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== Cultivar Notes ==	== Cultivar Notes ==

Cultivar pages should help growers decide whether a rose fits their climate, space, disease pressure, and expectations. Avoid treating catalogue copy as neutral evidence.
	Cultivar pages help growers decide whether a rose fits their climate, disease pressure, space, and expectations. A good page separates verified identity facts from regional performance, breeder claims, and community field notes.

=== Useful cultivar fields ===
* Cultivar name and selling names.
* Class or growth habit: shrub, hybrid tea, floribunda, grandiflora, climber, rambler, miniature, old garden rose, species rose, rugosa, etc.
* Mature size range and whether it is usually own-root or grafted.
* Bloom colour, form, repeat, fragrance, hip production, and thorniness.
* Disease resistance notes, especially black spot, powdery mildew, rust, and RRD observations.
* Heat, cold, humidity, shade, container, and regional performance notes.
* Parentage, breeder, introduction year, patent status, and trademark notes when known.
* Community photos showing whole plant, bloom close-ups, foliage, canes, and seasonal habit.
	=== Source standard ===
	* Strong identity evidence: ARS Modern Roses registration data, RHS plant records, official patent records, official trial programmes, and breeder records when they are used only for naming or release history.
	* Strong performance evidence: university extension guidance, Earth-Kind trials, American Garden Rose Selections, ADR, RHS Award of Garden Merit notes, and public trial data.
	* Useful but contextual evidence: breeder and nursery descriptions, rose society articles, public garden observations, and repeated community tips.
	* Weak evidence: catalogue hype, one unlabeled photo, and unsourced claims that a rose is disease proof, thornless, shade loving, or suitable everywhere.

=== Cultivar infoboxes ===
Use the editor's Cultivar box tool on variety pages, then fill only details that are known or clearly sourced. Good infobox fields include cultivar name, selling names, class, breeder, introduction year, bloom colour, bloom form, fragrance, repeat bloom, mature size, hardiness, disease resistance, RRD notes, parentage, patent or trademark status, and best uses.
=== Evidence quality ===
* Strong: university trials, public garden trials, extension pages, official patent documents, and long-term documented garden observations.
* Useful but contextual: nursery descriptions, breeder descriptions, rose society pages, and community reports.
* Weak by itself: one photo, one-year performance, or claims without climate and care context.
	=== Page pattern ===
	* Use a cultivar infobox when identity fields are verified.
	* State the class and growth habit in practical terms, not just catalogue type.
	* Name the region when discussing disease resistance, hardiness, heat, drought, shade, containers, or fragrance.
	* List look-alike selling names, registered code names, and synonyms when a source verifies them.
	* Keep patent, trademark, and propagation notes factual. A trademarked selling name is not the same thing as a plant patent or plant breeders' right.

=== Earth-Kind and trial notes ===
Texas A&M AgriLife's Earth-Kind designation is based on field trials and is useful evidence for landscape performance and pest tolerance, especially when discussing lower-input roses. It does not mean a rose is perfect everywhere.
	=== Current priority pages ===
	* [[Choosing Disease-Resistant Roses]]
	* [[Rose Classes and Growth Habits]]
	* [[Own-Root vs Grafted Roses]]
	* [[Reading Trial and Award Claims]]
	* [[Earth-Kind Roses]]
	* [[American Garden Rose Selections]]
	* [[RHS Award of Garden Merit Roses]]
	* [[ADR Roses]]
	* [[Regional Rose Care Tips]]

	=== Community tips ===
	Use Rose Tips for local grower notes that are too specific for a verified wiki article. A good tip names the cultivar or class, country or region, zone or climate cue, soil/container context, and what actually changed.

	* Browse cultivar tips: https://roses.iwiki.net/tips?type=cultivar
	* Browse disease tips: https://roses.iwiki.net/tips?type=disease
	* Browse container tips: https://roses.iwiki.net/tips?type=container

	Use controls lawfully: Current local product label/register wins for any pesticide, fertiliser, or soil amendment use.

=== Sources ===	=== Sources ===
* [Texas A&M AgriLife: Earth-Kind Roses](https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkindroses/)
* [Illinois Extension: Rose Types](https://extension.illinois.edu/roses/roses-types)
* [Clemson Extension: Growing Roses](https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/growing-roses/)
* [USPTO: Patent Search](https://www.uspto.gov/patents/search)
	* [RHS: Roses](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/roses/)
	* [American Rose Society: Modern Roses](https://rose.org/modern-roses/)
	* [ISHS: International Cultivar Registration Authorities](https://www.ishs.org/nomenclature-and-cultivar-registration/icra)
	* [USPTO: Plant Patent Basics](https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/apply/plant-patent)

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	[[Category:Source Standards]]