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The David Thompson Rose, Rosa 'David Thompson', Hybrid Rugosa, is a hardy rugosa rose, that flowers freely through the season. The deep pink buds open to 2-3" rich fuchsia pink flowers that offer one of the most intense fragrances. The disease resistant foliage makes this an excellent addition to the landscape. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The DayDream® Rose, Rosa 'BAIeam' (PP15,736), produces massive clusters of fuchsia-pink blooms flower all summer long. Each lightly scented blossom opens wide and resembles a little button. Its diminutive size makes it perfect for the garden path, perennial border and container. It was a 2005 AARS Winner. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased..

The Foxi Pavement Rose, Rosa 'UHLater', Hybrid Rugosa, is a hardy shrub rose that blooms continuously throughout the summer with semi-double, deep pink flowers that have an intense fragrance. There is an abundant crop of red hips in late summer, along with splendid fall color. It exhibits disease resistant foliage. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The Hope For Humanity Rose, Rosa 'Hope For Humanity', produces deep wine red buds that open to cupped lightly fragrant flowers with blood red color. This rose blooms continuously through the summer months. The dark green summer foliage has good resistance to powdery mildew. It is low growing and open in habit. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The J. P. Connell Rose, Rosa 'J. P. Connell', is a fragrant, upright shrub with double, lemon-yellow, with 2.5-3" flowers that bloom in June. The J. P. Connell Rose blooms recurrently throughout the rest of the season. The flowers become cream colored as they mature. The dark green foliage is abundant and disease resistant. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The Jens Munk Rose, Rosa 'Jens Munk', is a hardy rugosa type rose that has very fragrant, medium pink, double flowers that are 2-3" in diameter and they bloom continuously throughout the summer. In the fall it is adorned with attractive rose hips. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The John Cabot Rose, Rosa 'John Cabot', has 2-3", double, fuschia (purple, pink, red) fragrant flowers that bloom freely from June through July. The dark green foliage has excellent disease resistance. With pruning, this hardy climbing rose can also be grown as a shrub rose. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The Magnifica Rose, Rosa 'Magnifica' has the name says it all. It is a very hardy spreading rugosa hybrid with very fragrant, large, double magenta flowers. The Autumn season brings large, orange-red hips. The attractive, wrinkled foliage gives a colorful fall show and this rose is very disease resistant. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The Marie Bugnet Rose, Rosa 'Marie Bugnet', is a rugosa type rose that has long pointed cream colored buds that open to snowy white double flowers. The 3" wide blooms are recurrent and provide a summer full of fragrance. This hardy compact grower has disease resistant foliage. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.

The Morden Blush Rose, Rosa 'Morden Blush' (PP8,054), produces pointed buds of ivory and blush that open to sweetly fragrant ivory blooms with pink at the center. The low growing shrub has glossy foliage to frame the lovely blooms. It will die back to the crown in Zone 3, but flowers on new growth. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased..

The Northern Accents™ Sven Rose, Rosa 'BAIsven', exhibits unique color ranges from violet to mauve to rich dark pink. Masses of blooms cover this compact, low-maintenance shrub followed by a good showing of hips in the fall. And, donchaknow, it has the strongest fragrance of the whole darn bunch.

The Pink Meidiland® Rose, Rosa 'MEIpoque', is an everblooming shrub that has pink flowers with a white center. It makes a colorful hedge and flowers until frost with bright orange-red hips that persist far into winter. This rose has its own root. The advantage of own root roses is that once established they are very resilient. If winter's freezing breezes kill the top growth, the rose will grow back in the spring, and the recovered rose will look the same as the one you purchased.