Existing Pre-1946 Floribundas

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This is a list of early Floribundas which still exist, most rare, a very
few common, for those who might wish to specialize in them.

Early Floribundas compose one of the most neglected groups of roses, and
they merit attention. My main point here is to make known which of the
early Floribundas exist, and then to indicate some places where the rare
ones can be found and perhaps material obtained for propagation and
distribution.

In the list below, after the name of the variety you find listed the
breeder/introducer and the year of introduction. These are followed by
a location or so (not necessarily exhaustive) of where, reportedly,
living specimens of the variety may be found. When a retail location
for purchase is listed, it does not mean that the variety is inevitably
available at that location all the time. If a source is less
well-known, at its first mention here I include its town or general
location.

In many cases, further sources (such as private rose gardens) will be
found at the very useful online HelpMeFind, which also supplies contact
information for the various collections, nurseries, gardens, etc. Those
roses with only one source or two are of especial concern and interest,
so close are they to extinction. A few roses are included which are
not, strictly speaking, Floribundas, but which rather were offered as,
or used as, Floribundas; and early Floribunda climbing sports are
included as well.

Achille (Guinoisseau, 1936). Sangerhausen; Rosarium Petrovic (in Serbia).

Adolf Grille (Kordes, 1939). Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi Foundation
(Cavriglia, Tuscany), Dortmund Rosarium.

Agnes Kruse (Tantau, 1936). Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection
(Sebastopol, Calif.), Dortmund Rosarium, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Ami Léon Chenault (Nonin 1929). Sangerhausen, Rosarium Petrovic, Carla
Fineschi Foundation.

Andenken an Franz Heinsohn (S. Poulsen, 1938? 1950?). Gerlev Parken
(Jaegerspris, Denmark).

Anne-Mette Poulsen (S. Poulsen, 1935). Sangerhausen, Gerlev Parken,
Dortmund.

August Seebauer (Kordes, 1944). Sold by Peter Beales Roses, Schmid
Gartenpflanzen, Tasman Bay Roses; also found at Sangerhausen, Carla
Fineschi Foundation. Its red sport, ‘Roter Sport von August Seebauer’
(Vogel, 1947), may be found at Sangerhausen.

August Kordes (Kordes, 1928). Vintage Roses, Sangerhausen, Carla
Fineschi Foundation, Uetersen Rosarium, Tallinn Botanic Garden.

Aurora (Leenders, 1941). Sangerhausen.

Baby Château (Kordes, 1936). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen,
Rosarium Petrovic, l’Haÿ, Rose Garden Budatétény (Budapest).

Baronesse Manon (S. Poulsen, 1938). Hana Festa (Gifu, Japan), Carla
Fineschi Foundation, Gerlev Parken, Sangerhausen.

Belvédère (Kiese, 1928). Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.

Betty Prior (Prior, 1935). Commonly available.

Blumenschmidts Sonntagskind (Vonholdt/J.C. Schmidt, 1945). Sangerhausen.

Bonnie Jean (Archer, 1933). Sold by Rosenhof Schultheis (Hessen,
Germany), Freedom Gardens (Rootstown, Ohio, USA), Kurinda Rose Nursery
(Victoria, Australia); also found at Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses
Collection, Melbourne Royal Botanic Garden.

Bouquet (Tantau/Conard-Pyle, 1940). Sold by Roses Unlimited (South
Carolina, USA); also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, Huntington
Gardens (San Marino, Calif., USA), Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection.

Bunte Frau Astrid Späth (Vogel, 1940). Sold at Kwekerij de Bierkreek
(Zeeland, Netherlands); also found at Sangerhausen.

Carillon (Nicolas, 1935). Sangerhausen.

Cheer (Kordes/Jackson & Perkins, 1941; synonym perhaps ‘Freude’).
Sometimes listed as available for purchase at Burlington Rose Nursery
(Visalia, Calif.); also found at Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection,
Rose Garden Budatétény.

Cheerio (Archer, 1937). Sangerhausen.

Cheerio (Kordes/Dreer, 1940). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Rose Garden
Budatétény, Sangerhausen.

Chérie (Morse, 1931). Sangerhausen.

Climbing Dagmar Späth (Howard, 1943; sport also occurred for Buisman
1940 and Huber 1961). Rose Garden Budatétény.

Climbing Distinction (Lens, 1935). Sangerhausen.

Climbing Feuerschein (Krause, 1936). Sangerhausen.

Climbing Frau Astrid Späth (Lens, 1935). Sangerhausen.

Climbing Gruss an Aachen (Kordes, 1937). Sometimes listed as available
for purchase at Burlington Rose Nursery. Also found at Dortmund
Rosarium, Vintage Roses Collection.

Climbing Joseph Guy (Nonin, 1929). Bagatelle (Paris), l’Haÿ.

Climbing Pasadena Tournament (Marsh, 1945). Vintage Roses Collection.

Crimson Glow (Lammerts, 1945). Seems to exist, but I do not know where.

D.T. Poulsen (S. Poulsen, 1930). Sangerhausen, l’Haÿ, Hana Festa,
Vintage Gardens Collection.

Dagmar Späth (Wirtz & Ecke/Späth, 1936). Sold by Keihan Hirakata
Nursery (Osaka, Japan), Murata Rose Nursery (Kanagawa, Japan), Roses
Unlimited; also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, Huntington Gardens,
Rosarium Petrovic, Rose Garden Budatétény, l’Haÿ, Sangerhausen, San Jose
Heritage Rose Garden.

Dainty Maid (Le Grice). Widely available.

Dance of Joy (Sauvageot, 1931). Bagatelle, Carla Fineschi Foundation,
Rosarium Petrovic, Sangerhausen.

Direktor Rikala (Koster, 1934). Sangerhausen.

Distinction (Turbat, 1927). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Rosarium
Petrovic, l’Haÿ, Sangerhausen.

Donald Prior (Prior, 1938). Available for purchase from Peter Beales
Roses; also found at Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection, San Jose
Heritage Rose Garden, l’Haÿ, Carla Fineschi Foundation, Brooklyn Botanic
Garden.

Eberhard Jung (L. Schmitt, 1930). Sangerhausen.

Eglantine (Soupert & Notting, 1930). Available for purchase from
Burlington Rose Nursery; also found at Sacramento Historic Rose Garden.

Elfe (Tantau, 1945). Available for purchase from Kwekeriy de Bierkreek
(Zeeland, Netherlands), Belle Epoque Rosenursery (Aalsmeer,
Netherlands); also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, San Jose Heritage
Rose Garden. Not to be confused with 'Rosenelfe'.

Elsbeth Meyer (Vogel, 1940). Sangerhausen.

Else Poulsen (S. Poulsen, 1924). Generally available.

Else’s Rival (Boer Bros., 1938). Available for purchase at Ruston’s
Roses (South Australia).

Erich Frahm (Kordes/Timm, 1939). Rose Garden Budatétény, Sangerhausen.

Erna Grootendorst (Grootendorst, 1938). Available for purchase from
Rosenhof Schultheis; also found at Vintage Roses Collection,
Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Rosarium Petrovic, Carla
Fineschi Foundation.

Eutin (Kordes, 1940). Generally available.

Evaline (Prosser, 1920). Available for purchase from Kwekeriy de
Bierkreek (Zeeland, Netherlands); also found at Sangerhausen.

Farida (Leenders, 1941). Sangerhausen.

Feuerschein (Krause, 1930). Rose Garden Budatétény, Sangerhausen.

Floradora (Tantau/Conard-Pyle, 1943). Generally available.

Florentina (Leenders, 1938). Sangerhausen.

Fluffy Ruffles (Howard & Smith/Dreer, 1935). Available for purchase
from PharmaRosa Kft (Budapest); also found at Sangerhausen, Rose Garden
Budatétény.

Folkestone (Archer, 1936). Sangerhausen.

Fortschritt (Kordes, 1933). Rose Garden Budatétény.

Frau Astrid Späth (Späth, 1930). Available for purchase from Flora
Linnea (Helsingborg, Sweden), Belle Epoque Rosenursery, Rosenposten
(Harlev, Denmark); also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, Rosarium der
Stadt Uetersen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen.

Frau Astrid Späth Striped (Späth, 1933). Available for purchase from
Keihan Hirakata Nursery, Peter Beales Roses, Schmid Gartenpflanzen
(Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany); also found at Vintage Roses Collection,
Keisei Rose Nursery.

Frau Charlotte Gieseler (Vogel, 1939). Sangerhausen.

Frau Dr. Hooftmann (Buisman, 1935). Available for purchase from
Kwekeriy de Bierkreek (Zeeland, Netherlands), Pépinières Roses Loubert
(Maine-et-Loire, France); also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation,
Sangerhausen.

Freude (Kordes, 1938; perhaps the same as ‘Cheer’, which see above for
sources).

Fritz Hegar (C. Schmitt, 1930). Sangerhausen.

Fuchsine Guy (Leenders, 1930). Sangerhausen.

Gartenstoltz (Tantau, 1945). Available from Pflanzenhof
Schachtschneider (Saxony, Germany); also found at Carla Fineschi
Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Goldenes Mainz (Kordes/Jackson & Perkins, 1933). Available from
Pepinières Roses Loubert, Rosenversand C. Fechner (Lower Saxony,
Germany); also found at Rosarium Petrovic.

Goldilocks (Boerner/Jackson & Perkins, 1945). Generally available.

Goldregen (Tantau, 1943). Available from Hortico (Ontario, Canada);
also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Gruppenkönigin (Kordes, 1935). Available from Kwekerij de Bierkreek,
Pépinières Loubert; also found at Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Gruss an Aachen (Geduldig/Hinner, 1909). Generally available.

Gruss an Aachen Superior (Leenders, 1942). Rosepetalss (Houston, Texas,
USA).

Heidegruss (Tantau/Münch & Haufe, 1937). Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi
Foundation.

Heidemarie (Tantau, 1945). Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Heidezauber (Tantau/Münch & Haufe, 1936). Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi
Foundation.

Helgoland (Kordes, 1936). Available for purchase from Kwekerij de
Bierkreek; also found at Fitzbek Rose Garden (Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany), Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Herzblut (Kordes, 1943). San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen,
Carla Fineschi Foundation, Vintage Roses Collection.

Hofgärtner Kalb (Syn. ‘Hildegarde’; Felberg-Leclerc, 1913). Available
from Hortico; also found at Fitzbek Rose Garden, Sangerhausen, Vintage
Roses Collection, Carla Fineschi Foundation, Rosarium Petrovic.

Holstein (Kordes, 1938). Available for purchase from Hortico; also
found at Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi Foundation, Huntington Gardens,
Rosarium der Stadt Uetersen, l’Haÿ, Vintage Roses Collection.

Improved Lafayette (Howard & Smith/Dreer, 1935). Bush’s Pasture Park
(Salem, Oregon, USA), Hershey Rose Garden (Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA).
It’s its own rose, not a sport of ‘Joseph Guy’ (‘Lafayette’).

Ingar Olsson (S. Poulsen, 1931). Gerlev Parken.

Irene (Leenders, 1941). Vartadun (private garden, Bariloche, Rio Negro,
Argentina).

J.F. Müller (Müller, 1929). San Jose Heritage Rose Garden,
Sangerhausen, Rose Garden Budatétény, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Jean Muraour (Vogel, 1935). Sangerhausen.

Johanna Tantau (Tantau, 1928). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Johannes Böttner (Kordes, 1943). Available for purchase at Rosenversand
C. Fechner, Rosenhof Schultheis, Pépinières Roses Loubert; also found at
Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen, Rosarium Petrovic, Fitzbek Rose
Garden.

Joseph Guy (syn. ‘Lafayette’; Nonin/Royer, 1921). Generally available.

Joseph Guy Rosa (Feldmann, 1930). Sangerhausen.

Kalevala (S. Poulsen/Olsson, 1935). Gerlev Parken.

Karen Poulsen (syn. ‘Bailey Red’; S. Poulsen, 1933). Generally available.

Karl Kempkes (syn. ‘Carl Kempkes’; Kordes/Späth, 1937). Sangerhausen.

Karl Weinhausen (Tantau, 1942). Carla Fineschi Foundation, San Jose
Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection.

Käthe Duvigneau (Tantau, 1942). Available for purchase at Belle Epoque
Rosenursery, Hortico, Rosenversand C. Fechner; also found at
Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Rose Garden Budatétény,
Fitzbek Rose Garden, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

King Boreas (Brownell, 1941). Available for purchase from Hortico; also
found at San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses
Collection, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Kirsten Poulsen (S. Poulsen, 1924). Generally available.

Koopmanns Sport von Else Poulsen (Koopmann, c1940). Sangerhausen.

Koralle (Koopmann/Krause and Tantau, 1938). Sangerhausen.

Kronprinsesse Ingrid (S. Poulsen, 1938). Gerlev Parken, Sangerhausen.

Lipstick (Verschuren/Dreer, 1940). Vintage Roses Collection, San Jose
Heritage Rose Garden.

Little Beauty (Howard & Smith/Dreer, 1935). Sangerhausen.

Magic Red (Kordes/Jackson & Perkins, 1942). Huntington Gardens,
Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.

Malva (Leenders, 1935). Hana Festa, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Marionette (DeVor/Jackson & Perkins, 1942). Available for purchase from
Rose Petals Nursery (Archer, Florida, USA).

Martha Kordes (Kordes, 1941). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Meisterstück (Kordes, 1940). Sangerhausen.

Mevrouw van Straaten van Nes (syn. ‘Permanent Wave’; Leenders, 1934).
Available from A Reverence for Roses (Hernando, Florida, USA); also
widely found in rosaria and other collections.

Mignon (Krause, 1944). Sangerhausen.

Ming Toy (Krebs/Howard & Smith, 1945). Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Minna (Kordes, 1930). Available for purchase from Kwekerij de
Bierkreek, Pépinières Loubert; also found at l’Haÿ, Sangerhausen.

Minna Kordes (syn. ‘World’s Fair’; Kordes, 1938). Available for
purchase from Roses Unlimited; also widely found in rosaria and other
collections.

Mrs. Olive Sackett (Wirtz & Eicke/Späth, 1931). Sangerhausen.

Mrs. R.M. Finch (Finch, 1923). Generally available.

Musette (Tantau, 1936). Sangerhausen, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Nilsson Guy (Leender, 1930). Sangerhausen.

Nina Poulsen (S. Poulsen, 1940). Available for purchase at Rusrosa
(Yakimanskoe, Solnechnogorsk, Moscow region, Russia).

Nutzwedel (Karl Schmidt/Kordes, 1937). Sangerhausen.

Orange Triumph (Kordes/Dreer, 1937). Generally available.

Pasadena Tournament (Krebs/Marsh, 1942). Available for purchase from
Burlington Rose Nursery; also found at Huntington Gardens, San Jose
Heritage Rose Garden, Vintage Roses Collection.

Paulette (Bel/Buatois, 1934). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Pink Bountiful (Byrum/Hill, 1944). Available for purchase from
Enderlein Garden Roses (Ontario, Canada), Hortico; also found at Vintage
Roses Collection, Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Hana
Festa, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Pink Gruss an Aachen (often sold as ‘Irene Watts’; Kluis & Koning,
1929). Generally available. There was also a ‘Pink Gruss an Aachen’
(Spek, 1930) which was introduced as a Hybrid Tea.

Pink Lafayette (Griffin, 1925). Huntington Gardens, San Jose Heritage
Rose Garden, Friends of Vintage Roses Collection.

Pinocchio (Kordes/Jackson & Perkins, 1940). Generally available.

Poulsen’s Copper (S. Poulsen, 1940). Gerlev Parken, Sangerhausen.

Poulsen’s Pink (S. Poulsen, 1939). Available for purchase from Schmid
Gartenpflanzen, Peter Beales Roses, Pépinies Loubert; also found at
Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Ostdeutcher Rosengarten (Forst,
Brandenburg, Germany), Sangerhausen, Vintage Gardens Collection.

Poulsen’s Scarlet (S. Poulsen, 1941). Gerlev Parken.

Poulsen’s Yellow (S. Poulsen, 1938). Carla Fineschi Foundation,
Huntington Gardens, l’Haÿ, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen,
Vintage Roses Collection.

Red Ripples (Krause/Conard-Pyle, 1942). Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage
Rose Garden, Huntington Gardens, Carla Fineschi Foundation, Brooklyn
Botanic Garden.

Red Sweetheart (Krebs/Jackson & Perkins, 1944). Available for purchase
from Greenmantle Nursery (Garberville, California), Rogue Valley Roses;
also found at Huntington Gardens, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Vintage
Roses Collection.

Red Velvet (Kordes/Dreer, 1940). Sangerhausen.

Rødhætte (D.T. Poulsen/Teschendorff, 1911). Available for purchase at
Flora Linnea, Rose Petals Nursery, Viherlassila (Turku, Finland); also
found at Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Carla Fineschi Roundation,
Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Gerlev Parken, Sangerhausen.

Rødhætte Rosa (Mondani, 1928). Sangerhausen.

Rødovrerosen I (either this or the following rose has as syn. ‘Poulsen’s
Fairy’; S. Poulsen, 1940). Gerlev Parken, San Jose Heritage Rose
Garden, Vintage Roses Collection.

Rødovrerosen II (S. Poulsen, 1940). Gerlev Parken, San Jose Heritage
Rose Garden, Vintage Roses Collection. I do not know whether these
sources have both Rødovrerosens, or, if one, which.

Rosa Gruss an Aachen (Spek, 1930). Generally available.

Rosa Vollendung (Kordes, 1943). Carla Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Rosalinde (Krause, 1944). Available for purchase from Hortico,
Rosenversand C. Fechner; also found at Fitzbek Rose Garden, Hana Festa,
Rosarium de Stadt Uetersen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen,
Vintage Roses Collection.

Rosamunde (Leenders, 1941). Sangerhausen.

Rosenelfe (Kordes, 1937). Available for purchase from Greenmantle
Nursery; also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, Fitzbek Rose Garden,
Huntington Gardens, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen, Vintage
Gardens Collection.

Rouge (Verschuren/Jackson & Perkins, 1934). Available for purchase at
Kwekerij de Bierkreek; also found at Arboretum Borova hora (Zvolen,
Slovakia), Sangerhausen.

Salmon Spray (Grant/Kershaw, 1923). Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Carla
Fineschi Foundation, Hana Festa, Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose
Garden, Vintage Roses Collection.

Sammetglut (Kordes, 1943). Available for purchase from PharmaRosa
(Budapest, Hungary); also found at Rose Garden Budatétény, Carla
Fineschi Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Scarlet Queen (Kordes/Morse, 1939). Available for purchase at Shinomiya
Rose Garden (Tokyo, Japan); also found at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Séduction (Turbat, 1927). Available for purchase at Pépinière Francia
Thauvin (Loiret, France); also found at Sangerhausen.

Sheelagh Baird (F. Cant, 1934). Available for purchase at 16-Eichen
Rosenschätze (Thedinghausen-Beppen, Lower Saxony, Germany), Pépinières
Louis Lens (Oudenburg, Belgium), Daniel Schmitz Roses (Malmedy,
Belgium); also found at 12-Eichen Rosenschätze, Carla Fineschi
Foundation, Sangerhausen.

Silberlachs (Tantau, 1944). Available for purchase at Pépinières Roses
Loubert; also found at Arboretum Volcji Potok (Radomlje, Slovenia),
Rosariet Himmelstalundsskolan (Norrköping, Sweden), Rosarium Dortmund,
Rosarium der Stadt Uetersen, Carla Fineschi Foundation, Rose Garden
Budatétény, Sangerhausen.

Smiles (Nicolas/Jackson & Perkins, 1937). Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
Huntington Gardens, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Sangerhausen, Vintage
Gardens Collection.

Snowbank (Nicolas/Jackson & Perkins, 1936). Sangerhausen.

Sommermärchen (Tantau, 1945). Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection,
San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, Rose Garden Budatétény.

Springtime (Howard & Smith/Dreer, 1935). Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Stadt Essen (Tantau/Teschendorff, 1938). Sangerhausen.

Sunmist (Kordes/Dreer, 1940). Sangerhausen.

Swantje (Tantau, 1936). Available for purchase from Burlington Rose
Nursery; also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation, San Jose Heritage Rose
Garden, Sangerhausen, Vintage Roses Collection.

Tantaus Triumph (syn. ‘Cinnabar’; Tantau, 1941). Vintage Roses
Collection, Sangerhausen, San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, l’Haÿ,
Ostdeutscher Rosengarten, Huntington Gardens, Carla Fineschi Foundation.

Tantaus Überraschung (Tantau, 1943). Available for purchase at
16-Eichen Rosenschätze; also found at Carla Fineschi Foundation,
Sangerhausen.

Tiergartendirektor Timm (Kordes, 1944). Sangerhausen.

Titania (Leenders, 1938). Reportedly to be found in one private garden
Andreas’Garten in Saxony-Anhalt.

Topaz (Tantau, 1935). Available for purchase at Greenmantle Nursery;
also found at Huntington Gardens.

Toresky (Padrosa, 1931). Available for purchase at Kwekerij de
Bierkreek; also found at Rosaleda Angel Esteban (Madrid, Spain).

Valerie (Chaplin, 1932). Rose Garden Budatétény, Sangerhausen.

Violinista Costa (Camprudi-Nadal, 1936). Generally available.

Weisse Gruss an Aachen (Vogel, 1944). Generally available.