Some Like It Hot!

Roses will grow in the heat, you just need to get them started early.
If you live in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas- these roses are for you!

Own Root Bush Rose Roses

Apricot Candy™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

Apricot Candy is this years winner of the 2008 Rose Hills International Rose Trials in Whittier, CA.
The delicate rose fragrance adds to the classic elegance of this new soft apricot Hybrid Tea. Excellent flower shape and a novel, easy-on-the-eye color that is nevertheless strong enough to withstand the heat without fading. The ruffle-edged petals contrast nicely with the soft green foliage, either on the plant or in the vase. A good performer on both coasts with above average resistance to diseases.
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5-11
5-6 Feet
2-3 Feet
Autumn Sunblaze®
Rosa Miniature

An improved 'Orange Sunblaze'. The bloom is a brighter orange that does not fade. Out performs many garden and pot rose varieties. The bloom and foliage persist through hot, dry summer months.
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5-11
12-15 Inches
15- Inches
Belinda's Dream
Rosa Floribunda

No, you're not hallucinating...a rose that truly resists black spot is no longer just a pipe dream. this pretty-in-pink hybrid battles the dreaded fungus with amazing ease, keeping its medium green leaves all season long-from the top to the bottom of itsbushy plant. Modern shapely buds open to fully double old-fashioned flowers. Thrives best in hot humid summers.
© Weeks Roses
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6-9
4-5 ft
3-4 ft
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5-10
2-3 Feet
2-3 Feet
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5-9
7-8 ft
5- ft
Coffee Bean™
Rosa Miniature

I put this in the category of uniqueness matching Hot Cocoa. Good looking glossy green leaves tell me this is a little guy I would be happy with. The smokiness comes out in the color in cooler climates. Sounds perfect for any costal community. 17-20 petals
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6-9
1-2 Feet
1-2 Feet
Eden Climber® Red
Rosa Climber

Amazing what rose breeding can do. Although totally unrelated to 'Eden Climber', this great red climber looks, feels and smells like our best selling rose. More fragrant and maybe a better and earlier bloomer in some climates.
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5-10
10-12 Feet
6- Feet
Michelangelo™
Rosa Hybrid Tea

With its sweet lemony fragrance and its vibrantly saturated golden petals, this new Romantica rose will find a permanent home in your garden. Perfect stems for cutting and old-fashioned blooms to win your heart. Deep green foliage clothes the branches and provides the perfect contrast.
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6-10
5- Feet
3- Feet
Mother of Pearl®
Rosa Grandiflora

In the Nursery, it is a darker apricot color when temps. are cooler.

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5-10
4- Feet
2- Feet
Outta the Blue™ (own root)
Rosa Landscape/Shrub

No picture can capture the sweet spicy scent or the full array of colors borne by this beauty. It's outta this world when it comes to the display of many blue hues--rich magenta spiked with yellow, deep wine sparked with cream, warm lavender spilling to nearly blue. All on just one gorgeous green plant! Free-flowering & super vigorous, she bears big clusters of old-fashioned-formed flowers. Very hardy.
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6a-10b
3-5 feet
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Passionate Kisses
Rosa Floribunda

The fresh salmon colored blooms blend well in mixed perennial beds. This new Floribunda is always in bloom! The non-stop blooms, along eith the attractive shape of this rose, make it perfect for cutting to enjoy indoors.
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6-9
3-4 ft
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Polka™
Rosa Climber

Our most vigorous climber combines old rose fashion with repeat flowering, disease tolerance and winter hardiness. Endowed with a fragrance, 'Polka' will charm its way into your garden for years to come. Gather a bouquet and fill any room with a lovely fragrance. The strong apricot color will turn more peachy during warm weather.
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5b-9b
10-12 Feet
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Red Ribbons
Rosa Landscape/Groundcover

Striking crimson flowers set in clusters amid dark green, glossy foliage. Attractive, symemetrically mounded plant blooms repeatedly.
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3-9
24-30 Inches
5-7 Feet
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5-10
4- Feet
2- Feet
Tiddly Winks
Rosa Miniature

Fun, fun, Fun!
A miniature orange pink and yellow bicolor that has been continously full of blooms! Great for a container (or two) on the patio where it will make you feel happy!
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6-9
1-2 Feet
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