A new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant, herein referred to by its cultivar name, ‘Royal Sunrise’, is provided which abundantly and continuously forms extremely fragrant blooms. The growth habit is bushy and shrub-like. The foliage is smooth, and dark green with a glossy finish. The plant propagates from cuttings easily, has a unique bloom color combination of both purple and yellow. The new variety is well suited to growing as attractive ornamentation and a source of fragrance in in the landscape.

A new garden rose plant of the Compact Floribunda class which has abundant, apricot flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

A new and distinct variety of rose plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘MEICOSME’, is disclosed. The new variety forms attractive, single dark pink purple colored flowers. Attractive semi-glossy foliage is formed, which contrasts beautifully with the blossoms. A bushy growth habit is displayed. The new variety is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.

A new garden rose plant of the Hybrid Tea class which has abundant, pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

A new garden rose plant of the Compact Floribunda class which has abundant, white flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Provided herein are rose plants including one or more resistance genes to Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Also provided herein are plant parts, cells or reproductive tissue of the plants disclosed herein and to methods for identifying Agrobacterium tumefaciens resistant rose plants. Specifically, provided herein is an Agrobacterium tumefaciens resistant rose plant, wherein the Agrobacterium tumefaciens resistance is provided by one or more genes located in linkage group 7 (LG7) of the diploid rose consensus map between 56 to 58.5 Mb and especially one or more genes selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID Nos. 1 to 5.

A new garden rose plant of the Compact Floribunda class which has abundant, near white flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Transgenic plants with blue flower color, or their inbred or outbred progeny, or their propagules, partial plant bodies, tissues or cells, are provided. A buckwheat-derived C-glucosyltransferase (CGT) gene or its homolog is transferred into a host plant to cause delphinidin-type anthocyanins and flavone mono-C-glycosides to be copresent in the plant cells.

A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘KORpot111’, is described. The new variety forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive, pink colored blossoms. The vegetation is vigorous, and the growth habit is compact. Attractive dark green, semi-glossy foliage is formed. Additionally, the new variety is particularly well suited for growing as distinctive ornamentation in the landscape.

A new and distinct cultivar of Rose plant named ‘ESM P023’, characterized by its strong and vigorous root system; upright and strong thick stems; vigorous growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; and numerous white-colored flowers arranged in terminal sprays.