (tree form) and Pendulous-branched (weeping).

Bare Root Roses

Our new stock of roses arrives the first of February and as always is available for your early season planting convenience at reduced prices while they are in their bare root form. At this time they sell for 30% off the regular spring and summer price. This is the best time to buy and the best time to plant roses in the Seattle area. Since the roses will still be without soil you will have a chance to see the root structure to pick out the most vigorous plant. Further, when you plant roses in the garden at this time of year, the roots have time to get well established before the blooming season gets here.

If you have never planted bare root plants we are happy to show you how it's done and what all you will need to get a great planting started. You will be enjoying wonderful roses from your garden in just a few months. It never ceases to amaze how this little branched "stick" will be producing beautiful roses by the end of May! With today's modern disease resistant varieties, it takes so little effort to grow bouquets of wonderful flowers all summer long. Get yours today!

Spring 2012 Availability List

(Arriving February 6th):


Variety	Color	Type	Attributes	Form
America	Coral orange	Climber	Coral blooms, fragrant vigorous climber	12" pot
Barbara Streisand	Lavender	Hybrid Tea	Deep Magenta, strong fragrance	12" pot
Bewitched	Pink	Hybrid Tea	Pink, very fragrant, vigorous grower	12" pot
Brandy	Apricot	Hybrid Tea	Bronze-apricot, vigorous and disease resistant	12" pot
Cinco de Mayo	Rust-lavender	Floribunda	Red-orange and lavender, apple fragrance	12" pot
Dick Clark	White-red-burgundy	Grandiflora	White and red to burgundy, vigorous with cinnamon-spice scent	12" pot
Dolly Parton	Orange- red	Hybrid Tea	Vigorous, disease resistant, strong, spicy rose scent	12" pot
Easy Does It	Peachy pink	Floribunda	Orangey-apricot, lightly fragrant, disease resistant	12" pot
Electron	Hot Pink	Hybrid Tea	Hot pink, very fragrant	12" pot
Elle	Pink	Hybrid Tea	Light pink, fragrant, disease resistant	12" pot
Falling In Love	White - pink	Hybrid Tea	Shell pink with cream reverse, bushy with strong rose scent	12" pot
Fourth of July	White Pink	Climber	Very fragrant, vigorous climbing rose with great disease resistance	12" pot
Grand Dame	Rose-pink	Hybrid Tea	Deep rosy pink, vigorous and disease resistant, very fragrant!	12" pot
Home & Family	White	Hybrid Tea	Clear white blossoms on long stems, disease resistant	12" pot
Hot Cocoa	Cinnamon	Floribunda	Smokey orange, abundant flowers, disease resistant	12" pot
John F. Kennedy	White	Hybrid Tea	Very fragrant, white rose with good disease resistance	12" pot
Joseph's Coat	Multi-colored	Climber	Multicolored- red, pink, yellow, orange, vigorous grower	12" pot
Julia Child	yellow	Floribunda	Butter gold, licorice candy fragrance, great disease resistance	12" pot
Just Joey	apricot	Hybrid Tea	Apricot blooms, fragrant, good Seattle rose	12" pot
Lasting Love	Plum-maroon	Hybrid Tea	Dusky red, rosy fragrance, glossy foliage	12" pot
Lasting Peace	Coral orange	Grandiflora	Coral colored, large blooms on glossy, olive foliage	12" pot
Livin' Easy	Apricot	Hybrid Tea	Disease resistant shrub with glossy, dark green foliage	12" pot
Midas Touch	Gold	Hybrid Tea	Fragrant, golden blooms, disease resistant, glossy leaves	12" pot
Miss All American Beauty	Deep pink	Hybrid Tea	Deep Pink, highly disease resistant and mild scent	12" pot
New Dawn	Blush pink	Climber	Prolific climber with soft pink petals and highly disease resistant	12" pot
New Zealand	Pink	Hybrid Tea	Soft Pink, fragrant, disease resistant	12" pot
Orchid Romance	Pink-purple	Floribunda	Above average disease resistance, strong citrus scent, tough!	12" pot
Peace	Yellow pink	Hybrid Tea	Good disease resistance, vigorous with dark green leaves	12" pot
Queen Elizabeth	Pink	Grandiflora	Vigorous growth, good disease resistance, moderate fragrance	12" pot
Rio Samba	Yellow & orange	Hybrid Tea	Yellow-red swirls, vigorous growth, light fragrance	12" pot
Rock and Roll	Red & white	Grandiflora	Very fragrant, candy striped flowers, glossy green leaves	12" pot
Sally Holmes	Blushing white	Climber	Prolific flower producer, vigorous with good disease resistance	12" pot
Sugar Moon	White	Hybrid Tea	Incredibly fragrant, pure white blooms vigorous growth	12" pot
Sunset Celebration	Apricot- peach	Hybrid Tea	Large blooms with sunset colors and good disease resistance	12" pot
Sweet Surrender	Medium pink	Hybrid Tea	Very fragrant, long stems, double pink flowers	12" pot
Voodoo	Deep orange red	Hybrid Tea	Orange-peach blooms, fruity fragrance	12" pot
White Licorice	Cream	Floribunda	Very fragrant, showy white blooms with good disease resistance	12" pot