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'Ann Endt' rose Reviews & Comments
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From Macoboy's Roses, in the species roses section, page 22:
"Rosa foliolosa 'Anne Endt' ['e' on the end of Ann not a typo] Shrub
'Anne Endt' is a selected form of a very graceful species from Oaklahoma and Arkansas, making luxuriant, almost thornless bush with lush bright green foliage (foliolosa, given by Thomas Nuttall, means 'leafy') which colors brightly in autumn, or fall. The large carmine flowers appear late and then continue, a few at a time, until the autumn, or fall, when there are round, deep pink hips to be seen.
Late-summer flowering
Fragrant"
Don't know where he got 'nearly thornless from... mine is typically 'rugosaly' armed. Are there any other references to 'Ann Endt' alluding to the possibility of it just being a garden selected form of foliolosa instead of rugosa x foliolosa? Mine seems to set large amounts of seed and I get lots of self seeded seedlings around it. The OP seedlings develop very rugose new leaves, that suggest rugosa heritage, but as they mature they 'flatten out'. 'Ann Endt' does the same and mature leaves end up looking only slightly rugose.
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#1 of 6 posted
31 OCT 10 by
 Cass
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I see that her name is spelled both ways: Anne Endt and Ann Endt.
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My 'Ann Endt' is prickly too. Simon - I have added all the references I can find. I am sure Jocelen Janon has written more on this rose.
Cass - The name of the lady was Ann, not Anne. Anne should only be listed as a hidden synonym.
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#3 of 6 posted
1 NOV 10 by
Cass
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Who is the lady about whom the book was written?
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This is a close-up of the best of my OP 'Ann Endt' seedling's foliage. It doesn't look very different to 'Ann Endt' itself... it hasn't flowered yet but my guess is its flower will also be a close match... it's almost like it breeds true from seed. I grew out about 100 of these and kept only this one as they all looked and grew the same. Maybe it is just a variant of foliolosa???
Photo taken this afternoon.
Thanks for all the extra references Patricia... seems true that we may never know for sure where it came from or what it is... anyone want to DNA fingerprint it ;)
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#5 of 6 posted
1 NOV 10 by
Cass
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The thorniness isn't a disqualification for the species. Read the species diagnosis by Walter Lewis: 24 inches tall in its native habitat, armed with fine thorns. The thornlessness seen in the form in commerce is statistically much rarer than the armed forms. (14% to 86%). The height of 'Ann Endt' seems rather tall compared to the species, although my cultivated plant of the species is easily 36 inches tall.
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Ann Endt was Nancy Steen's gardener, as far as I know.
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