a Rose by any other name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPoXbGu7D5Q&feature=related

 Juliette's Soliloquy   A rose by any other name.......

From Romeo and Juliet 1968

JULIET
O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;

ROMEO
I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;

Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

 I just want to say thanx to Hootin Anni for a great post to-day on this very subject and I kind of took her Idea for this one. Please check it out. She has a wonderful blog

A David Thompson Explorer Rose

The David Thompson Explorer Rose,
He was an English-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometers of North America and for this has been described as the "greatest land geographer who ever lived."
Interestingly, Canada;s land claim to the Oregon territory was because of this man. He had mapped and explored it in it's entirety.  Canada did not win this claim fully however (Washington, and Oregon States where born from it, as well as British Columbia in Canada). That said there are now parts of Canada that were explored by Americans and claimed by the USA but lost their claim to Canada (mainly in our far north)!!!!!!

This one looks a lot like a few of the others. If I did not have them marked I would have them mixed up

Some of my Roses

This is Dr. Huey.  This rose was named in 1914 for a Dr. Robert Huey an American Doctor. I am so sorry I do not know anything about this man. So as modern Roses go this is an old one. This is a mid size rose and very prolific in the blooming. I just love it. When it really gets going it will put up 40 to 50 blooms at the go. It is said to be the first climber. I do not use it that way but rather as a stand alone Rose and it does just fine that way. It may need a stake but it will do fine with out one.
Dr Huey is also the most used under stock for Roses to-day . Meaning the root graft. If by chance the upper graft  dies off this will be the rose that most likely will come from the root. I bought this as the Dr. Huey. I liked it so there it is. I wanted the true rose.

I like to show the flowers with out faults.  However, as you can see here the leaves are less than perfect. We had high  temps of 30 o C + for 11 days and high humidity. Problems will and do occur. Here on the Dr. Huey the leaves really do show signs of stress.

I posted this rose bush a couple times already, but why not, it is amazing. Again this is the Morden Rose, from Manitoba. I am so lucky to have this in my Garden. This will put up 20 to 30 roses on one flowering head. Incredible to see it in full bloom.

The Chrysler Imperial. My Favourite Red.. This guy looks a little sad. As well he might. He spent the night with heavy rains and winds. Still like a trooper he is doing his best to show his best.

The Explorer Rose John Cabot. John Cabot was the explorer who Claimed for England and King Henry VII the first out post to what would become the world wide British Empire, in what is now St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. I posted this plant before. He is such a simple beauty. It makes me appreciate the beauty of the much older European and English roses.

Henry Hudson, this is a great white. Of course the Americans will know this name because of the famous New York river that was named for him. We in Canada know him as exploring the Great White North (Canada). Hence the white rose.

This is the Champlain Explorer Rose, First Governor of Canada, That was when Canada was French. He was probably the greatest explorer of our history. He founded New France, created colonies. created a few settlements and a few have become world known such as Ville de Quebec and Ville de Montreal. He also established the first settlement north of Florida in Acadia (Nova Scotia) called Port Royal.

 The very best of the best. This is the Queen Elizabeth II Rose, it is named for our present Monarch who happens to be the longest reigning Monarch of our Nation Canada. She is the third longest to reign in Britannia, and the longest reigning queen in world history, and at the moment the second longest reigning monarch in the world to-day, and she is still going strong. This is considered the most out standing rose in the world and has been for almost 60 years.

If you where able to state the best Rose in the world which one would it be ?
For me the answer would be the same as the experts, the Queen Elizabeth

The Alexander MacKenzie Explorer Rose

This is just an amazing rose and it is huge. It stands a good 3 meters. The very best thing about this rose is that the care at best is slight.
I hope every one enjoy this one.
What is your Favourite Rose?
Mine is the Queen Elizabeth II

Canadian Roses

William Baffin Explorer Rose, This is a simple but beautiful Pink Rose.

Henry Hudson another great explorer Rose, this one will bloom a few times a year and the flower is large, sadly they do not last long

Frontenac, These have huge blooms and probably the best smelling of the lot of the Explorer Roses.

and the Morden Rose, This is not an Explorer, but has the same heritage as the others.

There are a few Canadian types of Roses, These are the Explorer, Morden, and Parkland. There are others but not readily available yet. The best part is that they cost about the same as most others and they survive where others struggle.

The new Explorer rose garden features the beauty of this made-in-Canada collection.
In one of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) most impressive horticultural success stories, this series of roses was developed at the Central Experimental Farm to be hardy in tough Canadian climates. About 25 years ago, Dr Felicitas Svejda was successful with the first 13 cultivars which she named after Canadian explorers.

My first rose blooms

A Chrysler Imperial, My first Hybrid- T of the year. This is my second favourite rose in my Garden.

The Explorer Rose Frontenac. These are just beautiful. The best part they require no winter protection, and very disease resistant. A must have in a Canadian or Northern Garden.

Winter Protection for our Roses in Canada and Northern USA States

The Chrysler Imperial Hybrid T Rose This is one of the most highly fragrant of the Hybrid T's. It was the all round winner of the 1952 Rose Shows, as well as the first rose to be used in Car promotions

Protect Roses.

Many roses, including most Shrub roses and Old Garden roses, require little or no winter protection, except in very cold winter regions.This includes the Explorer, Morden, Nearly Wild, and Parkland Roses here in Canada

However, tender roses, such as Hybrid Tea roses and Grandiflora roses, should have winter protection. In Zones 5-8, tender roses need to have the graft union and roots protected from changing winter temperatures. When soil keeps freezing and thawing, it can twist the graft union and break feeder roots.

Winter protection also helps keep soil evenly cool in the late winter or early spring.

The best way to winterizing roses and provide basic winter protection for tender roses is by mounding soil over the crown and lower stems to a depth of 8-12 inches.

The sloping mound of soil will also protect the surrounding root system.

Protect roses with soil mounds from mid to late fall after one or more freezes. Bring the soil in from another part of the yard, or purchase it. Don't scrape up soil from around the rose plant since this will damage the roots and expose them to the cold.

For additional protection in zones 5-6, pile straw or dry leaves around the roses. To keep mulch in place, when winterizing roses, form a corral around the rose plant using chicken wire or other mesh fencing secured by stakes. Then fill in the corral with loose mulch. In spring remove the mulch and soil gradually as the weather warms up.

I linked a time laps red rose to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbMYzdjuBs  
The dark red rose on the Left is the Dr Huey Rose, to the right is the Chrysler Imperial Rose
for the sake of knowing a lot about nothing, The Dr. Huey Rose is the graft root for most Roses today

Perfection in a Queen, Elizabeth II Rose

Rosa grandaflorus Queen Elizabeth II
http://www.helpmefind.com/plant/l.php?l=2.5044.0
the Queen Elizabeth II Grandaflora. this is considered by many as the most perfect Rose of all. It was named for Queen Elizabeth II on June 2nd 1953 on the day of her coronation.
This rose is incredible from many stand points . Very few faults can be found with it. It is really meant to be a back drop Rose as it does and can get up to 3 meters in height. To get this height it needs a back support like a wall or fence. This one consistently gets to that. Also makes a beautiful hedge plant as well, although expensive. Once established it is so worth the price. Like most roses this is a big feeder and drinker. Give it a feed of high first and third numbers, and a low second. this Rose has a draw back for some leaf diseases. If you want high fragrances this is not for you either. however always worth the effort. In some countries it is referred to as a Hybrid T but in Canada it is referred to as Bundaflorus or a Grandaflorus. What ever you call it she is a must in your garden.