Best Paul Barden Roses
I know, this is all regional and dependent on local climate, but having grown many Barden Roses I am always interested to know which of his roses perform best for people on the forum. I also remember Paul chiming in to name some of his roses which he thought were the best (maybe phrased somewhat differently). I searched the forum but couldn't find it. From memory I think it included:
Mel's Heritage
Won Fang Yon
Jeri Jennings
Unconditional Love (not sure if he included it but would)
I know it also included some of his once blooming roses (which I have not grown).
Maybe Paul could jump in here and let us know his latest thoughts.
When I saw the list I decided to add Won Fang Yon this Spring and it just shared its first flower:
And I also put myself on the wait list for Mel's Heritage.
I currently grow nine Barden Roses and would include: Unconditional Love, Jeri Jennings, Treasure Trail, & Pam's Choice in my list of favorites. I will be watching Won Fang Yon because it certainly is looking like a good candidate to add to this list.
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chris209 (LI, NY Z7a)
9 years ago
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Comments (7)Joyce Barden purchased maybe 8 years ago? Or whenever it came out. I've started cuttings that grew into 8 ft roses after I got that. It's about a foot tall, had one bloom, won't grow. Next to it are three roses that were rooted cuttings, so it's not my soil or my care. I forgot about it until this thread - it's hidden by some coreopsis now. It's coming out in the next few months. Too bad because I wanted to like it but trying to grow it all those years has been a waste. It seems like a six month old cutting. Don't remember where I got it, may have been Roses Unlimited but it is the only rose that I've had that kind of trouble with from anywhere....See MoreBest repeating Paul Barden roses?
Comments (23)I'm just sitting here looking at all the roses that I truthfully have been wanting some for a while, some just lately, but I had no idea, maybe just didn't pay attention, or something, that they were Paul Barden Roses! Dolly's forever rose, Pams Choice. I've just started looking into the tree climbers and was looking at Treasure Trail! I love those Gallica's too! I was disappointed in some of there blooms, a couple, I got none, a couple, I got a couple, and the hybrids bloomed really well. We had a mild winter...hopefully this winter will be back to normal. Atleast that's the only thing I could think of..the mild winter!...See MorePaul Barden’s Rose Varieties Are Becoming Rare
Comments (146)Sorry for the late reply to your query Joe. I haven't been on the forum much over winter, busy with other things. I did go up to the Summerland Ornamental Gardens yesterday to do a quick check on the roses. We had a very difficult winter with a warm November and December, and in early January a sudden flash freeze with temperatures as low as -27 C for a week or so. It is still late winter here and the soil is yet frozen to a degree. Summerland is rated as zone 6b, but we had 5a temeratures with strong arctic catabatic winds and wind chill during the cold snap. So, on to the roses. Most of them will be going into their 3rd growing season this summer, and so are still immature plants. I am happy to report that all of them survived. Many have quite a bit of cane damage, but they all have live cane close to the ground and some have swelling buds already. The collection at the Gardens consists of the following: Marianne, Gallicandy, Oshun, Jerry Jennings and Treasure Trail. We also have Allegra, Janet Inada, Mel's Heritage and Won Fang Yon in the greenhouse at Fraser Valley Rose Farm in Deroche. I will continue to look for viable opportunities to acquire more varieties if feasible, but won't be actively seeking them out. We imported six cuttings of each, along with many more early Austin varieties and a few other hard to find varieties last spring. Jason stuck the cuttings and has been growing them on over winter. I have not spoken with Jason for a month or so, but he is doing an inventory and I will know in a few weeks what took. As well as putting Paul's Plants into the collection at Summerland, Jason will be growing Barden varieties as well and will no doubt have some for sale in Canada in a few years. We too will propagate from the plants in the Summerland collection when the mother plants are mature enough. We will sell our resulting plants at our spring plant sale and our annual Rose Tour held in June. The proceeds will go to help support the Ornamental Gardens. So by my count, we have nine of Paul's varieties in the two Canadian collections. They should be secure for a long time in our Public Garden, which is now 110 years old. We of course were unable to get all of the varieties that we might have liked, but we did pretty well in my books. Because the whole idea of the project was to secure and currate some of Paul's varieties in a safe place, I guess we have a success. An additional intent was to allow us to propagate and share these lovely plants with others. Jason will be able to do that better than we can at the Gardens in the next few years and may in fact eventually begin shipping to the US as his new nursery grows. But again, that will be a few years down the road. Even propagating plants for sale here in Canada is still a year or two away. But then this project started in 2019 and we are now entering year six, but we are on the road to reaching our long term goals. I know many on the forums are familiar with Jason through his You Tube Videos and website. he is young, energetic and a cutting edge nurseryman and Rosarian who shares my passion for preserving rare, garden worthy varieties. For those of you in Canada, check out his website and support him if you can....See MoreMore on Paul Barden's roses, please!
Comments (55)Aaron, congratulations on your DH! I am waitlisted. Ann, I’m not too far from you, in Portland, and just got a young Jeri Jennings from a local rose friend who received a spare with his order. JJ looks like she is going to be a wonderful Hybrid Musk for my arch. Her clusters of blooms are buttery golden-yellow with peach edges and what I’d call a sweet licorice fragrance. GORGEOUS! Joyce B looks like a fantastic rose, too. If only I could grow them all! I’d love to see pics if you get JB. Carol Jeri Jennings...See More
AquaEyes 7a NJ
9 years ago
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
9 years ago
PROLeigh Wilson Versaggi Architecture
9 years ago
I have Paul Barden's Golden Buddha here in W Central FL. It has never had ANY black spot, powdery mildew, other diseases or pests, except for thrips in a very minor way. I bought it 2 years ago, I think, from Rogue Valley Roses. It blooms well, stays short, which is amazing when you see the size of the blooms. It has outperformed every other rose in terms of general health, disease resistance, number of blooms. It loves the heat! In my garden's micro-climate and this region, we have very high pressure for disease to happen. Even if I spray ( which is not very often), the other roses, which include Earth-Kind varieties, and antiques ( Noisettes, Chinas and Teas, Polyanthas) get black spot. I think some of the black spotting occurs as a means for the plant to attain dormancy in my area, which seldom if ever, freezes. For example, my Prosperity repeatedly loses almost every leaf in January by black spotting, and by March all new leaves are present, and it keeps its leaves until the next January. So I am amazed at Golden Buddah's ability to resist almost everything. The leaves die of old age on that plant! The only drawback with Golden Buddah is that the flowers fade from apricot/pink/orange to a very light pinkish white. This plant is in partial shade and gets morning sun.
But the flowers hold well for a few days before that happens. Also great fragrance. I only wish Paul had other roses like Golden Buddha, in terms of disease resistance in other colors. I got Out of Yesteryear, a parent of Golden Buddha hoping to get OP healthy babies. I have 1 six week old seedling now that hasn't bloomed yet.
Buford_NE_GA_7A
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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rideauroselad OkanaganBC6a
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Treasure Trail is a favorite of mine, very similar to Austin's Christopher Marlow in bloom colour and form. But Treasure Trail is the superior rose by far. Fairly small and shrubby, healthy, good bloomer, mossy buds and holds its colour very well. An excellent cultivar!
Cheers, Rick
ArbutusOmnedo 10/24
9 years ago
nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
8 years agoSigh - looking at those pictures of Treasure Trail makes me doubly regret my email from Rogue Valley today that they won't be able to send TT this year after all. I do love Barden roses, and so far I've been tremendously impressed with Golden Buddha and Mel's Heritage just in their first years. They seem to have overwintered just fine and are putting up very nice growth. I could only find photos of a few of my Barden roses, but they're all keepers.
Dolly's Forever Rose is a vivid splash of color and rock-solid hardy for me.
Incantation is a lovely mix of bright colors and a good bloomer.
And Pam's Choice is a hauntingly beautiful "greyge" oddball color, like Nimbus, that's impossible to capture in photos like this.
Thanks, Paul, for breeding such wonderful roses!Cynthia
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