ROSES SUGGESTED FOR
LIGHT SHADE OR HALF SHADE


MOST OFTEN RECOMMENDED:
(These roses were recommend from 3 to 6 times in the references cited):

6 Recommendations: Cornelia (hybrid musk)

5 Recommendations: Ballerina (hybrid musk), Cecile Brunner (polyantha), Mme. Plantier (alba), r. eglantine and r. eglantine 'Amy Robsart' ( species), New Dawn (climber), Mme. Hardy (damask)

4 Recommendations: Blush Noisette (noissette),Maiden's Blush (alba), Mme. Alfred Carriere (noisette),Mme. Isaace Pereire (bourbon), r. moyesii (species), Buff Beauty (hybrid musk), Iceberg (floribunda), r. spinosissima (r. pimpinelifolia) (species), The Fairy (polyantha),

3 Recommendations: Blanc Double de Coubert (rugosa), Clytemnestra (hybrid musk), Danae (hybrid musk), Felicia (hybrid musk), Moonlight (hybrid musk), Penelope (hybrid musk), Zephirine Drouhin (bourbon), Alberic Barbier (Wichuraiana), American Pillar (rambler), Königin von Dänemark (alba), r. filipes 'Kiftsgate' (species), r. banksiae lutea (species), Pearl Drift (shrub), Veilchenblau (rambler), Fimbriata (rugosa), Mermaid (climber)



THE FOLLOWING ROSES WERE SUGGESTED AT LEAST ONCE:

CLIMBERS AND RAMBLERS:  Adelaide d'Orleans, Alberic Barbier, Alexander Girault, Altissimo, American Pillar, Allister Stella Gray, Betty Sherriff, Bleu Magenta, Bobbie James, Cecil Brunner cl., Chevy Chase, City of York, Crimson Rambler, Dr. Van Fleet, Dorothy Perkins, Evangeline, Easlea's Golden Rambler, Etoile de Hollande, Ghislane de Feligonde, Gloire de Dijon, Golden Showers, Goldfinch, Goldstern, Guinee cl., Laure Davoust, Léontine Gervais, Martin Frobisher, Mermaid, New Dawn, Paul Transon, Paul's Lemon Pillar, Phyllis Bide, Princesse Louise, Rambling Rector, Seven Sisters, Silver Moon, Summer Wine, The Garland, Veilchenblau, Violette, Zephirine Drouhin


OLD GARDEN ROSES:  

 Alba: alba 'Semi-Plena', Celestial, Felicite Parmentier, Konigin von Danemark, Maiden's Blush, Maxima, Mme. Legras de St. Germain, Mme. Plantier

 Bourbon: Bourbon Queen, Honorine de Brabant, Louise Odier, Mme. Isaace Pereire, Mme. Lauriol de Barny, Souvenir de La Malmaison, Variegata di Bologna

 Boursalt: Mme. de Sancy de Parabere

 Centifolia: Fantin-Latour (centifolia), Petite Lisette, (centifolia),

 China: Old Blush

 Damask: Blush Damask, Celsiana, Kazanlik, Mme. Hardy

 Gallica: Alan Blanchard, Assemblage des Beautes (gallica), Cardinal de Richelieu, Complicata (gallica), Duchesse de Montebello, Empress Josephine, Rosa gallica officinalis, Rosa Mundi, Violacea

 Hybrid Perpetual: Souvenir du Docteur Jamain, Reine des Violettes

 Moss: Alfred de Dalmas, Henri Martin

 Noisette: Blush Noisette, Bougainville, Cato's Cluster, Champneys' Pink Cluster, Claire Jacquier,, Desprez a Fleur Jaune, Fewell's Noisette, Mary Washington, Mme. Alfred Carriere, Nastarana, Tutta's Pink

 Pernetiana: Rhodophile Gravereaux

 Pimpinellifolia Hybrid: Stanwell Perpetual

 Portland: Comte de Chambord, Rose du Roi, Yolande d'Aragon Jacques Cartier (aka. Marquise Boccella)

 Sweet Briar(Eglantine): Greenmantle, Meg Merrilies

 Rugosa: Blanc Double de Coubert

 Tea: Gloire de Dijon, Sombreuil


 SPECIES:   r. arvensis, r. banksiae lutea, r. banksiae banksiae, r. brunonii, r. brunonii 'La Mortola', r. californica plena, r. canina, r. x centifolia, r. x coryana, r. x dupontii, r. elegantula 'Persetosa', r. eglantine, r filipes 'Kiftsgate,' r. fortuniana, r. x francofurtana, r. gentileana, r. glauca, r. gymnocarpa, r. x harisonii, r. helenae, r. laevigata, r. macrantha, r. moyesii, r. mullinanii, r. multiflora inermis, r. nitida, r. nutkana, r. palustris, r. pendulina, r. pimpinelifolia, r. roxburghii, r. serica pteracantha, r. spinosissima, r. villosa 'Wofley-Dod', r. virginiana, r. wichuraiana poteriifolia, r. woodsii fendleri, r. xanthina, St. John's Rose

 SHRUB ROSES:  Applejack, Autumn Fire, Autumn Sunsett, Belle Story, Birdie Blye, Carefree Wonder, Cerise Bouquet, Constance Spry, Flower Carpet, Fruhlingsgold, Frühlingsanfang, Henry Kelsey, Lavender Dream, L.D. Braithwaite, Light Queen Lucia (Lichtkonigin Lucia), Lucetta, Marguerite Hilling, Morgenrot, Pearl Drift, Petite Pink, Pink Meidiland, Pomifera Duplex, Raubritter, Rosa altaica, Rose de Rescht, Rosy Cushion, Sea Foam,Sally Holmes, Scarlet Meidiland, Scharlachglut, Simplicity, Sparrieshoop, Snow Carpet, Sophie's Perpetual, Tall Story, Westerland

HYBRID MUSK: Ballerina, Belinda, Bishop Darlington, Bloomfield Dainty, Bubble Bath, Buff Beauty, Clytemnestra, Cornelia, Danae, Daybreak, Erfurt, Excellenz von Schubert, Felicia, Kathleen, Lavender Lassie, Moonlight, Mozart, Nur Mahal, Pax, Penelope, Prosperity, Thisbe, Trier, Will Scarlet, Windchimes, Yesterday

RUGOSA:   Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Dart's Defender, Fimbriata, Fru Dagmar Hastrup, Mrs. Anthony Waterer, Nyveldt's White, Robusta, Roseraie de L'Hay, r. jacksonii 'Max Graf', r. rugosa alba, r. rugosa rubra, Schneezwerg, Sir Thomas Lipton, Souv. de Philemon Cochet, Therese Bugnet , F. J. Grootendorst

HYBRID TEAS: Dainty Bess, Lady X, Limelight, Irish Fireflame, Mr. Lincoln

FLORIBUNDA:   Amberlight, Betty Prior, Escapade, Eutin, Festival Fanfare, Fred Loads, Gruss an Aachen, Jubilee Celebration, Iceberg, Little Darling, Playgirl

POLYANTHA:   Marie-Jeanne, Mignonnette, The Fairy, Cécile Brunner, Clotilde Soupert, Marie Pavié, "Footlights", Gloria Mundi, Katherina Zeimet, La Marne, Little White Pet, Mrs. R. M. Finch, Pâquerette,

MINIATURE ROSES:   Angel Darling, Anytime, June Laver, My Sunshine, Red Cascade, Ruby Pendant, Simon Robinson, Stars 'n Stripes, Conservation, Emily Louise, Laura Ashley, Minilights, Sweet Chariot, Tear Drop, Nozomi




Roses from the above list taken from:

Schneider, Peter, Peter Schneider on Roses, 1995, McMillan, New York. pp. 205-206   ("These are the best roses to choose if you have limited sunlight. All will perform well given at least four hours of unfiltered sunlight per day, with morning sun preferable to afternoon.")

Druit, Liz, The Organic Rose Garden, 1996, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas
(Table of Roses in book lists "Shade Tolerance" as None, Some, Good, or Yes. Only those listed as Good or Yes are included in above table)

McKeon, Judith, Gardening With Roses, 1997, Friedman/Fairfax Publishers, New York
(Roses for Light Shade, pp. 76-77)

Beales, Peter, Peter Beales Roses, 1992. Henry Holt and Companty, New York
("Ten good species for woodland"  "Six good climbing species for woodland"  "Ten hybrid shrub roses withc will tolerate the dappled shade of woodland", p.79)
Also as listed in the "Special Purpose Chart" found at Peter Beales Classic Roses web site at http://www.classicroses.co.uk/special.htm

ARS "Frequently Asked Questions" Section [2.3] "Which roses can be grown in shade?" http://www.mc.edu/~nettles/rofaq/rofaq-faq.html

Scaniello, Stephen and Bayard, Tania, Roses of America, 1990. Henry Holt and Company, New York (roses specifically mentioned as shade tolerant)

Cruse, Eleomore and Starosta, Paul, Roses: Old Roses and Species Roses, 1998. Benedikt Taschen Verlag Gmbh, Koln. (roses specifically mentioned as shade tolerant)

Zeman, Anne M., Fifty Easy Old-Fashioned Roses, Climbers, and Vines, 1995. Henry Holt and Company, New York (from table: Index of Light-and Part Shade-Tolerant Roses)

Clarke, Ethne, Making a Rose Garden, 1991. Grove Weidenfeld, New York. (roses described as suitable for woodland edge, shade, or growing on a north wall)

Taylor, Patrick, Gardening With Roses, 1995, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon (From list: Roses for Shade)

Bales, Susan Frutig, Burpee American Gardening Series-Roses, 1994, Prentice Hall General Reference, New York. (from list on pages 89,90: Roses for Partial Shade)

Lowery, Gregg, Vintage Gardens, 2001 Catalog, (from Roses for Shade on page 218)

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