Commissioned Rose Naming
We pride ourselves in introducing only those varieties that show superior performance. Select Roses, although a small company, has introduced some of the most unique roses on the market today.
A gift in perpetuity
To dedicate a rose to a specific person, event, or cause is a singular sort of gift. While we leave the significance of the naming to you, we promise that every rose we release for such an honour has undergone rigorous testing for not only beauty, colour and flower form, but also unparalleled health, disease-resistance, structure of the shrub, and often cool seasonal interest such as foliage colour and setting of showy hips.
How a name is registered
Commissioned roses are registered with the International Cultivar Registration Authority - Roses. The American Rose Society, by appointment of the International Society for Horticultural Sciences, serves as the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Roses, and follows the rules set forth by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants in the registration of new roses.
Receiving your dedicated roses
Once a rose has been commissioned, named, and duly registered, the dedicated rose is then propagated at Select Roses. The first ten rose bushes, once grown on and during the appropriate planting season, are sent to the client for the world’s first introduction and planting of your rose.
The value of a rose
We offer just a handful of rose commissions each year, and their prices are based not on the superiority or inferiority of a given variety, but rather upon the difficulty in breeding the colour, fragrance, or specific type. Roses with the most desirable and challenging traits are offered at prices commensurate with their rarity. Commissions begin at $7500 and can exceed $15,000 CDN. We are constantly evaluating new seedlings, and we would be happy to share photos and information on test seedlings.