AARS Winning Roses

Each year seedlings are evaluated in nation-wide trial grounds for a two year period. Official All-American Rose Selections test gardens are located throughout the U.S., each with its own judge. The best performers's are designated as AARS Award Winners and are promoted with well-recognized AARS symbol.

AARS has been testing roses since 1938. Over the years, the program has evolved into a sophisticated process. A network of Official Test Gardens, within select Public Gardens throughout the United States test the potential AARS winning roses. These gardens,which represent a wide range of climates, maintain standards specified by AARS to ensure that roses undergoing testing receive the care normally provided by an average - not necessarily expert - home gardener. Rose specimens are submitted to the gardens each year from rose producers.

 

Cinco de Mayo™

AARS Winner 2009

This seedling of Julia Child puts a whole new spin on ‘flower power’.  The clusters of blooms never stop poppin’ open on this powerfully flowerful Floribunda.  Mysteriously colored & deliriously novel…it’s an indescribable blending of smoked lavender & rusty red-orange.

Dream Come True™

AARS Winner 2008

Passion can be an amazing thing.  No…not that kind of passion!  We’re talking rose passion here.  The love of the rose struck Dr. John Pottschmidt like a ton of bricks, becoming a driving force in his life.  

Strike it Rich™

AARS Winner 2007

You’re in the money…if you love spicy fragrance, loads of bloom & super-long elegant buds of gold polished with rosy pink.  The long-lasting sparkling yellow-orange tones of this award winner are rich & opulent enough to bring out the gold digger in any gardener. 

Julia Child

AARS Winner 2006

Julia loved the even butter gold color & the licorice candy fragrance. Yet it wasn't just the old-fashioned blooms that inspired the recipe. The perfectly rounded habit, super glossy leaves & great disease resistance finish off the dish. An awesome AARS award winner.

Wild Blue Yonder™

AARS Winner 2006

You'll be ridin' high over the saturated scent, bold new-fangled colors & camellia-like form. The first lavender-toned rose to take the AARS award in over 20 years, clusters of ruffled ruby-red-purple blossoms give a great show of distinct lavender ‘eyes'.

Memorial Day™

AARS Winner 2004

Memorial Day strikes a cord in our hearts. Yet a symphony of feelings comes to mind with this unusual orchid pink hybrid tea. Enormous old-fashioned full flowers saturated with super-strong classic old rose fragrance hit a note of fond memories for all.