Some of the best and most memorable roses released over the years include ‘Peace’ (introduced in 1945), ‘Queen Elizabeth’ (1954), ‘Papa Meilland’, ‘Mister Lincoln’ and ‘Oklahoma’ (1964), ‘Blue Moon’ (1965), ‘Just Joey’ (1972), ‘Double Delight’ (1972), ‘Elegant Beauty’ (1982) and ‘Johannesburg Sun’ (1987).
All are classic beauties, the epitome of the long-stemmed hybrid tea rose. They have elegant urn-shaped buds and perfectly symmetrical blooms with high, pointed centres, aptly described by German rose breeder, Thomas Proll, as the ‘supermodels’ of the rose world.
Despite the profusion of new types of roses, hybrid tea roses have stood their ground as the queens of the garden. They remain the ultimate pickable rose for the home with new generations such as ‘Arctic Ice’, ‘Garden Queen’, ‘Brass Trumpet’, ‘Saint Jubilee’ and ‘Intense’ surpassing earlier…
