The Rose of the Year is a prestigious rose award is given annually by the British Association of Rose Breeders. From 1982 to 2001, the British Association of Rose Breeders and the British Group of the HTA granted the title Rose of the Year. Between 1984 and 2001, the title Best of the Best was granted if the selected rose was an established cultivar, which remained popular over several years. Since 2002, the title Best of the Best is granted.

List

Awarded in Title Cultivar Name Hybridiser Intro Year Cultivar Group Picture
1982 Rose of the Year 'Mountbatten' Harkness 1982 Floribunda [1]
1983 Rose of the Year 'Beautiful Britain' Dickson 1983 Floribunda [2]
1984 Best of the Best 'Amber Queen' Harkness Roses 1984 Floribunda [2]
1985 Best of the Best 'Polar Star' Tantau 1982 Hybrid tea [3]
1986 Rose of the Year 'Gentle Touch' Dickson 1986 Floribunda [4]
1987 Best of the Best 'Sweet Magic' Dickson 1986 Floribunda [5]
1987 Best of the Best Royal William Kordes 1984 Hybrid tea [6]
1988 Best of the Best 'Sweet Dream' Fryer 1987 Mini-Flora [7]
1989 Rose of the Year 'Glad Tidings' Tantau 1988 Floribunda [8]
1990 Rose of the Year 'Harvest Fayre' Dickson 1989 Floribunda [9]
1991 Rose of the Year 'Melody Maker' Dickson 1990 Floribunda [10]
1992 Rose of the Year 'Top Marks' Fryer 1992 Miniature rose [11]
1993 Best of the Best 'Dawn Chorus' Dickson 1991 Hybrid tea [12]
1994 Rose of the Year 'Festival' Kordes 1994 Mini-Flora [13]
1995 Rose of the Year 'Chatsworth' Tantau 1990 Shrub rose [14]
1996 Rose of the Year 'Magic Carpet' Jackson & Perkins 1993 Shrub rose [15]
1997 Rose of the Year 'Sunset Boulevard' Harkness 1997 Floribunda [16]
1998 Best of the Best 'Penny Lane' Harkness 1998 Climber [17]
1999 Rose of the Year 'Fascination' Olesen 1989 Floribunda [18]
2000 Rose of the Year 'Irish Eyes' Dickson 1999 Floribunda [19]
2001 Rose of the Year 'Great Expectations ' McGredy 2001 Floribunda [20]
2002 Best of the Best 'Simply The Best' McGredy 1998 Hybrid Tea [21]
2003 Best of the Best 'Rhapsody In Blue' Cowlishaw 1999 Shrub rose [22]
2004 Best of the Best 'Golden Memories' Kordes 2002 Floribunda [23]
2005 Best of the Best 'Summertime' Warner 2003 Climbing miniature [24]
2006 Best of the Best 'Champagne Moment' Kordes 1999 Floribunda [25]
2006 Best of the Best 'Hot Chocolate' Carruth 2002 Floribunda [26]
2007 Best of the Best 'Tickled Pink' Fryer 2006 Floribunda [27]
2008 Best of the Best 'Sweet Haze' Tantau 1997 Shrub rose [28]
2009 Best of the Best 'Lucky!' Fryer 2005 Floribunda [29]
2010 Best of the Best 'Super Trouper' Fryer 2008 Floribunda [30]
2010 Best of the Best 'Julia Child' Carruth 2004 Floribunda [31]
2011 Best of the Best 'Joie de Vivre' Kordes 1997 Shrub rose [32]
2012 Best of the Best 'Moment in Time' Kordes 2011 Floribunda [33]
2013 Best of the Best 'You're Beautiful' Fryer 2007 Floribunda [34]
2014 Best of the Best 'Lady Marmalade' Harkness 2013 Floribunda [35]
2015 Best of the Best 'For Your Eyes Only' Warner 2014 Floribunda [36]
2016 Best of the Best 'Sunny Sky' Kordes 2014 [37]
2017 Rose of the Year 'Scent from Heaven' Warner 2016 Climber [38]
2018 Rose of the Year 'Lovestruck' Zary 2007 Floribunda [39]
2018 Rose of the Year 'Starlight Symphony' Harkness Roses 2018 Climbing rose [40]

See also

References

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  23. ^ "Rosa 'Golden Memories' rose awards". Help me find roses. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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  25. ^ "Rosa 'Champagne Moment' rose awards". Help me find roses. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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  27. ^ "Rosa 'Tickled Pink' rose awards". Help me find roses. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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