Reno Rose Society

Uncle Joe (Toro)(red)
Brigadoon
Bride's Dream (light pink)
Mister Lincoln (red)
Touch of Class (orange-pink)
Veteran's Honor (red)
Color Magic (salmon)
Rina Hugo (dark pink)
Diana Princess of Wales
Heirloom (mauve)

Sheer Magic (orange blend)
Alec's Red (red)
Pristine (white)
Voodoo
Promise
Falling in Love
Elizabeth Taylor
Spice Twice (orange)
Artistry (orange blend)
Swarthmore (pink)

Other Roses

Sally Holmes (classic shrub)
Constance Spry (Austin shrub)
Eden climber
Evelyn (Austin shrub)
Kevin (miniature)

Dinah's Picks

Dinah is a successful exhibitor who not only grows beautifully healthy roses also knows how to prepare them for exhibition. She has won Queen of Show seven times in the last ten years:

1999 Just Joey
2001 St. Patrick
2002 Gemini
2005   Gold Medal
2006   Tineke
2007   Marilyn Monroe
2008   Royal Amethyst

She recommends the following roses for residents in lower elevations of older Reno neighborhoods:

Hybrid Teas

Just Joey
Elina
Folklore
Fame
Touch of Class
Liebzauber
Royal Amethyst
Rina Hugo
Gemini
Fragrant Cloud
Spice Twice

Floribundas

Sheila's Perfume
Easy Goin'
Livin' Easy
Nicole
Chiculy
Daybreaker
Lavaglut
Trumpeter
Rainbow Sorbet
Iceberg

Old Garden Roses

Reine Victoria
Rose de Rescht
La Reine
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Zephrine Drouhin

Shrubs

Golden Celebration
Evelyn
Abraham Darby
Outta the Blue

Large-Flowered Climbers

Berries 'n' Cream
Royal Sunset
Blaze
New Dawn
Pierre de Ronsard (Eden)

Diane's Picks

Horticulturist for the Reno Municipal Rose Garden quoted in a recent article "Reno Loves Roses" by Doresa Banning in the 2007 Nevada Magazine:

“If you don’t do anything to them—you never prune, barely water, and barely fertilize—you still get roses,” says Dianne Stortz-Lintz, a horticulturist who manages the Reno Municipal Rose Garden for the City of Reno. “They actually are one of the better, easy-care landscape plants. If you want to keep the bugs off and bring the flowers in the house, they’re a little bit fussy. Otherwise, you can pretty much ignore them.”
After tending to the more than 1,750 roses (200-plus varieties) in the Reno Municipal Rose Garden, Stortz-Lintz doesn’t want to deal with her own 8 rose bushes, she says. Each year she cuts them to the ground with a chainsaw. She doesn’t fertilize or spray them with pesticides. Yet, they keep growing back and producing roses.

Roses that thrive in Northern Nevada include Crimson Bouquet, Brigadoon, Peace Rose, Bonica, Pink Simplicity, and Iceberg, according to Stortz-Lintz.

Nancy's Picks

Nancy Helsel has been a participating member of our Society since the early 1990s. She has won many blue ribbons and the Graves Nugget Sweepstakes Perpetual Trophy at least once. She is shown above with her Playboy entry that won the O'Brien Perpetual Trophy for Best Floribunda. Her favorite roses are mini-floras and miniatures. She lives in northern Spanish Springs Valley and recommends the following roses:

Hybrid Teas: Dainty Bess, Gemini, Love &amp Peace, Sheer Bliss
Floribundas: Betty Boop, Eureka, Fourth of July, Hot Cocoa, Nicole, Playboy
Polyanthas: La Marne
Climbers: Dortmund
Old Garden Roses: Charles de Mills, Comte de Chambord, Louise Odier, R. gallica versicolor, Sombreuil
Shrubs: English Garden, Flutterbye, Heritage, Tamora, Sally Holmes, Ballerina
Miniatures & Mini-floras: Adams Smile, Gizmo, Hot Tamale, Jeannie Lajoie, Kristin, Miss Flippins, Nozomi, Overnight Sensation (RRS 2008 ARS Princess), Santa Claus, X-Rated
Mini-Floras: Buttercream, Nancy Jean

Rebecca's Picks

Rebecca Geishaker-Chlebus lives in Cold Springs Valley. The climate there is a major challenge to rose growing. She does not have any hybrid teas that do well. Her bloom date is a month after the dates of those who live in central and old southwest Reno and Fallon.

Floribundas: Angel Face, Sunsprite
Climbers: Joseph's Coat
Old Garden Roses: Cardinal Richelieu (hybrid Gallica)

Rose Care & Exhibiting