Unusual Color Roses

Many gardeners find unusual colored roses of interest. One English rose breeder, le Grice, specialized in producing roses of unusual coloring of deep purple to tan and beige and nearly brown. Others have used his unique roses in their breeding. Rarely does a breeder get something of unusual color by accident. The roses  here are striking examples of unique coloring. Each would make a singular conversation piece in your garden

PARADISE

A truly wonderful and unusually colored rose.

Year:	1979
Country:	USA

BLACK BACCARA

For years hybridizers have tried to breed a black rose. The world renowned House of Meilland bred this one of a kind hybrid tea. 'Black Baccara was introduced as a florist rose for Valentine's Day in 2001. The blackest rose of them all. The velvety texture of the petals and unique color

Year:	2001
Country:	FRANCE

CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

From England comes this showy handpainted rose that has everything: well formed blooms of soft yellow that are splashed and flecked cherry-red, wonderful fragrance and disease resistancy. Repeat blooming and hardy zones

Year:	1983
Country:	ENGLAND

GREEN ICE

A unique rose that grown and admired for more than 25 years. Buds of soft apricot open into fully double blooms of soft, cool green (deeper green when grown in partial shade). The color of 'Green Ice' comes closer to a true green than any other rose.

HOT COCOA

A rose of unusual coloring. Smokey chocolate-orange. No other rose has this coloring.

Year:	2002
Country:	USA

 MIDNIGHT BLUE

It's that purple and very fragrant. A black, velvet purple rose with spice clove fragrance, like no other rose. Despite being a shrub, the compact rounded plant will lend itself to smaller spaces and enrich any landscape. Bright green leaves contrast nicely to the mysteriously colored flowers with showy yellow stamens. Big clusters give lots of color.

Year:	2004
Country:	USA

ORANGES 'N' LEMONS

This rose has drawn more interest and requests. Traffic stopping blooms of dazzling orange striped with yellow. The medium to large blooms with a fruity fragrance are fully double and produced in clusters of 2 to 6 on a very strong growing, upright, disease resistant shrub rose plant with marvelous, mahogany-red new foliage that matures to lush deep-green. Winner of the British Rose Breeder's Award in 1993

Year:	1993
Country:	NEW ZEALAND

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REMEMBER ME

Every bronzy beige and burnt orange bloom is perfect and looks like it was made of porcelain. Outstanding in every way

Year:	1984
Country:	SCOTLAND

WILL-O'-THE-WISP

These small single blooms have a haunting beauty all their own resembling large primroses. The color of the stamens and the eye is a rich deep amber. Extending outward to cover almost half of the petal is a lovely shade of buttercup yellow that blends into a beautiful shade of satiny, candy pink. Small, in scale, dark-green foliage on a very compact and bushy plant. One of the most unusual colored of all roses.

Year:	1998
Country:	USA