Tropicana (Hybrid Tea) Buying Options:Bare Root

Tropicana (Hybrid Tea) Buying Options:Bare RootTropicana Hybrid Tea Rose Tropicana is a classic Hybrid Tea of great distinction a variety introduced in 1960 that remains one of the most celebrated roses for its combination of vivid, warm coral orange colour and an exceptional fruity fragrance of remarkable intensity. The large, high centred blooms are a vivid coral orange with warm apricot undertones that create a glowing, tropical effect, and the fruity fragrance that accompanies them is rich,

and mauves

luminous yellow-cream blooms carry a light

Plant in full sun in prepared soil

cluster flowers Crown spread from graft 90 cm × 90 cm from graft Stem height to graft 1 metre to graft Flowering season Repeat flowering – June through autumn (near-continuous) Sunlight Full sun

Starlight Express is a compact and beautifully fragrant patio climbing rose – a variety that punches well above its size in terms of flower quality and scent

constantly changing Fragrance Good fragrance – strong and pleasant Flower size 3 cm (1

bright green Rugosa foliage

Cutting – the unusual colour is stunning in arrangements

small clusters per stem Height × Spread 300 cm × 200 cm (10 ft × 6

and outbuildings

bringing vivid

always cut to an outward-facing bud to maintain an open shape