Looking for something different in a new rose? You've got it with Ketchup & Mustard™ from Weeks Roses. This medium sized floribunda has a rounded, bushy shape with bright red flowers that have a mustard-colored center. It has a mild fragrance, and the blooms hold their color until they drop. Great accent plant in the right place. Parentage is City of San Francisco x Shockwave, hybridized by Bédard.
But if you want impact, you want the new climber from Weeks, Stormy Weather™, a deep purple rose that'll arch up 8 to 10 feet. Its large flowers are repeat bloomers with a moderately spicy scent. Parentage Heart 'n Soul x Rhapsody in Blue, bred by Orard.
For a stand-out hedge, try Double Red Simplicity® from Jackson & Perkins. Looking just like the flowers of a tea rose, it blooms from spring until fall and reaches a height of about three and a half feet. It has just a slight fragrance, glossy dark green foliage, and does well in zones 5 to 10.
I simply cannot resist apricot-colored roses, and while the new 'Caribbean Breeze' floribunda, also from J&P, is really a coral color, it's close enough for me. Peachy-pink petals with a peach-like scent, the shrub reaches a height of 2.5 to 3 feet with glossy dark green leaves. Zones 5 to 10.
To see all of the new roses for 2012 from Weeks and Jackson & Perkins, click on their websites, underlined above.
Photos: Weeks, Jackson & Perkins
I love the flowers, I wish we also have that in our garden.
Alvin
Posted by: tree planting Philippines | October 20, 2011 at 05:58 AM
Ok, I'm officially amazed. How do you produce Ketchup and Mustard? Are those naturally cross-bred or what? Stunning, just stunning.
Posted by: conservatories uk | October 17, 2011 at 01:12 AM