We acquired this beautiful miniflora rose earlier this year and we are now seeing some blooms.
This rose was hybrized by nationally acclaimed rosarian/hybridizer David Clemons and was introduced in 2009. This rose is named for an American thoroughbred horse who won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes in 1994.
This orange/red colored rose produces exhibition quality blooms and has been quite disease resistant. Can’t wait to see how this rose progresses in our garden.
Parentage: ‘Andie McDowell’ x ‘Kristin’
Check out all of David Clemons award winning roses at Thoroughbred Roses
Like this:
Like Loading...
About RedneckRosarian
For Chris VanCleave aka "The Redneck Rosarian", growing roses has become a passion. Chris currently serves as President of the Birmingham Rose Society and is an active member of the American Rose Society serving on the Marketing and Membership committees. His writing appears at About.com, ShelbyCo Magazine and on his popular blog, RedneckRosarian.com where he chronicles his gardening adventures and explores an intrinsic mix of life, faith and gardening. Creator and host of Rose Chat Radio, the only broadcast dedicated to growing roses, Chris is a tireless advocate of our national floral emblem; the rose. He and his wife tend a rose garden of over 150 roses just south of Birmingham, Alabama.
That is a stunning rose. Does it have a scent?
I am sorry to say that it has no scent….
Really exciting color; reminiscent to me of the newer Echinacea’s like ‘Tomato Soup’. Where’d you purchase her?
We purchased this roses from K & M Nursery in Bukatunna, MS. http://kandmroses.com/
Perfection…I would hang a portrait of the photo you posted in my living room!
Thank you! It is indeed a beautiful rose. We do frame some of our photos…
The red rose. It seems they are very popular are they not? Very beautiful Chris.
They are popular, yet I have friends who have many roses but will not grow red ones….
So beautiful!!!