New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx in Bronx County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Modern Roses & Their Hybridizers

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2025

1. Modern Roses & Their Hybridizers Marker

Inscription.
Rose hybridizers often choose whimsical names for their creations.

Modern roses are bend to produce particular characteristics such as petal shape, fragrance & continuous blooms, and disease resistance. Over time many rose breeders focused their energy on bloom size, since repeated blooms and fragrance were not as much of a priority. More recently hybridizers such as David Austin and G. Michael Shoup have developed collars that are fragrant as well as beautiful and handy. Many Shoup and Austin roses are featured in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden.

Rose hybridizers earn the right to name their creations, often choosing names inspired by historical events, celebrities, fairy tales, or even favorite foods. Roses with celebrity names might be chosen in honor of or selected by that particular person. The McCartney Rose is a pink hybrid sea with a spicy fragrance that was offered as a gift to the famous musician Paul McCartney. Roses that resemble different food items are also given playful names to remember them by. Gourmet Popcorn displays a bounty of miniature white blossoms with yellow centers. The vibrant red

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Miracle on the Hudson rose honors the crew and captain of US Airways Flight 1549, pilot Chesley B. "Sally" Sullenberger, whose quick decision making saved 155 on board with an emergency water landing.

Erected by New York Botanical Garden.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Arts, Letters, Music • Disasters • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1549.

Location. 40° 51.557′ N, 73° 52.421′ W. Marker is in Bronx, New York, in Bronx County. It is in New York Botanical Garden. It can be reached from the intersection of Southern Boulevard and Xavier Way, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx NY 10467, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

the Western Hemisphere,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 7, 2025

2. Modern Roses & Their Hybridizers Marker

within walking distance of this marker: Burn Family Lilac Collection (a few steps from this marker); Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Restoring a Historic Collection (within shouting distance of this marker); A Rose by Any Other Name (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Garden Roses (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Cabbage Rose (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bronx.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 81 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 16, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.