2020 Roses
New for 2020!
State of Grace
- Grandiflora
- Apricot-gold color with a dark pink reverse.
- Blooms are old-fashioned, spiraled and double.
- Rounded flower with 3.5-4 inch diameter buds.
- Height: 3-4 ft
- Spread: 4- ft
- Petal Count: 30-65
- Hardiness Zone: 6-9
- Intro Year: 2020
- Bloom Color: Apricot/Apricot Blend
- Breeder: Bedard
Hybrid Tea Roses
Large flowers generally borne one per stem, medium to tall in habit, long cutting stems.
Grande Dame™
![grande_dame_rose](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/grande_dame_rose.jpg)
Here’s a clean mean flowering machine whose big bountiful beauties reek with old rose romance, style & fragrance. Each lovely blossom invites you to bury your nose…to swoon from the perfume of the ‘old time’ roses of your dreams. A big vigorous ‘shrubby’ bush whose nodding clusters, abundant deep-green leaves & low-thorned cutting stems provide a perfect touch to a landscape or bouquet. A modern antique for all climates. A modern antique for all climates.
- Class: Hybrid Tea
- Cultivar: cv. WEKmerewby
- Patent: Pat.#23,476
- Plant Habit: Medium-tall
- Growth Habit: Upright to somewhat spreading, bushy
- Plant Height: 5¼’ to 5′ 11″
- Stem Length: Medium-long
- Foliage Color: Rich glossy green
- Disease Resistance: Very good
- Flower Color: Super-saturated rose pink
- Bud Form: Pointed, full & fat
- Flower Size: Very large, up to 6 inches in diameter
- Flower Form: Very full & old fashioned, in nodding clusters
- Petal Count: Over 40
- Parentage: Meredith x Wild Blue Yonder
- Hybridizer: Tom Carruth
- Intro Year: 2011
- Introduced By: Weeks Roses
- Fragrant List: Fragrant
Ink Spots
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There’s something alluring and mysterious about the near-black flowers. This is the darkest rose we offer. Its black pointed buds gracefully open to very well-formed velvety dark red blooms. Super large dark green foliage covers the bushy plant. Stands up to all types of weather. Very dark. Size can shrink in heat.
- Class Hybrid Tea
- Plant Habit Medium-tall
- Growth Habit Upright to slightly spreading
- Foliage Color Super large dark green
- Flower Color Blackened velvety red
- Flower Size Medium-large
- Flower Form Full
- Petal Count 30 to 35
- Parentage Seedling x seedling
- Hybridizer O.L. Weeks
- Intro Year 1985
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
John F. Kennedy
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Cherished mostly as a tribute to the popular President, the slow-opening fragrant flowers of rich white start off with an unusual greenish cast in the bud stage. The extra full petalage stands up well to hot weather. Beloved by many. Needs warm night temps to open best.
- Class Hybrid Tea
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Bushy
- Plant Height 3 to 5 feet
- Flower Color Greenish white?
- Flower Size Large
- Flower Form Very full
- Petal Count 40 to 45
- Parentage Seedling x White Queen
- Hybridizer Gene Boerner
- Intro Year 1965
- Introduced By Jackson & Perkins Co.
Just Joey
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Just scrumptious or just wonderful or just apricot is understandable— but Just Joey? Nevertheless, the big brandy-colored buds, the large ruffled apricot flowers steeped with fruity fragrance, and the huge glossy green leaves have intoxicated many a rose lover. An immigrant from England, the bushy vigorous plant takes well to our shores. Deepest color in moderate consistent temperatures.
- Class Hybrid Tea
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Rounded
- Plant Height 30 inches to 4 feet
- Plant Width 4 feet
- Foliage Color Huge glossy green
- Flower Color Delicious rich apricot
- Flower Size Large
- Flower Form Ruffled, shapely
- Petal Count 25 to 30
- Parentage Fragrant Cloud x Dr. A. J. Verhage
- Hybridizer Cants of Colchester
- Intro Year 1972
- Fragrant List Fragrant
Marilyn Monroe™
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Everyone loves this shapely Hybrid Tea named to honor an American legend. The extraordinarily feminine creamy apricot color holds through from the long pointed buds to the big buxom open blooms. A gown of deep green leaves graces the cutting length stems. Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, but the super vase life and perfect flower form on this gem-of-a-rose will demand the devotion of every exhibitor. Some like it hot! The best apricot for hot weather.
- Class Hybrid Tea
- Cultivar cv. WEKsunspat
- Patent Pat.#14,398
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Upright to somewhat rounded, bushy
- Plant Width 35″ to 43″
- Stem Length Medium-long
- Foliage Color Rich deep green
- Disease Resistance Very good
- Flower Color Most unusual buds of apricot washed with green on the outermost petals open to pure creamy apricot
- Bud Form Pointed & ovoid
- Flower Size Very large, up to 5 inch diameter
- Flower Form Classical HT, very very shapely
- Petal Count 30 to 35
- Parentage Sunset Celebration x St. Patrick
- Hybridizer Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 2003
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
Mister Lincoln
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A historic American milestone in red roses that’s still hard to beat. The large pointed buds and rich red well-formed blooms have a velvety quality that you must feel to believe. The powerful damask rose fragrance seduces even the hardest heart. Vigorous, tall and proud with long stems & dark green leaves. Likes consistent warm days & cool nights.
- Class: Hybrid Tea
- Flower Color: Velvety deep red
- Fragrance: Strong damask rose
- Flower Form: Fully double
- Flower Size: Large
- Petal Count: 30 to 35
- Plant Habit: Tall
- Growth Habit: Upright
- Hybridizer: Swim/Weeks—1965
- Parentage: Chrysler Imperial x Charles Mallerin
- Introduced By: Weeks Roses
Neptune™
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Can an aquatic divinity enjoy fragrance? If so, Neptune would surely be spirited away after one sniff of his very own rose. You’ll idolize the big blossoms of luscious lavender tinged with just a touch of purple. Certain to garner awards, the abundant blooms arrive on a praise-worthy plant with large glossy green leaves, good vigor and strong vitality. It’s no myth, just take a whiff! Best bloom size in cooler temps.
- Class Hybrid Tea
- Cultivar cv. WEKhilpurnil
- Patent Pat.#16,614
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Upright, bushy
- Plant Height 4 to 5 feet
- Plant Width 22 to 28 inches
- Stem Length Medium to long
- Foliage Color Large, dark green, glossy
- Disease Resistance Very good
- Flower Color Lavender blushed purple on the very edge of the petals
- Bud Form Pointed & ovoid
- Flower Size Large (about 4½ to 5½ in inches diameter)
- Flower Form High centered, sometimes in clusters of 2 to 3 flowers
- Petal Count Over 35
- Parentage (Blueberry Hill x Stephen’s Big Purple) x Blue Nile
- Hybridizer Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 2005
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
- Fragrant List Fragrant
Sugar Moon™
![1215](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1215.jpg)
Spicy fragrance, loads of bloom & super-long elegant buds of gold polished with rosy pink. The long-lasting sparkling yellow-orange tones are rich & opulent enough to bring out the gold digger in any gardener. But it doesn’t take a stash of expensive chemicals to keep this good lookin’ girl happy in the landscape. The natural disease resistance & strong vigor do the deed. Very dark green leaves & unusual red stems set off the many showy clusters of blossoms. ‘Scent-sational’ for a bouquet & ‘beauty-full’ in the landscape.
- Class Hybrid Tea
- Cultivar cv. WEKmemolo
- Patent Pat.#23,475
- Plant Habit Medium-tall to tall
- Growth Habit Very upright, bushy
- Plant Height 4′ 11″ to 5′ 7″
- Stem Length Long
- Foliage Color Rich dark glossy green
- Disease Resistance Very good
- Flower Color Clean bright white
- Bud Form Pointed, elegant
- Flower Size Large, up to 5-inch diameter
- Flower Form Full & classically formed
- Petal Count 35-ish
- Parentage Meredith x (Moonstone x Baby Love)
- Hybridizer Christian Bédard
- Intro Year 2012
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
- Fragrant List Fragrant
Grandiflora Roses
“Gardeners who like the size and shape of hybrid tea roses but the clusters of blooms produced by floribunda roses will find the perfect balance of the two in grandiflora roses. Resulting from a cross between hybrid teas and floribundas, grandifloras produce clusters of five to seven large blooms on 3-to-5-foot-long canes. Some varieties may reach 10 feet in height, while retaining their rounded, bush-like habit. Care of these roses is similar to other rose types.” – SFGate.com
Rock & Roll™
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Big creamy buds set the ‘beat’ for what’s to become a rockin’ show of colors. Each petal unfurls to reveal a different pattern of striped & splashed burgundy, red & ivory. It’s not just a video for your eyes though. This is a live performance that involves your nose ’cause the fragrance is killer. Deep green leaves set the stage & clothe the bushy full plant. Great for cutting, for smelling or just for enjoying. Rock on! Flower size best in the cool spring and fall.
- Class: Grandiflora
- Flower Color: Creamy buds open to reveal wild stripes of burgundy, red & white
- Fragrance: Strong rose & fruit
- Bud Form: Large, pointed & ovoid
- Flower Form: Very full & old-fashioned
- Flower Size: Large
- Petal Count: 35 plus
- Stem Length: Long
- Plant Habit: Medium height
- Growth Habit: Upright, full & very bushy
- Foliage Color: Very deep glossy green
- Disease Resistance: Very good
- Hybridizer: Tom Carruth—2009
- Parentage: George Burns x New Zealand
- Introduced By: Weeks Roses
Twilight Zone
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Big fat buds open to very double old-fashioned flowers of deep velvet purple overlaid with a wisp of smoke…a purple haze for the garden. Strongly scented with a combination of clove & lemony citrus blossom. Deep green leaves cover the plant & compliment the remarkably-colored flowers. Tempting mysterious tones, seductive fragrance and old-fashioned form…it’s a winner! More purple in moderate temps.
- Class Grandiflora
- Cultivar cv. WEKebtidere
- Patent Pat.#24,725
- Plant Habit Medium to medium-tall
- Growth Habit Slightly spreading, rounded
- Plant Height 30 to 35 inches
- Stem Length Medium-long
- Foliage Color Deep green, semi-glossy
- Disease Resistance Good
- Flower Color Scrumptious deep velvet purple
- Bud Form Fat & globular
- Flower Size Medium-large to large (about 4 to 5 inch diameter)
- Flower Form Old fashioned, very double, borne in clusters
- Petal Count Over 40
- Parentage Ebb Tide x Della Reese
- Hybridizer Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 2013
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
- Fragrant List Fragran
Honey Dijon
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Hybrid Tea rose of a most uncommon warm, golden brown color with pink tinges at the petal ends in cool weather. Healthy and disease-resistant, the foliage is glossy dark green. A strong fruity fragrance and long lasting in the vase. An extremely valuable rose used by florists for floral arrangements.
- Bloom size: Large: 4-5″
- Bloom shape: High-centered
- Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
- Rose bloom color: Russet
- Extra Bloom Info: In small clusters
- Rebloom: Good
- Class: Grandiflora
- Extra Color Info: Russet tan
- Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet
- Fragrance: Moderate
- Hybridizer & year: James A. Sproul, 2003
Floribunda Roses
Medium sized flowers often more compact in habit, medium length stems.
Chihuly®
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Named to honor America’s famous glass artist, Dale Chihuly. This rose has it all, impeccable style & an ever-changing array of flashy colors. As the sun hits the opening petals, they blush from subtly-striped apricot yellow to dazzling orange & deep red…producing a remarkable display against the deep dark green leaves & mahogany-red new growth. Larger flowers in cool conditions.
- Class: Floribunda]
- Flower Color: Bright yellow blushing to orange and finishing deep red
- Fragrance: Mild tea
- Bud Form: Ovoid to slightly pointed
- Flower Form: Rounded, double
- Flower Size: Medium-large, 3-3½” diameter, in clusters
- Petal Count: Around 25
- Stem Length: Medium
- Plant Habit: Medium, bushy
- Growth Habit: Upright to somewhat rounded
- Foliage Color: Deep green, very glossy and leathery
- Disease Resistance: Very good
- Hybridizer: Carruth-2004
- Parentage: Scentimental x AmaliaIntroduced By: Weeks Roses
Distant Drums
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Stop, look and listen up! Here’s a striking color amongst the hardy roses released by the late Dr. Griffith Buck. Distant Drums grows much like a Floribunda in habit, drumming out clusters of pointed brunette buds that swirl open to reveal ruffles washed with orchid pink. All this set to music against dark green foliage makes for a toe-tapping commotion in the landscape.
- Class: Floribunda
- Plant Habit: Medium
- Growth Habit: Rounded, upright
- Plant Height: 5b through 9b
- Stem Length: Medium
- Foliage Color: Medium green, semi glossy
- Disease Resistance: Very good
Flower Color: Warm tan washed with orchid pink on the outer petals
Bud Form: Pointed & ovoid
Flower Size: Medium, 3 to 3½ inch diameter
Flower Form: Double, in clusters
Petal Count: 35 to 40
Parentage: September Song X The Yeoman
Hybridizer: Dr. Griffith Buck
Intro Year: 2003
Introduced By: Weeks Roses
Fragrant List: Fragrant
Ebb Tide™
![_EbbTide](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/EbbTide.jpg)
Dusky deep purple buds swirl open to very double old-fashioned flowers of velvet plum washed with a haze of sultry smoke. The intense clove fragrance can nearly bowl you over. Beautiful deep, green foliage. Gets all the better with establishment.
- Class: Floribunda
- Flower Color: Smoked deep plum purple
- Fragrance: Strong spicy clove and citrus blossom
- Bud Form: Pointed to globular
- Flower Form: Old fashioned, very double, borne in clusters
- Flower Size: Medium (about 3 to 4″ diameter)
- Petal Count: Over 35
- Stem Length: Medium
- Plant Habit: Medium height
- Growth Habit: Compact growing, rounded habit
- Foliage Color: Medium green, semi-glossy
- Disease Resistance: Very good
- Hybridizer: Tom Carruth—2006
- Parentage: (Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile) x Stephen’s Big Purple] x [(International Herald Tribune x Rosa soulieanna derivative) x (Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile)
- Introduced By: Weeks Roses
Frida Kahlo
![Frida Kahlo Rose](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1491.jpg)
As an emblematic artist of Mexico, world-acclaimed painter Frida Kahlo needs no further introduction. She once said “I paint flowers so they will not die.” Like the flowers she immortalized in her art, the rose Frida Kahlo is a lively and colorful reminder of her enduring spirit. Just as Frida is one of the most recognizable artists for her unique style, the scarlet red and gold striped flowers of Frida Kahlo are also one of a kind in the rose world.
The swirl of colors intensifies as the flowers age, adding a red blush as the final touch. Like any painting needs a good stand, the flowers are set in small clusters on a healthy disease resistant plant with clean glossy leaves. If you are one of Frida’s followers or simply a rose lover, join the Fridamania by adding a piece of art to your garden with the striking vibrant rounded flowers produced abundantly on the compact upright vigorous plants.
- Class Floribunda
- Cultivar cv. WEKcifrabaun
- Patent PPAF
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Upright & bushy
- Stem Length Medium
- Foliage Color Deep glossy green
- Disease Resistance Very good
- Flower Color Scarlet red striped gold with red blush on finish
- Bud Form Ovoid
- Flower Size Medium-large, around 3-4 inch diameter, in small clusters
- Flower Form Decorative & double
- Petal Count 25 to 40
- Parentage (City of San Francisco x Baby Love) x Unknown
- Hybridizer Christian Bédard & Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 2018
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
George Burns™
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Just the array of novel colors in every flower can bring a smile to your face…although maybe not as many smiles as its namesake, the late George Burns. But it’s a definite ‘feel-good’ rose; bright cheery ever-changing colors of yellow, deep red, rose pink and cream, big fragrant ruffled flowers, large clean deep glossy green foliage and a fairly compact yet free-flowering plant. More yellow shows up in moderate cool temperatures.
- Class Floribunda
- Cultivar cv. WEKcalroc
- Patent Pat.#10,334
- Plant Habit Medium-low
- Growth Habit Rounded, upright
- Plant Height 30 to 42 inches
- Stem Length Medium
- Foliage Color Deep glossy green
- Disease Resistance Very good
- Flower Color Stripes of yellow, red, pink & cream
- Bud Form Full, rounded
- Flower Size Large, about 4 inch diameter
- Flower Form Ruffled, full & decorative
- Petal Count 30 to 35
- Parentage Calico X Roller Coaster
- Hybridizer Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 1998
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
- Fragrant List Fragrant
Julia Child
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Just before our wonderful American icon left us, she selected this exceptional rose to bear her name. Julia loved the even butter gold color & the licorice candy fragrance. Yet it wasn’t just the old-fashioned blooms that inspired the recipe. The perfectly rounded habit, super glossy leaves & great disease resistance finish off the dish. An awesome AARS award winner—a right & proper honor for a dear friend. Consistent, hardy & floriferous in all climates. Very disease resistant. Available budded & own-root.
- Class Floribunda
- Cultivar cv. WEKvossutono
- Patent Pat.#18,473
- Plant Habit Medium-low
- Growth Habit Very rounded, bushy
- Plant Height 26 to 31 inches
- Plant Width 20 to 26 inches
- Stem Length Medium
- Foliage Color Bright super-glossy green
- Disease Resistance Excellent
- Flower Color Warm golden yellow
- Bud Form Pointed & full
- Flower Size Medium, up to 3½ inch diameter
- Flower Form Old-fashioned, very full
- Petal Count Over 35
- Parentage [(Voodoo x R. soulieana derivative) x Summerwine] x Top Notch
- Hybridizer Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 2006
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
- AARS Winner AARS—2006
- Fragrant List Fragrant
Ketchup & Mustard™
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Slap a layer of the brightest red onto a backside of darkest yellow & set it atop the greeniest glossiest leaves. Better yet, the flowers hold on to their attention-getting tones to the very end…dropping from the well-behaved rounded plant just in time to welcome the next round of abundant bloom. Tidy enough to tuck into a landscape, lend an accent to a container or top a rose tree. No buns or weenies required. Best flower size in cooler conditions. Bold & beautiful!
- Class Floribunda
- Cultivar cv. WEKzazette
- Patent Pat.#23,289
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Rounded, bushy
- Plant Height 35 to 47 inches
- Foliage Color Glossy green
- Flower Color Ketchup red/mustard yellow bicolor
- Flower Size Medium
- Flower Form Up to 4-inch diameter
- Petal Count About 25
- Parentage City of San Francisco x Shockwave
- Hybridizer Christian Bédard
- Intro Year 2012
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
Koko Loko™
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So unusual…it looks good enough to eat…or maybe drink in this case. The cocoa is creamy like latte. But the latte goes loco to finish all lavender! You just can’t imagine a milky chocolate-colored bud would mature to be a solid soft lavender blossom. Early to bloom, every lovely bud spirals open with impeccable show form. The flowers last long on the plant & in the vase. Beyond its novelty, there lies a great plant….rounded, handsome & bushy…chock full of green leaves. Warm weather brings out the lavender.
- Class Floribunda
- Cultivar cv. WEKbijou
- Patent Pat.#23,269
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Full, rounded, bushy
- Plant Height 30 to 35 inches
- Stem Length Medium
- Foliage Color Deep green
- Disease Resistance Above average
- Flower Color Milky chocolate suffusing to unusual lavender
- Bud Form Long, pointed & full
- Flower Size Medium-large, up to 4½ inch diameter
- Flower Form Classic, fully double
- Petal Count 30 to 35
- Parentage Blueberry Hill x Pot O’Gold
- Hybridizer Christian Bédard
- Intro Year 2012
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
Love Song™
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Loads of big beautiful blooms can nearly cover this sultry siren. Her profusion of pulchritude is only matched by the surprising duration of the display. Those lovely lavender old-fashioned flowers just seem to last and last…without turning a lurid gray. Underneath all that beauteousness is a bushy rounded plant clothed with great rich green leaves. But you may have to dig to find ’em. Go ahead …bury your face in those beautiful clusters and burst into song. It’ll be love at first sight. Largest flower size in cool temps.
- Class: Floribunda
- Flower Color: Clear clean medium lavender
- Fragrance: Mild citrus
- Bud Form: Fat, ovoid & pointed
- Flower Form: Fully double to ruffled
- Flower Size: Medium large, up to 4½” diameter
- Petal Count: Over 35
- Stem Length: Medium
- Plant Habit: Medium height
- Growth Habit: Very rounded & bushy
- Foliage Color: Dark green with red new shoots
- Disease Resistance: Very good
- Hybridizer: Tom Carruth—2013
- Parentage: {Stainless Steel x [(Blueberry Hill x Stephen’s Big Purple)] x Sunset Celebration} x Memorial Day
- Introduced By: Weeks Roses
Rosie The Riveter™
![rosie_the_riveter](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/rosie_the_riveter.jpg)
Rosie the Riveter pays tribute to the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. The old-fashioned unusual flowers of orange-gold suffused with pink are surely reminiscent of that era. The exquisite pointy and shapely buds are proudly held on top of very glossy dark foliage as a feminine symbol of charm and strength. The moderate fruity & spice fragrance is the perfect complement to these cultural icons. Like the tireless “Rosies”, the even rounded plants of Rosie the Riveter are the workhorse of the garden, producing an arsenal of flowers. Maximum flower power? Yes, we can do it!
- Class Floribunda
- Cultivar cv. WEKzazou
- Patent PPAF
- Plant Habit Medium
- Growth Habit Rounded & bushy
* Stem Length Medium
* Foliage Color Very glossy dark green
* Disease Resistance Good
* Flower Color Orangey-gold suffused with pink with gold reverse
* Bud Form Pointed & ovoid
* Flower Size Medium, around 3-3½ inch diameter
* Flower Form Old-fashioned & double
* Petal Count 30 to 45
* Parentage Hotel California x Distant Drums
* Hybridizer Christian Bédard
* Intro Year 2018
* Introduced By Weeks Roses
Climbing Roses
Roses whose long canes can be trained along fences or walls, variable in flower size, form and mature habit.
Edith’s Darling® Cl.
![ROSA Edith’s Darling](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1340.jpg)
Edith’s Darling, the new addition to the popular series of roses inspired by Downton Abbey characters, is a fitting tribute to Lady Edith and her beloved daughter Marigold. The joy Edith finds in her daughter is what you will feel when you’re growing this true old-fashioned soft apricot-gold gem of a flower. Although diminutive in size, with a short, compact & bushy habit, rest assured that Edith’s Darling is perfect to fill a border or confined spot in the landscape with a great flowering show of full-sized blooms with long lasting coloration.
This darling of a rose exudes a strong fresh cut apple and fruity perfume that evokes Edith’s unconditional motherly love. Now use your clippers to bring some blooms into the house to create a warm and fragrant ambiance around the dining table!
* Class Shrub
* Cultivar cv. WEKaltjuchi
* Patent PPAF
* Plant Habit Short
* Growth Habit Upright & bushy
* Stem Length Short
* Foliage Color Glossy dark green
* Disease Resistance Good
* Flower Color Soft apricot gold with lighter edge
* Bud Form Pointed & ovoid
* Flower Size Medium, around 2½-3 inch diameter
* Flower Form Old fashioned & very full
* Petal Count 50 to 65
* Parentage All a’Twitter x Julia Child
* Hybridizer Christian Bédard
* Intro Year 2017
* Introduced By Weeks Roses
* Fragrant List Fragrant
Joseph’s Coat Cl.
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Very popular. Bounteous clusters with double flowers of ever-changing colorful hues. Glossy apple-green leaves. Blooms on new and old wood. Not hardy. Popular proven performer.
- Class: Large-flowered Climber
- Flower Color: Multicolors of red, pink, orange and yellow
- Fragrance: Light tea
- Flower Form: Double
- Flower Size: Medium
- Petal Count: 23 to 28
- Growth Habit: Climbing canes 10 to 12 feet
- Foliage Color: Glossy, apple-green
- Hybridizer: Swim and Armstrong—1964
- Parentage: Buccaneer x Circus
Lady In Red™
![Lady in Red Rose](https://www.plantfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/1519.jpg)
Care to dance? Cause ‘Lady in Red…she’s dancing with me’.. with her long climbing arms. Don’t worry, she won’t invade your dancing space as the plant is well contained and more compact than many Climbers. The lady was born and raised in the USA, with her flowers bearing the true classic AMERICAN red coloration. That means no hues of pink or blue all the way to the end of the flower’s life. The large ruffled old-fashioned blossoms will take your breath away and falling in love with this lady is the only possible outcome. Are you ready to dance the night away? You better be because the vigorous plant generates bounteous flowers just waiting for a dance partner.
- Class Climber
- Cultivar cv. WEKvaldaom
- Patent PPAF
- Plant Habit Long canes of 8-10 feet
- Growth Habit Climbing & spreading
- Stem Length Medium-long
- Foliage Color Glossy medium green
- Disease Resistance Good
- Flower Color Dark red suffused with occasional black smoke
- Bud Form Globular & ovoid
- Flower Size Large, ruffled, around 3½-4½ inch diameter, in small clusters
- Flower Form Old-fashioned & very double
- Petal Count 35 to 50
- Parentage Valentine’s Day x Oh My!
- Hybridizer Christian Bédard
- Intro Year 2018
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
Purple Splash™ Cl.
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Yowzer…a whole new color in Climbers! Imagine Weeks’ famous Fourth of July rose in shades of purple. Although they’re distantly related, this kissin’ cousin blooms in even larger, more pyramid-shaped clusters of flowers & doesn’t have nearly the thorns. Set these splashy colors against bright Granny Smith-green foliage & you’ve got a killer combo for any fence, wall or trellis. Vigorous, clean & free-flowering…it repeat blooms readily in the very first year. More stripes show up in cooler weather.
- Class Climber
- Cultivar cv. WEKspitrib
- Patent Pat.#22,469
- Plant Habit Long canes of 7 to 9 feet
- Growth Habit Medium-large for a Climber
- Plant Height 9′ 10″ to 13′ 1″
- Stem Length Medium
- Foliage Color Bright glossy apple green
- Disease Resistance Very good
- Flower Color Wine-purple speckled & striped with white
- Bud Form Long & pointed
- Flower Size Medium, about 4 inches in diameter
- Flower Form Mostly single, in very large conical clusters
- Petal Count 5 to 8
- Parentage Soaring Spirits x Rhapsody in Blue
- Hybridizer Tom Carruth
- Intro Year 2011
- Introduced By Weeks Roses
Sally Holmes Cl.
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Unlike any rose you’ve seen, Sally gives huge clusters that resemble Hydrangea heads—filled with buff-colored buds that open to white single flowers. Despite their frail appearance, the blooms last well even in heat. Vigorous, disease resistant and very free flowering. Blooms on new wood. Good in most temperatures. Deeper bud color when cool.
- Class: Shub/Climber
- Flower Color: Buff buds open pure white
- Fragrance: Slight
- Flower Form: Large clusters
- Flower Size: Large
- Petal Count: 5 to 8
- Pillar/climber of 6 to 12 feet
- Hybridizer: Holmes—1976
- Parentage: Ivory Fashion x Ballerina