(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 16-17.  Includes photo(s).
 
’Blush Damask’ This rose has been in cultivation since at least as far back as 1759. It may have arisen as a cross between a summer damask and a gallica rose. ’Blush Damask’ has been found in several locations in Southern Finland. It has been variously called “Tähtitorninkatu”, “Kotka”, “Järvenpää” etc. according to the locality where it has cropped up. Here it is generally classified as a centifolia. It forms a loosely growing shrub producing abundant suckers. The flower is flat, about 8 cm wide, fully double, often quartered, light pink towards the centre and paler towards the outer margins, strongly scented.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 19.  Includes photo(s).
 
“Ensi” Found growing in Ensi Park, Helsinki. It forms a slenderbranched, rounded bush to about a metre in height. The leaves are small, greyish-green. The densely double flowers are only 4 cm in diameter, opening pale pink and soon fading to white. No hips are formed.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 18.  Includes photo(s).
 
“Herttoniemi” This blanda hybrid was found in the grounds of Herttoniemi Manor, Helsinki. It forms a vigorously growing shrub to 1,5 metres. The fragrant flowers are medium-sized, semidouble, pink but paler towards the margins. Very showy again in autumn when the foliage colours up a brilliant golden-yellow with small, red flattened-roundish hips.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 18.  Includes photo(s).
 
“Lilampi” A low-growing gallica to 80 cm with dark, leathery foliage. The light pink, rounded buds open in early July. The blooms are heavily double, medium pink in the centre and becoming paler towards the petal margins. The blooms also fade as they age.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 17.  Includes photo(s).
 
“Litin Tiltu” Possibly a gallica x rugosa cross, named according to the single locality of Litti [Iitti] in Eastern Finland where it was found. It grows into a well-shaped shrub 1,5 –2 metres high and wide. The single, large and showy flowers are a bright carmine red, opening in July. It occasionally produces the odd bloom during September. A few hips may form.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 19.  
 
“Juhannusmorsian” A lovely rose found at Elimäki, South-Eastern Finland. It forms an erect shrub to 1,5 metres. The large flower is loosely double, opening pink and later fading, strongly scented. The large, round reddish-brown hips are set prolifically

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 19.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa spinosissima ’Plena’, “juhannusruusu”, ”the midsummer rose” Its origin is still obscure. ’Plena’ may originally have been an unnamed seedling that soon spread throughout Finland. In Sweden it is known as ”Finlands vitros”, and ”Finnish White” can be found in some English-language catalogues. This rose is fairly common in Sweden and Estonia, but in other countries it is rare or unknown. ”The midsummer rose” forms a very prickly, rather erect thicket to 1-1,5 metres, which tends to bow down with the sheer weight of blossoms. It flowers for about a fortnight from midsummer onwards. The flowers are loosely double, yellowish towards the centre; the golden stamens are well displayed. The scent is strong and sweet. In autumn the foliage assumes dark coppery and violet tints. A few round, black hips are formed.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
“Katri Vala” A beautiful foundling from Katri Vala Park, Helsinki. This rose forms a 2 metre high, freely suckering shrub. The sizeable flowers are nicely doubled, mauve-pink, strongly scented. Few hips are set.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 19.  
 
“Kerisalo” Found from Kerisalo, Joroinen, Eastern Finland. It gradually spreads into a shrub upto 2 metres with largish grey-green leaflets, possibly indicating cinnamomea influence. “Kerisalo” flowers later than other spinosissimas, beginning from early July. The beautiful flowers are large, loosely semi-double, lightly fragrant, of a delicate shade of salmon-pink.

(Dec 2015)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
 
“Martta” Found near Oulu. A low-growing, suckering shrub that starts flowering as early as mid June. The flowers are semi-double, violet red. The flattish hips are freely produced.