Hybrid Tea Rose 'Heirloom'

Please tell me the buds are supposed to be yellow for this rose! I was so excited to add it to my purple/blue flower bed and I am worrie...Read Mored it was labeled incorrectly. There is a bit of dark pink peeking through as well. Anyone ever notice their buds looking like I described?

heirloom is perhaps the perfect rose. gracing us with it's ever changing color cycle , in bloom, and aging. i first planted this ros...Read Moree from j and p in 1990, did unbelievably well. lived in a different location then. the rose shot gorgeous 5 and 6 bud's 5 and 6 inches across in bloom and 12 to 14 inch stems. the comments were endless from passers by , notes left on my door. seriously a wonderfully bred rose. they start purple fade to blue ish gray. one of my heirloom plants transplanted well the other died. it is now 23 years old and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. does need massive pruning, essential. down to four strong canes 14 inches tall. this will give you a gorgeous grandiflora. feed it regularly, and soak heavy and it will go strong. wonderful, wonderful, citric flavor in scent. i have over 30 varieties and the heirloom is one of my favorites. made many cuttings for new plants on own root and are doing as good almost better.

I have two in my garden; one originally bare root and the other potted. Both were planted during the same season and there is no differe...Read Morence between them in size and performance. Does exceptionally well in Zone 9a sending up new canes and blooming from Spring until the first hard freeze. Fragrant with a sweet scent, it shows a grandiflora, floribunda ancestry with the flowers often coming in clusters of 3 to 5. One of the lowest maintenance roses in my garden and I have over 50 varieties, half of which are low maintenance antique roses.

This rose is just wonderful in my garden! Buds are similar in color to Stephen's Big Purple, and they age to a very elegant mauve. They a...Read Morelso smell fabulous. To me they smell like sweet lemons,but it is just soooo strong. Beautiful all around.