The article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of the cultivar assortment formation of garden rose (Rosa × hybrida hort.) for urban landscaping in Donetsk. Based on archival materials, periodicals and specialized literature on landscaping and floriculture, the development of the assortment from the 1930s to the present has been reconstructed. The chronological stages have been identified, characterized by a shift in the dominant garden classes from polyantha roses to hybrid tea and floribunda ones, which reflects global trends in rose selection and introduction; the leading cultivars of each period have been determined. Field surveys identified 65 garden rose cultivars that form the basis of the current assortment. It is recommended that the regional assortment be periodically updated with promising cultivars that have passed introduction trials at the Donetsk Botanical Garden.

Prykhodko S.A., Makogon I.V., Papazova A.A.