Rosy Outlook All Over

Clair Martin, rose curator for the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, recommends the following varieties of roses for Orange County gardens:

Coastal

* ‘Abraham Darby’--soft pink with apricot

* ‘Charlotte’--soft yellow

* ‘Dove’--white

* ‘Golden Celebration’--golden yellow

* ‘Huntington’s Hero’--pale pink to yellow

* ‘L.D. Braithwaite’--bright red

* ‘Lillian Austin’--pink to salmon

* ‘Mary Rose’--iridescent pink

* ‘Winchester Cathedral’--white

Inland

* ‘Charles Rennie McIntosh’--pink-lilac, thrives in heat

* ‘Cottage Rose’--pink

* ‘Cressida’--apricot orange

* ‘Fair Bianca’--white

* ‘Katherine Morley’--pink

* ‘L.D. Braithwaite’

* ‘Tamora’--apricot

* ‘Tradescant’--dark red

Containers or Small Gardens

* ‘Abraham Darby’

* ‘Bow Bells’--pink

* ‘Fair Bianca’--white

* ‘Glamis Castle’--white

* ‘Heritage’--pink

* ‘Huntington’s Hero’

* ‘Pretty Jessica’--pink

* ‘Prospero’--red

* ‘Sharifa Asma’--peach apricot

* ‘Tamora’--apricot