Rose
Rose
Rose Garden
‘Neil Diamond’
‘Huntington’s 100th’
‘Ebb Tide’
- The Rose Garden was created in 1908 for Henry and Arabella Huntington because roses were one of Arabella’s favorite flowers. Do you have a favorite flower?
- The Huntington’s floatin the 2020 Rose Parade® showed giant flowers made to look like the ‘Huntington’s 100th’ rose. Can you find the roses on the float? Bonus: Can you find the barrel cactuses?
- There are roughly 1,200 different varieties of roses in the Rose Garden.
Activity
New roses can be made by hybridizing (or crossing) two roses together. The process takes many years! The ‘Huntington’s 100th’ rose was made by crossing the ‘Stormy Weather’ rose and the ‘Julia Child’ rose to create a brand-new rose that had some of the best qualities of both its parents. Take the Rose Garden Virtual Tour and find two roses you would like to combine to make a new rose. Use colored pencils, crayons, or markers to design your new rose. Be sure to give your new creation a name!
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How ‘Huntington’s 100th’ Came to Be