AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR MINIATURE ROSES (AoE) 1975 / 2007 THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ARS PUBLICATION 1) Exhibition name. 2) Bloom size when open. 3) Petalage: single 4-8; semi-dbl 9-16; double 17-25; full 26-40; very full 41+ petals. 4) Latest National garden & exhibiting ratings: 9.3-10 one of the best; 8.8-9.2 outstanding; 8.3-8.7 excellent; 7.8-8.2 very good; 7.3-7.7 good; 6.8-7.2 average; 6.1-6.7 below average; 0.0-6.0 not recommended. 5) color classification. 6) Year rose received AoE) award. 2007 (AoE) winners are not eligible to be exhibited in a rose show until listed in bold type, in an ARS official publication. Not listed in commerce in North America * Mini-Flora’s @ All-America Rose Selection “AARS” # ARS Miniature Hall of Fame past winners % Partial list of roses eligible for ARS Miniature Hall of Fame By: Ronald Schwerdt July 2006 ANDIE MacDOWELL---------2.5”----17/25------------------OR---2004 * ANGELICA RENAE-----------1.5”---26/40---7.5 (7.3)------PB---1996 APPLAUSE--------------------1.25”---17/25----7.5 (7.1)-----AB---2000 AUTUMN SPLENDOR--------2”-----26/40---8.1 (8.1)------YB---1999 * AVANDEL--------------------1-1.5”---17/25---7.3 (8.5)------YB---1978 % BABY BLOOMER---------------------9/16---------------------DP---2006 BABY BOOMER ---------------1.5”---17/25----7.7 (7.8)----MP---2003 BABY ECLIPSE----MM-------.5-----9/16------5.9 (6.4)-----LY---1984 BEAUTY SECRET----------1-1.5”---17/25----7.9-----------MR---1975 # BEST FRIENDS----------------1.5”---17/25-----7.4 (7.1)----OB---2002 BILLY TEAS-------------------1.5”---26/40-----7.2 (6.3)-----DR---1993 BLACK JADE----------1.5-2.75”----17/25------8.0 (7.9)----DR---1985 # BONFIRE-----------------------------------------------------------------2007 BOOMERANG-----------1.5-2.75”---26/40----7.5 (6.3)-----RB---1993 CAL POLY----------------1.5-2.75”---17/25----7.9 (7.2)----MY---1992 CALIENTE------------------------------26/40-------------------DR---2006 CENTER GOLD-------1.5-2.5”-----17/25------6.7 (7.3)----DY----1982 % CENTERPIECE---------------1.5”-----17/25----7.0 (6.8)----MR---1985 % CHATTOOGA--------------------------17/25-------------------DP----2005 CHILD’S PLAY----------------1.5”---9/16----8.0 (8.0)--------PB---1993 @ CORNSILK-------------------1.5”----17/25----6.4 (7.5)-------LY---1983 % CUDDLES-------------------1-1.5”---17/25----7.8 (8.0)-------OP---1979 % CUPCAKE------------1.5-2.75”---- 17/25-----8.0 (8.2)-------MP---1983 # DEBIDUE-----------------------1.5”----17/25----7.5 (6.9)-----DP---1992 DEE BENNETT---------1.5-2.75”----17/25-----7.6 (7.4)----OB---1989 DORIS MORGAN-------1.5-2.75”---17/25------7.7 (7.8)----DP---2003 FIGURINE----------------------1.5”----9/16-------8.0 (8.1)-----W---1992 GLORIGLO ---------------------1”-----17/25------6.5 (7.5)---OB---1978 % GOLDEN HALO--------1.5-2.75”---17/25-------7.8 (7.5)--MY---1991 GOOD MORNING AMERICA---41+------------7.2 (7.3)--MY---1991 HARM SAVILLE--------1.25-2.75”----17/25----------------DR----2005 * HEAVENLY DAYS----1.5-2.75”---17/25-----7.5 (7.0)-----OP---1988 HOLY TOLEDO-------1.5-2.75”-----17/25-----7.7 (8.5)----AB---1980 % HOMBRE--------------------1.5”-----17/25-----5.7 (6.7)------PB---1983 % HOT SHOT --------------1.5-2.75”-----17/25----6.2 (6.7)----OR---1984 % HOT TAMALE---------1.5-2.75”---17/25------8.3 (8.3)-----YB---1994 HULA GIRL--------------------1”----17/25-----6.8 (7.0)------OB---1976 % HUMDINGER-----------------1”-----17/25-----6.5 (7.5)------OP---1978 % ICED RASPBERRY-----------------26/40----------------------RB---2006 JEAN KENNEALLY---1.5-2.75”----17/25----9.1 (8.6)-----AB---1986 # JEANNE LAJOIE CL---1.25”----- 17/25-----9.1 (8.0)------MP---1977 # JENNIFER---------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----7.9 (7.6)------PB---1985 % JIM DANDY------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----7.6 (7.4)------RB---1989 JINGLE BELLS-----------------2”---17/25-----7.8 (7.3)------DR---1995 JUDY FISHER----------------1.5”---17/25-----7.6------------MP---1975 % JULIE ANN-------------------1.5”----17/25-----7.3 (7.7)-----OR---1984 % JUST FOR YOU-------1.5-2.75”----17/25-----7.9 (7.9)------DP---1991 KRISTEN----------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----8.1 (8.1)------RB---1993 LAVENDER LACE----------1.5”---17/25------6.7-------------M---1975 % LEADING LADY-------------------------------------------------------2007 * LEMON GEMS---------2.5-2.75”---17/25--------------------MY---2000 LIFE LINES CL----------9/16-----------------------------------OR---2005 LITTLE FLAME----------------2”---17/25-----7.9 (7.5)-----OB---1999 LITTLE JACKIE-------------1.5”-----17/25----7.9 (8.0)-----OB---1984 # LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER------17/25-------7.6 (7.2)----MY---1999 LOVING TOUCH----------2.75+”----17/25----8.2 (8.3)----AB---1985 MAGIC CARROUSEL---1.5-2.75”----17/25----8.5---------RB---1975 # MARY MARSHALL--------17/25--------------7.6 (8.7)-----OB---1975 # MERLOT-------------------------2”---17/25----7.4 (7.5)------RB---2002 MICHEL CHOLET-----------1.5”---26/40-----7.5 (7.8)---- AB---2001 NIGHTHAWK-------------2.75”----17/25-----7.2 (7.5)-----MR---1989 OLD GLORY---------------2.75+”---17/25----7.9 (7.7)-----MR---1988 OVER THE RAINBOW`---1.25”---17/25-----7.9-----------RB---1975 % PACESETTER----------1.5-2.75”------17/25----8.1 (8.2)-----W---1981 % PALMETTO SUNRISE---1.5-2.75”---17/25---7.9 (7.7)----OB---1993 PARTY GIRL---------------1-1.5”---17/25-----8.2 (8.5)------YB---1981 # PEACHES ‘N’ CREAM-------1”----17/25----7.9 (8.5)-------PB---1977 % PEACHY WHITE------------1.5”----9/16-----7.0 (7.0)--------W---1976 % PICOTEE------------------------1”---26/40-----7.4 (7.4)-------RB---2004 PINK PETTICOAT-------2.75+”---17/25-----8.2 (7.7)-------PB---1980 % PLAYGOLD------------------1.5”----9/16------7.7 (7.9)------OB---1978 PUPPY LOVE----------------1.5”---17/25------7.2 (8.0)------OB---1979 % RAINBOWS’S END---1.5”-2.75”---17/25----8.7 (8.1)------YB---1986 # RALPH MOORE-------1.5”-2.75”---17/25----7.6 (7.4)------MR---2000 RED CASCADE CL---------1.5”---17/25------7.6 (6.5)------DR---1976 # RED FLUSH------------------1.5”---17/25------6.8 (7.0)------MR---1979 % REGINE-----------------------1.5”----17/25------7.4 (7.3)-------PB---1990 RING OF FIRE---------------1.5”-----41+------7.0 (6.8)-------YB---1987 RISE ‘N’ SHINE-------------1.5”※17/25-------8.4 (8.5)-----MY---1978 # RUBY-----------------------1.5-2”-----17/25-----7.4 (7.4)----- DR---2001 SALUTE---------------------1.75”---17/25-----------------------DR---2004 SEQUOIA GOLD--------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----7.3 (7.2)-----MY---1987 SHERI ANNE-------------1-1.5”------9/16-------7.6 (8.0)-----OR---1975 % SINCERELY YOURS---1.5-2.75”---9/16------6.7 (7.0)-----MR---1992 SNOW BRIDE------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----8.5 (8.5)------W---1983 # STARGLO-----------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----7.7------------W---1975 % SUN SPRINKLES--------2-2.5”-------17/25-----7.8 (7.3)----DY---2001 @ SUZY-----------------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-----7.7 (7.5)----MP---1991 SWEET CAROLINE-------1.5”-------17/25-----7.9 (7.9)-----RB---1999 SWEET DIANA---------1.75-2”-------17/25-----7.8 (7.6)----DY---2002 THIS IS THE DAY-------1.5 2”-------17/25-----7.8 (7.7)----OR---2003 TIPPER--------------------1.5 2.75”----17/25------7.1 (7.7)---MP---1989 TOY CLOWN---------------1.5”--------9/16--------7.4---------RB---1975 % TROPICAL TWIST------1.5 2.75”---17/25-------7.8 (7.6)---OP---1997 VALERIE JEANNE-----------------17/25----------7.4 (7.5)---DP---1983 % WHITE ANGEL----------1.5”----17/25------------5.3----------W----1975 % WINSOME----------------1.5-2.75”---17/25-------8.2 (7.9)----M---1985 % ZINGER----------------------1.5”-----9/16----------6.3 (7.0)--MR---1979 %

Tenor Peggy, I hope you see this thread again. I, too, live in Blackspot Hell. Two pure yellow minis that have done very well for me are Sweet Diana and Good Day Sunshine. Sweet Diana is buttercup yellow that does not fade. Its main fault is that the form blows quickly. But its beautiful for a day or two and blooms a lot. Good Day Sunshine is from Pete and Kay Taylor, also the hybridizers of Fairhope, the namesake for their home town. So I am guessing it may have some common ancestral genes to that show-winning rose. GDS is, for me, far more blackspot resistant than Fairhope, and it is a light but sunny yellow, definitely not ivory as Fairhope is. Unfortunately I don't know if it is in commerse anymore. You might email the Taylors and ask about it. I don't see it in their catalogs. But its a great rose--workhorse bloomer, one of the first to bloom and last to quit each year.

HI, Ziya! I had Rise n Shine and it did not winter for me. I have the regular Rainbows End and mine does not bloom a lot either but with a climber you sometimes have to give them a few years to mature before you get a good bloom on them. Your wintering plan sounds fine. The thing you want them to do is go dormant and stay dormant so do not use that heating blanket. You don't want them to keep leafing out repeatedly. That will just use up all the stored energy the rose has before you can get it back out in the spring. You want them to stay dormant until spring really arrives for good. You don't need to keep them wet but just watered a little about once a month. Yes, the leaves should shrivel up but they may not drop off. I usually have to pull what's left off in the spring.

This rose has been producing its very best roses of the year, now that it's December. I had forgotten just how good this miniature can be. The blooms have been so good, I've brought them indoors for vases. This rose has been growing in our garden longer than just about any of my roses. It was given the nick-name "Flashlight" many years ago by my daughter. After all these years, this is still "her" rose. I've often thought of miniature roses as "disposable" roses, not for the long haul ... but this one has been very durable and keeps on truckin'. Nice memories too. Randy