Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
In 2008 Peter Kukielski, curator of what has long been lauded as one of the most beautiful rose gardens in America, has started the phenomenal transformation of this rose garden with the aim of increased disease resistance and decreased chemical dependence.


Below is a list of roses which, according to Peter Kukielski, are found to be superior in health for the New York climate. The list is sorted by type and then alphabetically by name. This is a group rating not an individual rose evaluation.
Variety | Class | Rating | Hybridizer |
Ducher | China | Superior | Ducher |
Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale | Floribunda | Superior | Kordes |
Easter Basket | Floribunda | Superior | Meilland |
Kosmos | Floribunda | Superior | Kordes |
Lady Elsie May | Floribunda | Superior | Noack |
Lions Fairy Tale | Floribunda | Superior | Kordes |
Pomponella Fairy Tale | Floribunda | Superior | Kordes |
Mother of Pearl | Grandiflora | Superior | Meilland |
Pink Traviata | Hybrid Tea | Superior | Meilland |
Traviata | Hybrid Tea | Superior | Meilland |
Aloha Hawaii | Large Flowered Climber | Superior | Kordes |
Jasmina | Large Flowered Climber | Superior | Kordes |
Kordes Moonlight | Large Flowered Climber | Superior | Kordes |
Laguna | Large Flowered Climber | Superior | Kordes |
Rosanna | Large Flowered Climber | Superior | Kordes |
Lupo | Miniature | Superior | Kordes |
Caramel Fairy Tale | Shrub | Superior | Kordes |
Karl Ploberger | Shrub | Superior | Kordes |
Cinderella Fairy Tale | Shrub | Superior | Kordes |
Elegant Fairy Tale | Shrub | Superior | Kordes |
Home Run | Shrub | Superior | Carruth |
Knock Out | Shrub | Superior | Radler |
Larissa | Shrub | Superior | Kordes |
Macy's Pride | Shrub | Superior | Lim |
Peach Drift | Shrub | Superior | Meilland |
Pink Drift | Shrub | Superior | Meilland |
Pink Knock Out | Shrub | Superior | Radler |
Purple Rain | Shrub | Superior | Kordes |
Quietness | Shrub | Superior | Buck |
Mutabilis | China | Excellent | unknown |
Renae | Climbing Floribunda | Excellent | Moore |
Pinkie, Climbing | Climbing Polyantha | Excellent | Dering |
Betty Prior | Floribunda | Excellent | Prior |
Bolero | Floribunda | Excellent | Meilland |
Cinco de Mayo | Floribunda | Excellent | Carruth |
Floral Fairy Tale | Floribunda | Excellent | Kordes |
Petticoat Fairy Tale | Floribunda | Excellent | Kordes |
Pink Veranda | Floribunda | Excellent | Kordes |
Cherry Parfait | Grandiflora | Excellent | Meilland |
Darlow's Enigma | Hybrid Musk | Excellent | found |
Stanwell Perpetual | Hybrid Spinosissima | Excellent | Lee |
Eliza | Hybrid Tea | Excellent | Kordes |
Golden Fairy Tale | Hybrid Tea | Excellent | Kordes |
Marie-Luise Marjan | Hybrid Tea | Excellent | Kordes |
Colette | Large Flowered Climber | Excellent | Meilland |
Nahema | Large Flowered Climber | Excellent | Delbard |
Parade | Large Flowered Climber | Excellent | Boerner |
Winner's Circle | Large Flowered Climber | Excellent | Radler |
Blush Noisette | Noisette | Excellent | Noisette |
Nastarana | Noisette | Excellent | Pissard |
Marie Daly | Polyantha | Excellent | sport |
Marie Pavie | Polyantha | Excellent | Alegatiere |
The Gift | Polyantha | Excellent | Demits |
Marchesa Boccella | Portland | Excellent | Desprez/Morreau |
Peggy Martin Survivor | Rambler | Excellent | found |
All the Rage | Shrub | Excellent | Lim |
Audubon | Shrub | Excellent | Shoup/Antique Rose Emporium |
Belinda's Dream | Shrub | Excellent | Bayse |
Blushing Knock Out | Shrub | Excellent | Radler |
Cape Diamond | Shrub | Excellent | Bedard |
Carefree Beauty | Shrub | Excellent | Buck |
Carefree Celebration | Shrub | Excellent | Radler |
Carefree Delight | Shrub | Excellent | Meilland |
Carefree Marvel | Shrub | Excellent | Meilland |
Carefree Spirit | Shrub | Excellent | Meilland |
Coral Drift | Shrub | Excellent | Meilland |
Double Knock Out | Shrub | Excellent | Radler |
Joe Grey | Shrub | Excellent | Williams |
Old Baylor | Shrub | Excellent | Shoup/Antique Rose Emporium |
Palmengarten Frankfurt | Shrub | Excellent | Kordes |
Pink Double Knock Out | Shrub | Excellent | Radler |
Sally Holmes | Shrub | Excellent | Holmes |
Sea Foam | Shrub | Excellent | Schwartz |
Sunny Knock Out | Shrub | Excellent | Radler |
White Out | Shrub | Excellent | Radler |
Yellow Submarine | Shrub | Excellent | Lim |


All pictures and information courtesy of New York Botanical Gardens.

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