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varieties) of modern roses and 81 plants (74 varieties or species) of OGRs
and wild roses. An area of 480 square metres located beside the Rose
Garden is the trial ground for the Japan Rose Concours, held in cooperation
with the Japan Rose Society.
2009 Roseiral da Quinta do Arco .....................................Madeira, Portugal
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The Roseiral da Quinta do Arco is one of the largest collections of roses in
Portugal. There are more than 17,000 plants, including modern roses,
climbing roses and some very ancient roses.
2009 City of Glasgow International Rose Trial Garden, Tollcross Park
.................................................................................... Glasgow, Scotland
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The City of Glasgow International Rose Trial Garden, Tollcross Park
contains a collection of modern rose varieties and displays their value as freeblooming,
healthy and colourful flowering plants. The main part of the
garden has 4100 plants (more than 240 varieties) in 16 beds.
The garden hosts an International Rose Trials every August.
2009 Roserar de Cervantes ...............................................Barcelona, Spain
The Rosar in the Parc de Cervantes has over 10,000 roses (more than 2000
varieties). These include wild species roses, old roses, modern hybrids and
climbers and a special section for fragrant roses.
The garden is also home to an annual International Rose Trials.
2012 Rosedal de Palermo ..................................................Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Rosedal de Palermo is located within Parc 3 de Febrero. It was designed
in 1914 and restoration on it began in 1994 with a donation of 2000 roses
from Meilland of France. The International Trials for New Roses began in
2000 and the restoration was completed in 2008
Today the beds each contain hundreds of roses in a single color, from white to
pink to dark red and from yellow to orange. The garden is framed by native
tall trees and palms: jacarandas with their blue flowers in spring, yuchanes
(chorizia insignis) with their striped flowers reminiscent of orchids and
erythrinas crista-galli with their red striped blooms (our national flower) in
summer. Eucalyptus give additional interest and shade to the garden
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