Quietness

This rose's location in the garden is NE 9.
  • Classification: Shrub
  • Flower Color: light pink
  • Flower Size:  4 inches
  • Flower Form:  small clusters
  • Petal Count:  very full, 41 petals
  • Fragrance:  strong, intense spicy
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  medium green, semi glossy
  • Plant Height:  tall, 4 - 5 feet
  • Plant Width:  medium, 4 feet
  • Growth Habit:  spreading
  • Disease Resistant:  very disease resistant, very mildew resistant.
  • Hybridizer: Griffith Buck
  • Registered: 2003
  • Parentage: ‘seedling x seedling’
  • ARS* Rating: 8.3 (a very good to excellent rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • None

Notes: 
  • A great Buck rose discovered in the family garden after his death is 'Quietness'.  This rose was named by Pat Henry of Roses Unlimited. She shares this story. “It was the morning after the World Trade Center was attacked – September 12, 2001. Mary Buck (Dr. Buck's widow) had sent cuttings of this rose which had not been named and only had numbers that identified the plant. I was growing them in two-gallon containers. On that morning, I saw a beautiful bloom and said to the rose, ‘Hi pretty thing, who are you?’  The morning was so very quiet and I knew Dr. Buck was a quiet man. I called Mary and asked if I could name the rose Quietness. She and her mother granted the wish. It is still my favorite -gorgeous bloom, repeats often, fragrant and withstands the heat of the summers and the cold of the winter.”

  • Griffith Buck (1915-1991) was a researcher and professor of horticulture at Iowa State University from 1948 to 1985.  While he earned his living as a professor, his real passion was hybridizing roses that would be hardy and disease resistant in the difficult climate of the central US.  During his lifetime he hybridized nearly 90 varieties. He was not a commercial developer, and many of his roses were lost after his retirement at age 70.  However, several have survived due to the work of friends and other rose enthusiasts who appreciated how special they are. --- www.ag.iastate.edu/centers/cad/GriffithBuck, retrieved 12/24/2012