Testing Roses To Find The One Best Suited For Louisiana

For flower lovers in Baton Rouge, spring marks the perfect time to visit the LSU Agricultural Center Botanic Gardens’ rose display, said Wanda Ellis, a research associate at the gardens who runs rose trial testing sites for two evaluation programs.

Research and evaluation of roses are key to knowing what grows best in different locations. The LSU Agricultural Center grows roses that are part of those evaluation programs.

One of those evaluation programs, the national rose evaluation program, once known as the All-American Rose selection program, is being phased out to make way for new programs that favor disease resistance and hardiness to the regional conditions, in addition to attractiveness, Ellis said.

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