2019

4 to 5 feet   Z5-11 R Fr lp   

Fragrant Blush is a revolution in the category of fragrant roses. A true thoroughbred, it comes from a cross of two extremely fragrant roses, ‘Dee-Lish’ and ‘Scepter’d Isle®’. Additionally, with ‘Heritage’ and ‘Graham Thomas’ as grandparents you can’t go wrong. What makes Fragrant Blush special is that it is extremely heat tolerant. Even with Texas summers and a heat index of 115°F, this rose remains powerfully fragrant, while other white and light pink roses melt in the sun.

2020

'Crawfish Étouffée’ is a special rose that resulted from hybridizing two award-winning and fragrant parents, the Meilland rose ‘Dee-Lish’ and the David Austin rose ‘Lady of Shallot’. The inspiration for the name came from our breeder Andrew, as he is from Southern Louisiana. The color is a unique red with hints of russet orange and resembles boiled crawfish in appearance. The fragrance is fittingly floral and spicy, and the foliage is reminiscent of bay leaves, which are an essential ingredient in Cajun cuisines. Combined together, the overall effect will take your senses to the New Orleans French Quarter, where sounds of traditional Jazz music and smells of good cookin’ fill the air.

The growth habit of 'Crawfish Étouffée' strongly resembles ‘Lady of Shallot’ with loose, informal, and graceful architecture when fully established. If we consider the parentage of ‘Crawfish Étouffée’, ‘Dee-Lish’ is cold hardy to zone 5a, and ‘Lady of Shallot’ has been reported to be cold hardy to zone 4 in Finland. Therefore, we assume that ‘Crawfish Étouffée’ will be cold hardy to at least zone 5. ‘Crawfish Étouffée’ blooms from Spring until frost throughout the season and possesses the disease resistance of its parent ‘Dee-Lish’.

4 to 5 feet   Z5-11 R Fr r   

2022

8 to 10 feet    Z5-11 R Fr H wb

This climbing rose deserves much favor. As a mannerly climber to 10 feet, ‘Heavenly Ascent®’ is perfect for a pillar or trellis where her very full, fragrant, cream colored flowers will catch the eye (and noses) of passersby. Clusters of two and a half-inch blooms are borne often through the growing season.

2022

2 x 2 feet    Z5-11 R Fr my

Don’t put this baby in a corner, but rather in a colorful container or massed in a border planting. By marrying it with blue flowering perennials, a stunning contrast could be created in your garden. It is unusual for a yellow flowering rose to be fragrant and bear clean foliage, but this one does. You will find yourself smitten by this charming rose.

2022

5 to 6 feet    Z5-11 R Fr pb

A breakthrough in breeding, ‘Wicked Sister® is the devilishly more successful seedling of ‘Abraham Darby®.’ She possesses all of the old-garden charm with her quartered flower shape but has an iron clad constitution when it comes to disease resistance.  Goodness knows, we love this ‘Wicked Sister®!’