Award-Winning Roses for Your Garden
For more than 60 years, All-America Rose Selections (AARS) has been testing this most treasured of flowers. See winners from past decades and choose your favorites.
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Francis Meilland is a stunning hybrid tea rose with large, 4-inch-wide, soft pink flowers that have a strong, sweet scent. It offers outstanding disease resistance, making Francis Meilland easy to grow in the home garden.
Name: Rosa 'Meitroni'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2013
Sunshine Daydream will brighten your spirits and your garden with its lovely light yellow flowers. This grandiflora rose is perfect for cutting and offers outstanidng disease resistance, too.
Name: Rosa 'Meikanaro'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: None
Zones: 5-10
Year It Won: 2012
Enjoy a the look of a different flower with every bud! No two Dick Clark rose blooms are the same. The flowers start as a deep red bud, open to a cherry-pink, glisten in the sun as a burgundy beauty, and finish up with deep-red hues.
Name: Rosa 'Wekfunk'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-10
Year It Won: 2011
Few roses can pack same punch as Walking on Sunshine with its fragrant, yellow flowers that seem to glow over its dark green, disease resistant foliage.
Name: Rosa 'Jacmcady'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 42 inches tall and 60 inches wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-10
Year It Won: 2011
Offering clusters of lovely flowers that blend pink, peach, mango, and apricot shades like a tropical sunset, Easy Does it also gives you a great fragrance and good disease resistance.
Name: Rosa 'HARpageant'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-10
Year It Won: 2010
'Cinco de Mayo' is a floribunda that offers distinctly colored blooms that are hard to describe -- there's a bit of lavender blushed with gray, rust, and red-orange.
Name: Rosa 'Cinco de Mayo'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2009
This easy-growing shrub rose offers tons of deep-red flowers with yellow and white centers. It offers great disease resistance.
Name: Rosa 'Carefree Spirit'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: None
Zones: 4-9
Year It Won: 2009
This stunning pink hybrid tea offers perfectly shaped blooms that are great for cutting.
Name: Rosa 'Pink Promise'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2009
This floribunda rose offers good disease resistance on a medium-tall plant with gorgeous orange flowers that fade to pink.
Name: Rosa 'Mardi Gras'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2008
This grandiflora rose offers excellent disease resistance on a medium-tall plant with stunning two-toned flowers.
Name: Rosa 'Dream Come True'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Mild
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2008
This floribunda rose offers excellent disease resistance on an upright, long-blooming plant.
Name: Rosa 'Moondance'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2007
This grandiflora rose offers excellent disease resistance on a floriferous plant.
Name: Rosa 'Strike It Rich'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2007
This stunning shrub rose offers outstanding disease resistance on a bushy, compact plant.
Name: Rosa 'Rainbow Knock Out'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: None
Zones: 5-10
Year It Won: 2007
This hybrid tea rose offers glossy foliage and beautiful yellow-orange flowers that mature to a luscious shade of peachy-apricot.
Name: Rosa 'Tahitian Sunset'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2006
This floribunda rose offers excellent disease resistance and many golden flowers on an compact plant.
Name: Rosa 'Julia Child'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2006
This intriguing grandiflora rose offers excellent disease resistance and wonderful reddish-purple blooms on an upright, bushy plant.
Name: Rosa 'Wild Blue Yonder'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2006
This multicolored floribunda rose offers above-average disease resistance on an upright, long-blooming plant.
Name: Rosa 'Rainbow Sorbet'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: None
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2006
One of the most talked-about roses of its day, 'Hot Cocoa' is a love-it-or-hate-it variety thanks to its complex color. Each bloom on this floribunda bears shades of cinnamon, smoke, orange, and purple.
Name: Rosa 'Hot Cocoa'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2003
A hybrid tea of great beauty, 'Love and Peace' offers wonderfully shaped blooms with pink-and-yellow petals on a vigorous, disease-resistant plant.
Name: Rosa 'Love and Peace'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2002
An ideal choice for anyone who wants to add a little cheer to their garden, 'Sun Sprinkles' is a miniature rose that offers tons of flowers, great disease resistance, and good fragrance.
Name: Rosa 'Sun Sprinkles'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 2 feet tall
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 4-9
Year It Won: 2001
Nearly every gardener can be successful with this beautiful, easy-care rose. It offers big, coral-pink flowers on tall, sturdy stems and great disease resistance.
Name: Rosa 'Gemini'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 2000
There aren't a lot of climbing roses that have won an AARS award, so you know Fourth of July is a real winner. It's a fast-growing variety with bold red blooms striped with red.
Name: Rosa 'Fourth of July'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 14 feet tall
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1999
Another rose reminiscent of a tropical sunset, 'Rio Samba' offers a festive blend of red, yellow, and orange on perfectly shaped hybrid tea blooms.
Name: Rosa 'Rio Samba'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1993
A great cut flower, 'Perfect Moment' is a hybrid tea that blends warm sunset shades of pink, yellow, and orange together into beautiful blooms that appear all summer on long stems.
Name: Rosa 'Perfect Moment'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1991
You'd expect something special about a rose named 'Voodoo' -- and this hybrid tea doesn't disappoint. Its big orange buds open to a swirling blend of orange, peach, and yellow tones. Plus, it has great disease resistance and a rich fragrance.
Name: Rosa 'Voodoo'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1986
Enjoy this floribunda's great garden performance, strong citrus fragrance, and rich red-purple color. It's a reliable bloomer all summer long.
Name: Rosa 'Intrigue'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 4-9
Year It Won: 1984
You'll love this hybrid tea's silvery-pink color that shimmers in the garden, especially at dusk. It also bears a rich, old-rose scent that will take you back to your grandmother's garden.
Name: Rosa 'Sweet Surrender'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1983
This striking hybrid tea is a great garden performer thanks to its vigorous growth. It bears brilliant orange blooms that last a long time.
Name: Rosa 'Bing Crosby'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1981
Perfect for elegant bouquets, 'White Lightnin'' was bred for cutting with its big, pristine blooms. This grandiflora offers a strong citrus fragrance, too.
Name: Rosa 'White Lightnin''
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1981
This pink hybrid tea rose bears big, deep pink blooms with a soft, sweet fragrance. It's also an especially good garden performer, thriving in a wide range of climates. And it has good disease resistance.
Name: Rosa 'Friendship'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Light
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1979
Add a bold punch of color to your garden with a 'Prominent' grandiflora rose. Its bright orange petals stand out from a distance.
Name: Rosa 'Prominent'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide
Fragrance: Light
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1977
This variety is just as popular today as when it was released thanks to its pure white center surrounded by rich red petals and strong fragrance.
Name: Rosa 'Double Delight'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1977
Enjoy gorgeous golden-yellow blooms flushed with peachy-pink on this vigorous hybrid tea. It does quite well in cooler climates.
Name: Rosa 'Yankee Doodle'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1976
This floribunda rose offers clusters of rich apricot blooms that are often blushed with yellow.
Name: Rosa 'Cathedral'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 3 feet tall wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1976
This grandiflora rose offers blooms in a distinct shade of bronzy-orange blushed with yellow. It has a vigorous, upright habit.
Name: Rosa 'Arizona'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide
Fragrance: Strong
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1975
Graced with very large, beautifully shaped blooms in a delightful shade of apricot-pink, 'Medallion' has a licorice-like fragrance and vigorous growth habit.
Name: Rosa 'Medallion'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Slight
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1973
A winner thanks to its beautiful golden-yellow blooms, 'Apollo' is long flowering and wonderfully fragrant.
Name: Rosa 'Apollo'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1972
A vigorous hybrid tea, 'Portrait' (also sold as 'Stephanie de Monaco') offers pink blooms on long, sturdy stems.
Name: Rosa 'Portrait'
Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil
Size: To 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide
Fragrance: Medium
Zones: 5-9
Year It Won: 1972
