Tyler
is called America's Rose Capital.
In
Tyler is The Rose Garden and we visited it in the spring and saw beautiful
spring flowers. Since we are going to be in this area for a few months we will
post a few times on the blooms in this amazing garden.
The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is a 14-acre park, making it the nation's largest rose garden. The garden is full of breath-taking beauty, especially in the spring and again in mid-October when the Rose Garden is in full bloom. There are over 38,000 rose bushes of at least 500 different varieties, from tall grafted rose trees to miniature roses no larger than a dime.
The Rose Garden is the site of the annual Texas Rose Festival held in mid-October each year and attracts tourists by the thousands. Numerous visitors gather to meet the Rose Queen, and enjoy refreshments in this spectacular outdoor setting during the popular Queens Tea. Click here for more information about the Texas Rose Festival.
The Garden is one of 24 All American Rose Selection (AARS) test gardens in the country where the newest varieties are evaluated over a two-year period. These are bushes not yet introduced, and the ones that pass the test for vigor, flowering, and disease resistance are then nationally introduced to the gardening public as AARS selections. Many folks visiting the rose garden bring pad and pencil to write down favorite varieties, making notes on fragrance, color and form.
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