To make your shopping a bit easier, I did a semi-scientific analysis of the roses that have been included on the “dozens” lists. Compiled, there were nearly two hundred roses, most of which have an ARS rating of 8.5 or higher! I grouped these by type (hybrid tea, floribunda, climber, etc), and listed the top five roses in each category. Then I looked at the roses that ended up on multiple “Dozens” lists – they may have been included on one for color, fragrance or disease resistance, striped or singles. The roses that made it to two or more of the “Dozens” lists are in bold font. It is amazing that of the forty roses on this list, all but one were put into commerce more than seventeen years ago – which means they are no longer patented and are less expensive to purchase. To wrap up the year, the list below includes the five highest ARS rated roses from the “dozens” series by type – what a wonderful group of roses!

	Name	Type	Color	ARS Rating	Year Introduced
1	Irish Elegance	Hybrid Tea	Orange Blend	8.9	1905
2	Touch of Class	Hybrid Tea	Orange Pink	8.9	1986
3	Marijke Koopman	Hybrid Tea	Medium Pink	8.6	1979
4	Olympiad	Hybrid Tea	Medium Red	8.6	1982
5	Dainty Bess	Hybrid Tea	Light Pink	8.5	1925
1	Nicole	Floribunda	White	8.9	1985
2	Lavaglut	Floribunda	Dark Red	8.7	1978
3	Travemunde	Floribunda	Medium Red	8.6	1968
4	Europeana	Floribunda	Dark Red	8.6	1968
5	Hannah Gordon	Floribunda	Pink Blend	8.6	1983
1	Jean Kenneally	Miniature	Apricot Blend	9.1	1984
2	Jeanne Lajoie	Climbing Miniature	Medium Pink	9.1	1975
3	Minnie Pearl	Miniature	Pink Blend	9.0	1982
4	Pierrine	Miniature	Orange Pink	9.0	1988
5	Giggles	Miniature	Medium Pink	8.8	1987
1	Royal Sunset	Large-Flowered Climber	Apricot Blend	8.9	1960
2	Clair Matin	Large-Flowered Climber	Medium Pink	8.8	1960
3	Dublin Bay	Large-Flowered Climber	Medium Red	8.6	1975
4	New Dawn	Large-Flowered Climber	Light Pink	8.6	1930
5	Altissimo	Large-Flowered Climber	Medium Red	8.5	1966
1	Sally Holmes	Shrub	White	8.9	1976
2	Gartendirektor Otto Linne	Shrub	Deep Pink	8.8	1934
3	Robusta	Shrub	Medium Red	8.8	1979
4	Golden Wings	Shrub	Light Yellow	8.8	1956
5	Carefree Beauty	Shrub	Medium Pink	8.6	1977
1	Penelope	Hybrid Musk	Light Pink	8.8	1924
2	Cornelia	Hybrid Musk	Pink Blend	8.7	1925
3	Ballerina	Hybrid Musk	Medium Pink	8.7	1937
4	Kathleen	Hybrid Musk	Light Pink	8.5	1922
5	Robin Hood	Hybrid Musk	Medium Red	8.5	1927
1	Alba Semi-plena	Alba	White	8.9	before 1867
2	Celsiana	Damask	Light Pink	8.7	before 1867
3	Souv de la Malmaison	Bourbon	Light Pink	8.7	1843
4	Celestial	Alba	Light Pink	8.5	before 1797
5	Honorine de Brabant	Bourban	Pink Blend	8.2	No Date