ROSES THAT GROW WELL IN HOT CLIMATES

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ARS Pacific Southwest District

LIST OF ROSES FOR HOT CLIMATES

Compiled by Cliff Orent and Hal Reynolds

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Cliff Orent has grown roses in the desert communities for many years, and he is well known for growing roses in the torrid heat of the

southern California deserts  Hal Reynolds also lives in the southern California desert, and for years, he has successfully grown roses in 
the heat which can reach 120 degrees and sometimes more.

 

Note from Hal and Cliff:  This is a list of roses that we believe are particularly well-suited to our hot, dry climate.  It is not intended to be

a complete list, and there are many other roses that also do well here in the desert.

 

Some of the roses on this list are not widely available, but all (or nearly all) of these roses should be available from at least one source in

 North America.  In the case of some of the newer exhibition roses, the only source may be K&M Nursery, which sells their roses on 

Fortuniana rootstock.  Fortuniana rootstock does particularly well in our climate, almost always producing stronger, larger, more vigorous 

plants with more canes and blooms.  

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Click on the button(s) below to see a list of roses for each type of rose:

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