Floribunda Roses are a much loved addition to the
garden and provide that classic feel to the summer cottage garden.
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Sizes of these hardy roses vary from compact and low-growing to a more open habit and heights of 5-6 feet, ideal for tall hedges. The foliage on floribunda roses tends to shrug off diseases, making for a low-maintenance plant that delivers maximum impact with its continuous bloom cycles. Most floribundas require very little spring pruning -- just removal of dead or damaged wood.
History:
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The first polyantha/hybrid tea cross, 'Rödhätte', was introduced by the Danish breeder Dines Poulsen in 1907.[1] It possessed characteristics of both its parent classes, and was initially called a Hybrid Polyantha or Poulsen rose. Poulsen continued this line of work in subsequent years, introducing several Hybrid Polyanthas such as 'Else Poulsen' in 1924.[1] Other breeders also began introducing similar varieties, and in 1930 the name "floribunda" was coined by Dr. J.N. Nicolas, a rose hybridizer for Jackson & Perkins in the US. This term has been used since then to describe cultivars which in their ancestry have crosses between hybrid teas and polyanthas.
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My Favorite Top
Varieties
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'Amber Queen' bears clusters of cupped double flowers in a medium yellow and possesses a strong spicy-sweet fragrance. The plant stays compact, growing to 2-1/2 feet tall and wide. Zones 6-9
'Angel
Face' shows strong disease resistance, an improvement on lavender roses. The
ruffled blooms have a strong citrusy scent. The plant grows 2-3 feet high.
Zones 5-9
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'Blueberry
Hill' features unique pale lilac semidouble blooms that smother the plant's
glossy dark green foliage early in the season and then continuously until fall.
The flower fragrance is sweet apple. The rounded plants show great vigor and
disease resistance. They grow 4-5 feet tall and wide. Zones 5-11
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'Cinco
de Mayo' is an award-winning selection honored for its nonstop flower
production, spicy color blend, and disease resistance. The clustered blooms
feature a smoky mix of russet and lavender with coral highlights. Their
fragrance is like a tart apple. 'Cinco de Mayo' grows 3-4 feet tall. Zones 5-9
'Hot
Cocoa' rose
'Hot Cocoa' is another unique-color, award-winning variety. The blooms feature
a smoldering color combination of cinnamon and pepper red, with a purple
shimmer on the petals. It grows 4-5 feet tall. Zones 5-9
'French
Lace' offers classic urn-shape ivory to apricot buds that open to large, full
flowers of a warm ivory tone. The fragrance is delicate. Flowers open on an
upright plant that grows 3 feet tall and is disease resistant. Zones 4-9
'Honey Perfume' features clustered apricot-yellow blooms on a disease-resistant
plant. The fragrance mixes honey and spice. It grows 3-4 feet tall. Zones 5-9
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'Iceberg'
is one of the most popular landscaping roses. It sets continuous drifts of
small, clustered double white flowers from late spring through fall. The blooms
have a light, sweet fragrance. The plant grows 4-6 feet tall and wide. Zones
5-9
'Livin'
Easy' bears big apricot blooms that deepen to orange in full flower. The
fragrance is moderate and fruity, and the foliage is glossy. The
weather-tolerant plant is resistant to fungal diseases and grows 4-5 feet tall.
Zones 5-9
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Rosemary Rose bears medium size red bloom that cover the bush from spring until frost. There is not a noticeable fragrance but the generous blooming more that compensates.The weather-tolerant plant is resistant to fungal diseases and grows 3-4 feet tall. Zones 5-9
'Scentimental'
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'Scentimental' is a contemporary rose with peppermint-stripe petals that
hearken back to gallica species roses. The blooms have a strong old-rose
fragrance. The hardy plants grow to 4 feet tall. Zones 5-9
'Sexy
Rexy' offers perfectly shaped, large, clear-pink blooms that unfurl layer after
layer of petals. The clustered bouquets almost smother the glossy foliage,
especially in the season's first flower flush. They're scented with a light
tea-rose perfume. This variety is known to be very disease resistant. It grows
3-1/2 feet tall. Zones 5-9
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