Class: Grandiflora
Plant Habit: Medium to medium-tall height
Growth Habit: Slightly spreading, rounded habit
Stem Length: Medium-long
Foliage Color: Deep green, semi-glossy
Disease
Resistance: Good
Flower Color: Scrumptious deep velvet purple
Bud Form: Fat & globular
Flower Form: Old fashioned, very double, borne in clusters
Flower Size: Medium-large to large (about 4 to 5 inch diameter)
Petal Count: Over 35
Fragrance: Strong spicy clove and citrus blossom
Parentage: Ebb Tide x Della Reese
Hybridizer: Tom Carruth
Introducer: Weeks Roses
Selling Points:
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Take the amethyst purple color and powerful perfume of Ebb Tide and make it a bigger flower with a stronger plant. That was our goal and here’s the proof.
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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.
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Strongly scented with a combination of clove and lemony citrus blossom. Deep green leaves cover the plant & compliment the remarkably colored flowers.
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Tempting color, seductive fragrance and old rose form…it’s a winner!