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glorious roses. The Gardens of the American Rose Society at the American
Rose Center in Shreveport, Louisiana are in a naturalistic, park-like setting
and are composed of many different rose gardens. There are gardens
devoted to the All-America Rose Selections, Miniature Roses, single petaled
roses, the nation's newest hybrids and 62 "backyard" rose gardens.
The Gardens also serve as a Trial Ground for amateur hybridizers and as the
American Rose Society Miniature Rose Test Garden.
2006 Coughton Court ........................................................Alcester, England
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The superb new flower garden was opened in 1996 in what was the old
walled garden of the Throckmorton Estate. It is here that most of the roses
grow - over 100 cultivars of old roses and around 40 modern varieties. They
are complemented by plantings of shrubs, herbaceous and tender perennials,
all contributing to a breathtaking spectacle of colour, shape and texture.
2006 Roseraie Internationale du Parc de la Tête d'Or...Lyon, France
The park was created in 1857, and the first international rose trials were
held here in 1931. Today the rose garden contains 400 cultivars of roses and
35,000 plants
2006 Centenary Rose Garden ...........................................Tamil Nadu, India
The Centenary Rose Garden is on the slopes of the Elk Hills and covers an
area of 4 hectares, divided over five curving terraces. The present
collections contains 20,000 plants of 2800 cultivars.
The garden has a unique "tropical mountain climate" for rose growing, with
rainfall distributed throughout the year and not much change in temperature.
This provides an unbelievably long flowering season, and thousands of
visitors throng there throughout the year, even in winter.
2006 Bara Koen (The Rose Park).....................................Fukuyama City, Japan
Fukuyama is known as the "City of Roses" and Bara Koen is a favorite
resort of its citizens. The park, begun in 1956, was the starting point of this
"City of Roses" and has played a leading role in its development. It features
a well-balanced arrangement of climbing roses, Hybrid Teas, Floribundas
and "International Corners" consisting of beds each displaying roses raised
in a particular country.
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