The Rose of the Year is a prestigious rose award is given annually by the British Association of Rose Breeders. From 1982 to 2001, the British Association of Rose Breeders and the British Group of the HTA granted the title Rose of the Year. Between 1984 and 2001, the title Best of the Best was granted if the selected rose was an established cultivar, which remained popular over several years. Since 2002, the title Best of the Best is granted.
Awarded in | Title | Cultivar Name | Hybridiser | Intro Year | Cultivar Group | Picture |
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1982 | Rose of the Year | 'Mountbatten' | Harkness | 1982 | Floribunda | ![]() |
1983 | Rose of the Year | 'Beautiful Britain' | Dickson | 1983 | Floribunda | [2] |
1984 | Best of the Best | 'Amber Queen' | Harkness Roses | 1984 | Floribunda | ![]() |
1985 | Best of the Best | 'Polar Star' | Tantau | 1982 | Hybrid tea | ![]() |
1986 | Rose of the Year | 'Gentle Touch' | Dickson | 1986 | Floribunda | ![]() |
1987 | Best of the Best | 'Sweet Magic' | Dickson | 1986 | Floribunda | [5] |
1987 | Best of the Best | Royal William | Kordes | 1984 | Hybrid tea | ![]() |
1988 | Best of the Best | 'Sweet Dream' | Fryer | 1987 | Mini-Flora | ![]() |
1989 | Rose of the Year | 'Glad Tidings' | Tantau | 1988 | Floribunda | |
1990 | Rose of the Year | 'Harvest Fayre' | Dickson | 1989 | Floribunda | [9] |
1991 | Rose of the Year | 'Melody Maker' | Dickson | 1990 | Floribunda | [10] |
1992 | Rose of the Year | 'Top Marks' | Fryer | 1992 | Miniature rose | [11] |
1993 | Best of the Best | 'Dawn Chorus' | Dickson | 1991 | Hybrid tea | |
1994 | Rose of the Year | 'Festival' | Kordes | 1994 | Mini-Flora | [13] |
1995 | Rose of the Year | 'Chatsworth' | Tantau | 1990 | Shrub rose | [14] |
1996 | Rose of the Year | 'Magic Carpet' | Jackson & Perkins | 1993 | Shrub rose | [15] |
1997 | Rose of the Year | 'Sunset Boulevard' | Harkness | 1997 | Floribunda | ![]() |
1998 | Best of the Best | 'Penny Lane' | Harkness | 1998 | Climber | ![]() |
1999 | Rose of the Year | 'Fascination' | Olesen | 1989 | Floribunda | [18] |
2000 | Rose of the Year | 'Irish Eyes' | Dickson | 1999 | Floribunda | [19] |
2001 | Rose of the Year | 'Great Expectations ' | McGredy | 2001 | Floribunda | ![]() |
2002 | Best of the Best | 'Simply The Best' | McGredy | 1998 | Hybrid Tea | ![]() |
2003 | Best of the Best | 'Rhapsody In Blue' | Cowlishaw | 1999 | Shrub rose | |
2004 | Best of the Best | 'Golden Memories' | Kordes | 2002 | Floribunda | [23] |
2005 | Best of the Best | 'Summertime' | Warner | 2003 | Climbing miniature | [24] |
2006 | Best of the Best | 'Champagne Moment' | Kordes | 1999 | Floribunda | |
2006 | Best of the Best | 'Hot Chocolate' | Carruth | 2002 | Floribunda | |
2007 | Best of the Best | 'Tickled Pink' | Fryer | 2006 | Floribunda | ![]() |
2008 | Best of the Best | 'Sweet Haze' | Tantau | 1997 | Shrub rose | |
2009 | Best of the Best | 'Lucky!' | Fryer | 2005 | Floribunda | ![]() |
2010 | Best of the Best | 'Super Trouper' | Fryer | 2008 | Floribunda | [30] |
2010 | Best of the Best | 'Julia Child' | Carruth | 2004 | Floribunda | ![]() |
2011 | Best of the Best | 'Joie de Vivre' | Kordes | 1997 | Shrub rose | |
2012 | Best of the Best | 'Moment in Time' | Kordes | 2011 | Floribunda | [33] |
2013 | Best of the Best | 'You're Beautiful' | Fryer | 2007 | Floribunda | [34] |
2014 | Best of the Best | 'Lady Marmalade' | Harkness | 2013 | Floribunda | [35] |
2015 | Best of the Best | 'For Your Eyes Only' | Warner | 2014 | Floribunda | [36] |
2016 | Best of the Best | 'Sunny Sky' | Kordes | 2014 | ![]() | |
2017 | Rose of the Year | 'Scent from Heaven' | Warner | 2016 | Climber | [38] |
2018 | Rose of the Year | 'Lovestruck' | Zary | 2007 | Floribunda | ![]() |
2018 | Rose of the Year | 'Starlight Symphony' | Harkness Roses | 2018 | Climbing rose | [40] |
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