Can You Name a Custom Rose in Weeks? The Reality of Rose Breeding and Registration

A Cleveland-area study group wanted to name a unique hybrid rose after their professor in Oberlin, Ohio, within weeks.

Lengthy Process

Naming a rose involves selection from hybridizers, name search, registration—taking years. Nurseries offer partnership levels. In England, you can select and name existing unnamed roses; not common in the U.S.

Contact

Ashdown Rose Nursery (864-468-4900, 877-274-3696) is reputable and may have unnamed roses or can explain options.