Portland Gold Award

The Portland Gold Award is given annually by the Portland Rose Society to new rose cultivars that demonstrate exceptional performance in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The first award was given in 1919 by the city of Portland, Oregon.[1]

History

The Portland Rose Society began as an informal rose society in 1888, organized by Georgiana Pittock, wife of the first Oregonian publisher, Henry Pittock. The first rose competition was held in Pittock's garden. She had been inspired to form the gardening club after a holiday in England, where she toured rose gardens and attended a rose show. The next year, Pittock turned her backyard rose competition into a fundraiser for her church. She added a judging tent to her garden and charged admission to the event. This annual event would later include a city parade, where local gardeners would strip their gardens of all but competition roses to decorate cars, horses, floats and wagons. From these early beginnings, the Portland Rose Festival was born. The group officially established the Portland Rose Society as a formal gardening organization in 1907, and established the annual tradition of a judged, flower competition.[2] It is the oldest and largest rose society in the United States.[3]

Portland Gold Award winners

This is a partial list of Portland Gold Award winners.[4]

Award Year Cultivar Marketing Name Hybridizer Country Cultivar Group Color Image
1941 'Charlotte Armstrong' Lammerts (US) USA Hybrid Tea Pink [5]
1951 'Chrysler Imperial' Lammerts United States Hybrid Tea Red [6]
1954 'Queen Elizabeth' Lammerts United States Grandiflora Pink [7]
1954 'Tiffany' Lindquist United States Hybrid Tea Pink blend [8]
1955 'Spartan' Boerner United States Grandiflora Orange blend [9]
1955 'Ena Harkness' Norman Great Britain Hybrid Tea Crimson red [10]
1961 'Royal Highness' Morey United States Floribunda Pink [11]
1962 JOHnago ' Chicago Peace' Johnston United States Hybrid tea Pink blend [12]
1966 MEIdaud 'Miss All-American Beauty' Meilland France Hybrid tea Bright pink [13]
1966 TANellis Fragrant Cloud' Tantau Germany Hybrid tea Orange blend [14]
1967 'Bewitched' Lammerts United States Hybrid tea Candy pink [15]
1967 'Pascali' Lens Belgium Hybrid tea White blend [16]
1970 'Europeana' de Ruiter Innovations Belgium Floribunda Red [17]
1973 'Electron' McGredy IV Northern Ireland Hybrid tea Medium pink [18]
1975 MACha 'Handel' McGredy IV Northern Ireland Modern climber Pink blend [19]
1977 JACven 'Evening Star' Warriner United States Floribunda White [20]
1978 JAColite 'Honor' Warriner United States Hybrid tea White [21]
1980 JACtwin 'Love' Warriner United States Grandiflora Red blend [22]
1980 JACtwin 'Love' Warriner United States Grandiflora Red blend [22]
1981 'Silver Jubilee' Alec Cocker Great Britain Hybrid tea Apricot blend [23]
1986 JACjem 'Sun Flare' Warriner United States Floribunda Yellow [24]
1990 MACrexy 'Sexy Rexy' McGredy IV New Zealand Floribunda Medium pink [25]
1993 'Sally Holmes' Holmes Great Britain Shrub rose White blend [26]
1996 MACgenev 'New Zealand' McGredy IV New Zealand Grandiflora Light pink [27]
1997 HARwelcome 'Livin' Easy' Harkness Great Britain Floribunda Orange-apricot [28]
2001 WEKplapic 'Betty Boop' Carruth United States Floribunda Red & white [29]
2001 FRYxotic 'Sunset Celebration' Fryer Great Britain Floribunda Apricot blend [30]
2002 WEKcryplag 'Blueberry Hill' Carruth United States Floribunda Mauve blend [31]
2003 RADrazz 'Knock Out' Radler United States Shrub rose Red blend [32]
2006 WEKsunspat 'Marilyn Monroe' Carruth United States Hybrid tea Apricot blend [33]
2008 WEKvossutono 'Julia Child' Carruth United States Floribunda Yellow [34]
2009 WEKisoblip 'Wild Blue Yonder' Carruth United States Grandiflora Mauve blend [35]
2010 WEKbepmey 'Strike It Rich' Carruth United States Grandiflora Orange-Yellow [36]
2011 WEKosupalz 'About Face' Carruth United States Grandiflora Orange blend [37]
2013 ORAclelon 'Over the Moon' Orard France Hybrid tea Apricot blend [38]
2014 WEKmemolo 'Sugar Moon' Bedard United States Hybrid tea White blend [39]
2017 KORaruli 'Sunny Sky' Kordes Germany Hybrid tea Yellow blend [40]
2018 WEKsirjuci 'Happy Go Lucky' Bedard United States Floribunda Yellow [41]
2018 WEKgobafa 'Good as Gold' Carruth United States Hybrid tea Orange blend [42]
2019 KORsteflali 'Wedding Bells' Kordes Germany Hybrid tea Medium pink [43]
2019 JACgemze 'Crescendo' Zary United States Hybrid tea Pink blend [44]

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Washington Park - International Rose Test Garden". Portland Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ Wilson 2014, pp. 52–54.
  3. ^ Swindler, Samantha (26 June 2019). "Royal Rosarians find, and award, the best rose gardens in Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Portland Gold Medal Award Winners". Portland Rose Society. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Rosa 'Charlotte Armstrong'". Help me find roses. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 123.
  7. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 328.
  8. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 398.
  9. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 376.
  10. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 137.
  11. ^ "Rosa 'Royal Highness'". National Gardening Association Plants Database. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  12. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 263.
  13. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 247.
  14. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 130.
  15. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 59.
  16. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 297.
  17. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 142.
  18. ^ "Rosa 'Electron'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  19. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 183.
  20. ^ "Rosa 'Evening Star'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  21. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 194.
  22. ^ a b Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 239.
  23. ^ "Rosa 'Silver Jubilee' awards". Help me find roses. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  24. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 382.
  25. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 362.
  26. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 353.
  27. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 284.
  28. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 148.
  29. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 58.
  30. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 415.
  31. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 66.
  32. ^ Quest-Ritson & Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 219.
  33. ^ "Rosa 'Marilyn Monroe'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  34. ^ "rosa 'Julia Child'". National Gardening Assoc. Plants database. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  35. ^ "rosa 'Wild Blue Yonder'". National Gardening Assoc. Plants database. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  36. ^ "Portland Gold Medal Winners". Portland Rose Society. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  37. ^ "rosa 'About Face'". National Gardening Association's Plants database. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  38. ^ "'Over the Moon' rose". Help me find roses, clematis, peonies. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  39. ^ "Rosa 'Sugar Moon'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  40. ^ "Sunny Sky rose". Help me find roses, clematis and peonies. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  41. ^ "Rosa 'Happy Go Lucky'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  42. ^ "Orange blend". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  43. ^ "Rosa 'Wedding Bells'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  44. ^ "Rosa 'Crescendo'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

References

  • Quest-Ritson, Brigid; Quest-Ritson, Charles (2011). Encyclopedia of Roses (Reprint ed.). DK. ISBN 978-0756688684.
  • Wilson, Janet L. (2014). The Queen of Portland's Roses: The Life of Georgiana Burton Pittock. Lake Oswego, Oregon: Panoply Press. ISBN 978-1882877447.

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