In celebration of Girl Scouting's 50th Anniversary, the Girl Scout Rose
and the Brownie Marigolds were developed.
I would like to thank my sister, Diane, for tracking down this
difficult-to-find information on the Girl Scout Rose, the Girl
Guide Rose, the Camp Fire Girls Rose - and yes - there was a
Boy Scout Rose.
| Girl Scout Flower Updates
June 2007
I thought I would pass on an update regarding the Canadian
Girl Guide Rose. Unfortunately, White Rose Home and Garden Centres
no longer exists. Also unfortunately, as they were the creators
and "copyright" holders of the Girl Guide Rose, this plant is no
longer available commercially.
Alana Raymond
Member
Ottawa Area Girl Guides
Girl Guides of Canada
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http://www.twincitiesrose.org/archives/2001membergarden/penny5.html
The website noted above is claiming this rose is a
Girl Scout Rose, found on a tour of roses in 2001. |
http://www.tranquil-lake.com/catalog/Color/orange1.htm
This company is selling the Girl Scout Day Lily
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The
Girl Scout Rose, a Floribunda rose, was introduced in 1961 by the
developer Eugene S. Boerner who worked for the Jackson & Perkins
Nursery Company. The rose is a medium yellow bloom of 4" in diameter
with 50 petals, and strong fragrance.
Talli sent in this info from J & P: Jackson & Perkins introduced
The Girl Scout rose, a yellow floribunda bred by Gene Boerner, in
1961. There are no sources listed for this rose onhelpmefind.com or
in The Combined Rose List of roses in commerce, so this rose may be
extinct. We no longer have any of this rose and probably
haven't for the last 25-30 years.
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As
shown in the 1962 Girl Scout Calendar
Noted in calendar:
The Girl Scout Rose
A beautiful yellow floribunda developed by Jackson and Perkins to
commemorate Girl Scouting's 50th Anniversary. Home gardens, town
parks, school, library and hospital grounds will show plantings of
this lovely rose.
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Update sent in by Eva Kiehl 4/13/05
..."On
Sunday, Nov. 13, 1960 there was a ceremonial planting of 100
rosebushes in the City Hall Plaza in St. Louis." No roses survive.
Someone in this area sent 250 rose bushes to a sister troop in
Australia.
The Girl Scout Rose was also planted in the rose garden at
Roosevelt Park, in Lohmont, CO, however, they tore the rose park up
several years ago to renovate it.
Bexar County in Texas had the Girl Scout rose planted in the yard
of a church convent. None have survived.
Found a contact in Oregon, none survived.
I thought surely there would be some in Juliette Low’s garden in
Savannah. None survived. I have been told that yellow roses do not
survive their hot summers.
I did find one bush in New Mexico that seems to be hardy and has
survived several hail storms. From this bush a cutting was sent to a
Rose Farm in CA. Today I received an e-mail that the cutting did not
make it this year. (2005)
I also contacted GSUSA and asked if there might be another rose to
celebrate the 100th year of Girl Scouts and received this
reply today………..
The possibility of offering another rose for Girl Scouts' 100th
anniversary is currently being researched. A more definitive answer
should be available as the event gets closer.
This is a picture of the Girl Scout rose in New Mexico
YIS, Eva Kiehl
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Image donated by Carol and Ernie Altvater - note that
the packet is only 15 cents! This one lists the marigold as gold with
red flecks. |
Companies that sold the Brownie Scout Marigold seed:
American Seed Co.
Asgrow Seed Co.
Madeville & King Co. |
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This package has the
following:
Marigold Brownie
Scout
Double French Dwarf
Madeville & King
Co., Annual, Height 8", rich golden,
fully double flowers
with flecks of maroon
near the bases of
the petals.
Both packets came
with seeds
and I am researching
the best way to try and grow them,
if they are still
viable.
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The one with the Brownie
Girl Scout on the front lists the following:
Marigold Brownie Scout
Dwarf French Double
Asgrow Seed Company,
compact little plants
about 10" tall.
Flowers golden yellow
flecked brown.
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Boy Scout Rose: Hybrid Tea, orange-red and
orange-red blend flowers, strong fragrance, high centered large
bloom. 1946 |
Camp Fire Girl Rose: Hybrid Tea Rose,
orange-pink and orange-pink blend flowers, strong fragrance, and
repeating blooms. 1946 |
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The Girl Guide Rose is also a Floribunda - pink and pink blended flowers
that repeat throughout the season. One source shows the flower as being
more orange. I don't know which information is correct.
The Girl Guide Rose is still sold today through a company in Canada.
They don't have an online ordering system.
Update 2/5/04
Diana Del-Giudice
writes: I was reading your article about the Girl Guide Rose.
Maybe I am able to help you. The colour is coral, and the company that
sells it is called White Rose Home and Garden Centres.
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I thought I would pass on an update regarding the
Canadian Girl Guide Rose. Unfortunately, White Rose Home and
Garden Centres no longer exists. Also unfortunately, as they were
the creators and "copyright" holders of the Girl Guide Rose, this
plant is no longer available commercially.
Alana Raymond
Member
Ottawa Area Girl Guides
Girl Guides of Canada
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Update
submitted by "Canadian Reader", June 2003
...I have one and like
the photo you show, it is orange! It is VERY orange! Like the very,
old Brownie tie was when I was a child...
I purchased
my bush through White Rose Nurseries in Ontario. There are
regulations, particularly with respect to shipping English roses
(David Austin varieties) to the US which make searching a bit of a
nightmare. I would like to suggest that you contact Pickering
Nurseries in Pickering, Ontario at
they also
have a fabulous website with photos that will make you drool (pickeringnurseries.com).
They will let you know what can and cannot be shipped to the US and
they have a sterling reputation; they also have a toll free number and
I would recommend a telephone call. And possibly, they will be able
to help you source the Girl Scout Rose, too. Another grower to
contact is Valderose in Chatham, Ontario at
who may also
be able to assist with either bush (valderose.com).
Now granted, these are Canadian sources. Try PanAm Roses, who are yet
another Canadian source. They are at
http://www.panamnursery.com/roses.htm
- they supply
specialty roses to White Rose here in Ontario...
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The New Brownie Rose has been grown to celebrate the
Brownie Section's 90th birthday. The rose is a buttercup yellow, lightly
scented floribunda, with enormous trusses of blooms that grow to a
height of 100cm with a width of 80cm.
Bred by Harkness Roses for
Girlguiding UK, the Brownie Rose was launched at the Chelsea Flower Show
on May 25th 2004.
Info and image from the UK Guiding
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