DID THIS ROSE BLOOM? (BANDED ROSES EXEMPT. ONCE-BLOOMERS ARE JUDGED ON THEIR BLOOM PERIOD.)

0 POINT = NONE TO A FEW BLOSSOMS

1 POINT = FAIR AMOUNT

2 POINT = YES, A LOT!

DID THIS ROSE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DISEASE? (Based on a no-spray garden!)

0 POINT = CONSISTENT DISEASE AND ALMOST TOTAL DEFOLIATION

1 POINT = SOME DISEASE/ MINOR DEFOLIATION

2 POINT = NO DISEASE/CLEAN LEAVES

DID THIS ROSE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ROSE MIDGE?

0 POINT = CONSISTENT NEW GROWTH/BUDS DESTROYED BY MIDGE

1 POINT = SOME GROWTH/BUD DESTRUCTION

2 POINT = NO VISIBLE PROBLEMS WITH MIDGE

DOES THIS ROSE RECOVER AND PRODUCE QUICKLY?

0 POINT = PROBLEMS WITH THIS ROSE BASICALLY HALTS GROWTH

1 POINT = RECOVERS AT AN ACCEPTABLE PACE

2 POINT = FAST RECOVERY/REGROWTH

HOW APPEALING ARE THE BLOSSOMS TO YOU?

0 POINT = WOULDN'T KNOW AND/OR NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT

1 POINT = A PRETTY ROSE

2 POINT = GORGEOUS, MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE A MILLION PHOTOS OF IT

HOW APPEALING IS THE FOLIAGE/STEMS/THORNS/OVERALL SHAPE?

0 POINT = THE BLOOMS ARE THE ONLY THING GOING FOR THIS ROSE

1 POINT = A FINE LOOKING ROSE WHETHER IN BLOOM OR NOT

2 POINT = I LOVE THE STEMS/LEAVES/ETC ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE FLOWERS

SINCE THIS ROSE HAS ENTERED YOUR GARDEN HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT?

0 POINT = IT'S NEVER DONE WELL FOR ME - IT'S A BIT OF A THUG

1 POINT = INCONSISTENT - A BIT OF BOTH GOOD AND BAD

2 POINT = NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS ROSE

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DOES THIS ROSE CONSISTENTLY PRODUCE HIPS?

+ 1 POINT

DOES THIS ROSE HAVE SENTIMENTAL VALUE?

+ 1 POINT

DO THE FLOWERS ON THIS ROSE HAVE AN APPEALING SCENT?

+ 1 POINT

IS THIS ROSE CONSIDERED A SPECIES OR VERY NEAR TO?

+ 1 POINT

IS THIS ROSE RARE AND/OR DIFFICULT TO FIND?

+ 1 POINTTOTAL = ____________________________________________

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