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.
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. It is the oldest and largest rose society in the United States.
Portland Gold Award winners This is a partial list of Portland Gold Award winners. Award Year Cultivar Marketing NameHybridizer Country Cultivar Group ColorImage 1941'Charlotte Armstrong'Lammerts (US) USA Hybrid Tea Pink 1951 'Chrysler Imperial' Lammerts United StatesHybrid TeaRed 1954 'Queen Elizabeth' Lammerts United States Grandiflora Pink 1954 'Tiffany'Lindquist United States Hybrid Tea Pink blend 1955 'Spartan' Boerner United States Grandiflora Orange blend 1955 'Ena Harkness' Norman Great Britain Hybrid Tea Crimson red 1961 'Royal Highness'Morey United States FloribundaPink 1962 JOHnago ' Chicago Peace'JohnstonUnited States Hybrid tea Pink blend 1966 MEIdaud 'Miss All-American Beauty' MeillandFrance Hybrid teaBright pink 1966 TANellis Fragrant Cloud' TantauGermany Hybrid teaOrange blend 1967 'Bewitched' LammertsUnited States Hybrid teaCandy pink 1967 'Pascali' LensBelgium Hybrid teaWhite blend 1970 'Europeana' de Ruiter InnovationsBelgium FloribundaRed 1973 'Electron'McGredy IVNorthern Ireland Hybrid teaMedium pink 1975 MACha 'Handel' McGredy IVNorthern Ireland Modern climber Pink blend 1977JACven 'Evening Star' WarrinerUnited States FloribundaWhite 1978JAColite 'Honor' WarrinerUnited States Hybrid teaWhite 1980JACtwin 'Love' WarrinerUnited States GrandifloraRed blend 1980JACtwin 'Love' WarrinerUnited States GrandifloraRed blend 1981'Silver Jubilee' Alec CockerGreat Britain Hybrid teaApricot blend 1986JACjem 'Sun Flare' WarrinerUnited States FloribundaYellow 1990MACrexy 'Sexy Rexy' McGredy IVNew Zealand FloribundaMedium pink 1993 'Sally Holmes' HolmesGreat Britain Shrub roseWhite blend 1996MACgenev 'New Zealand' McGredy IVNew Zealand GrandifloraLight pink 1997HARwelcome'Livin' Easy' HarknessGreat Britain FloribundaOrange-apricot 2001WEKplapic 'Betty Boop' CarruthUnited States FloribundaRed & white 2001FRYxotic'Sunset Celebration'FryerGreat BritainFloribundaApricot blend 2002WEKcryplag 'Blueberry Hill' CarruthUnited States FloribundaMauve blend 2003RADrazz'Knock Out'RadlerUnited StatesShrub roseRed blend 2006WEKsunspat 'Marilyn Monroe' CarruthUnited States Hybrid teaApricot blend 2008WEKvossutono'Julia Child'CarruthUnited StatesFloribundaYellow 2009WEKisoblip'Wild Blue Yonder'CarruthUnited StatesGrandifloraMauve blend 2010WEKbepmey'Strike It Rich'CarruthUnited StatesGrandifloraOrange-Yellow 2011WEKosupalz'About Face'CarruthUnited StatesGrandifloraOrange blend 2013ORAclelon'Over the Moon'OrardFranceHybrid teaApricot blend 2014WEKmemolo'Sugar Moon'BedardUnited StatesHybrid teaWhite blend 2017 KORaruli'Sunny Sky'KordesGermanyHybrid teaYellow blend 2018WEKsirjuci'Happy Go Lucky'BedardUnited StatesFloribundaYellow 2018WEKgobafa'Good as Gold'CarruthUnited StatesHybrid teaOrange blend 2019 KORsteflali'Wedding Bells'KordesGermanyHybrid teaMedium pink 2019JACgemze'Crescendo'ZaryUnited StatesHybrid teaPink blend 2020WEKwibysicpep'Violet's PrideBedardUnited StatesFloribundaMauve
See also International Rose Test Garden List of Award of Garden Merit roses Rose Hall of Fame All-America Rose Selections ADR rose
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