Some of the China and Tea roses that I have grown in Georgia, Oregon and Missouri. The slideshow contains several pictures of the roses, unfortunately not all grouped together. Not all of the China and Tea roses that I have grown are in the video due to one reason. Some of the China and Tea roses that I have grown that aren't in the slideshow are Smith's Parish, Soncy, and Niles Cochet. I will include my opinions about them at the bottom of the list of the roses in the slideshow. I will put a link for the slideshow. The list is going to be in order of how they first appear in the slideshow.
https://youtu.be/ZcPXpTHghe4
Smith's Parish
Licorice Tea- a tea rose bred by Paul Barden in Corvallis, Oregon. A new introduction into the old garden roses. Starts out a nice yellow, does fade to whitish. I didn't have too many disease problems. Once it starts growing, it keeps growing. A good rose to train onto a fence or something else to climb on.
Found Tea rose- came from a cutting from a cemetery. It has been suggested that it is the Tea rose Homere. Incredibly thorny. It didn't seem to like being in Oregon, and it wound up not surviving the move from ground to pot.
Duchesse de Brabant- a Tea rose that Theodore Roosevelt was fond of. I have had it in Missouri for a little over a year and it didn't really start to take off until the end of the summer. It is starting to do what I wanted it to do, which is cover a dead tree stump.
Old Blush- this was the first China or Tea rose that I ever grew. I planted it in 1997. It survived an attack by a weed eater. I got it to root from cuttings pretty easily. I took cuttings of Old Blush to Georgia and it grew well there. Old Blush is one of the four "stud" China roses that were bred with the European old garden roses.
Monsieur Tillier- a Tea rose that there is a debate of identity about this rose. In the US it is sold as Monsieur Tillier and in Europe and Australia it is sold as Archiduc Joseph. I bought this rose in 2003 in Oregon as Monsieur Tillier. I transplanted the original rose from one house to another one twelve years later and it didn't miss a beat in growing or flowering. I'm now growing it, from a cutting, in Missouri on the south side of my house, and in the year and a half it has been in the ground the cutting is the size of the bush in Oregon after 16 years. Monsieur Tillier definitely likes warmer summers. As a side note on the name debate, a few years ago I read several digitalized nursery catalogs from rose growers in the US in the late 1800s/early 1900s. From what I saw, the nurseries stopped offering Monsieur Tillier within ten years of initial release, but offered Archiduc Joseph up to roughly the start of world war one, when the catalogs of that time and after really started phasing out non hybrid teas out.
Mrs B. R. Cant- a Tea rose named after the wife of the breeder. I grew it in Oregon and think that this rose would have been much happier in a warmer climate. The flowers opened fully most in July and August, and the rest of the time would rot on the bush.
Sorocco House Lavender- this is a Tea rose that was found and wound up growing in the Sacramento City Cemetery. I bought my plant from the plant sale in 2017. A very nice rose. Very variable in form and color. I think that this rose is a good example of why it is so hard to id found roses, they can change their looks an look like different roses.
Mutabilis- a China rose of color changing flowers. They start in bud as yellow, open and quickly change to pink. A single five petalled rose. I grew it in both Georgia and Oregon. Mine got bigger in Georgia and in general it prefers warmer climates than western Oregon.
Bon Silene- a pink Tea rose. I grew it for a few years in Oregon, and even seeing it in a public rose garden, it did nothing other than be a non-descript pink rose. Maybe it does better in warm summer climates?
Won Fang Yon- a Tea rose bred by Paul Barden. Even though it shares genetics with Licorice Tea, you couldn't prove it by mine. Whereas Licorice Tea loved growing in my yard, Won Fang Yon just sat there. Definitely a rose that needs warm summers. I didn't have disease problems with it.
Belfield- this is a rose that is believed to be Rosa semperflorens as an AKA name. If so than it is also the same rose that is known as Slater' s Crimson China. I point this out because it would put this as one of the four "stud" roses. I planted it in my yard in Oregon next to Old Blush. Belfield definitely was the better mannered of the two, not growing near as vigorously, but remaining healthy.
Safrano- a Tea rose with red/purple new growth. Mine grows quickly and in Missouri has formed a pretty decent sized bush against the south side of the house. It seems to be hardly out of flower from spring to winter.
Malespina Red China- a red rose that I bought at the plant sale at the Sacramento City Cemetery. Honestly, I found the flowers to be similar to Belfield's with a little more white in them. I think that this plant would have done better in a warmer climate.
Oneto Home Saffron- a Tea rose that I bought from the cemetery plant sale. A nice small plant, with a unique yellowy-orange color.
Mme. Antoine Rebe-a tea rose that is listed as red, but looks very much like dark pink to me. The plant was just starting to take off when I had to move. I'm sure that it is a nice rose and plant, I just didn't have it long enough.
Madame Jean Dupuy- a tea rose that I bought at the plant sale. Not a rose for wet winters, as the typical Oregon winter caused it to rot.
Hubner Plot-a tea rose that is whitish. I bought this at the cemetery plant sale as well. It has been speculated as the tea rose Rubens. This is another rose that didn't survive the move from ground to pot.
Marie Van Houtte- a Tea rose that is supposed to have a blend of colors. Mine would start out as white and with 48 hours turn pink. It was a nice plant and flower, but nothing about it makes me want to replace it.
The next three are the ones that I mentioned that they aren't in the slideshow.
Smith's Parish- a Tea rose found on Bermuda. The flowers can be white, white with red, or sometimes red. The picture at the top was one of the few times I saw red on mine in Georgia. I wasn't able to move it to Oregon with me. It was a nice plant and flower.
Soncy- a light yellow Tea rose with purple new canes. Found on Bermuda. Not a rose for cool climates, and can get quite big from what I have read.
Niles Cochet- another pink Tea rose. It has less petals than Mrs. B. R. Cant, a little darker pink, but I would put it in the same category of " yup, that's a rose".
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