Kordesii Roses and their hybrids which usually includes explorer roses, propagated and grown by Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm with links to pictures (when available). Kordesii roses were the result of crossinga Rosa wichuranna (Memorial Rose) wilth a Rugosa Rose Our Plant sale is May 15 to July 4; 10 AM to 2 PM. Click here for more info.
Last edited: Saturday, March 18, 2006. We sell many flowering shrubs both wholesale and retail. The propagation and growing record in numerical order takes you to a page where you should easily be able to determine the quantity of the numbered plant we have in stock and what size pot its in. My Local Garden Newsletter is concerned with one or another of the crops of ornamental flowering shrubs that we grow at the flowering shrub farm. Each time I interact with one of the crops we grow, I write up one of the short essays (like sending an email except that you have to come get it), add a collage of pictures and post it on my newsletter page. It gives potential customers the opportunity to see the stage of growth and more.
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Kordesii Roses were created when the Rugosa Rose 'Max Graf' was crossed with Rosa wichuranna (a rambler species). Hybrid Kordesii are the result of crossing that Kordessi Rose with various other roses in an attempt to produce hardy and disease resistant roses that are recurrent bloomers.
#98) ALEX MACKENZIE (2nd Generation New Dawn Hybrid X Scotch
Rose X Siberian Rose) Explorer Rose, zone4, 6'x6', recurrent,
double red in clusters, stop pruning or disbudding 6 weeks before
frost (locally August 15), Svejda 1984
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#13)
CHAMPLAIN , (Hybrid of New Dawn, Semi and Scotch)
Explorer Rose, zone3, 3'x3', cont, 2.5 inch red flowers,
AH-0/0(1995), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 122,
zones 3-9), (Hk/4feet/double/red/3inches), (Garden; YF, AH), red
explorer, 3x3, 2.5 inch flowers, I had placed one of these on my
drip line and forgotten about it. Each year when I saw it it was
blooming fine, though after several years it got sort of gangly
which could be explained away by the half light it was in and
never any fertilizer. Finally in the seventh year I took it and
planted it in the soil and it died that winter. It had rooted
through the bottom of the pot of course and so I probably shocked
it terribly by pulling it out of the ground. But I cant help but
think if I had left it in that horrible location in its pot it
would still be alive today. (A+), hybrids include 'Simon Frazer',
Svejda 1982
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(95) DAVID THOMPSON Explorer Rose, Zones 3-9, 5 feet tall, recurrent, red-purple, semi-double and double, 2.5inch flowers, f, AH-0/0(2005), (zones 3-9 Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 136), (hybrid rugosa/5feet/red-purple/semi-double and double/2.5inches/f), an explorer rose introduced in Canada 1979
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(#20) DORTMUND , (Kordesii hybrid) CLIMBER, zone 3, 8'x6', rep, red&white, AH-0/0(1995), Kordes 1955
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(#32) JOHN
CABOT (picture shows Cabot on left and Davis on right), Arching
Explorer (kordesii) Rose, zone3, 6'x6', recurrent, purplish-pink,
AH-0/0(2003), Hybrid Kordesii means this is a seedling of a
seedling descended from 'Max Graf' which was a R. rugosa x R.
wichuranna. Many (but not all) of these are Explorer Roses named
after Canadian Explorers super hardy and disease resistant
(although this one with its designation 0/0 is free of both black
spot and mildew at Azalea House). Svejda 1978
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(#33) JOHN
DAVIS , (Hybrid Kordesii) ARCHING EXPLORER
ROSE, zone3, 5'x6', repeat, pink, AH-0/1(2000), Svejda, Hybrid
Kordesii means this is a seedling of a seedling descended from
'Max Graf' which was a R. rugosa x R. wichuranna. Many (but not
all) of these are Explorer Roses named after Canadian Explorers
super hardy and disease resistant (although this one with its
designation 0/1 is free of black spot but gets some mildew in
late summer at Azalea House which we leave because it doesn't
harm the plant and due to it being not in bloom is hardly
noticable.). Hybrids include: 'Lambert Closse' 1994,
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John
Franklin
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(140) Leverkusen ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 184, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), ("Classic Roses" Beales, sh:224), yellow climber, 10x8, yellow, continuous bloom, shade tolerant, ff, kordesii x golden glow, Kordes1954, #0, 1954-P
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(141) Lichtkonigin Lucia ("Beautiful American Rose Gardens" Dorra, 30), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, sh84, 166, zones 4-10,
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(50)
Rosarium Uetersen (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra,
216, zones 4-9), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde,
186, zones 4-10, DR-1/0), ("Climbing Roses of The
World" Quest-Ritson, plate 134), ("Beautiful American
Rose Gardens" Dorra, 30), 10x6, pink climber or shrub, tall
with large flowers, Kordes 1977
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(65) WILLIAM
BAFFIN, (Kordessii Hybrid) PILLAR, zone2 (-50),
10'x6', rep, pink, 0/0(19
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I'm Andrew Van Cleve, chief grower at Azalea House Flowering Shrub Farm, and I grow flowering shrubs without fungicide to reveal truly disease resistant plants. I am providing time honored, proven shrubs that are disease resistant locally.

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