Memorial Day® Bare Root Rose Bush
Orchid‑pink elegance with room‑filling fragrance
- 🚚 Bare Root Roses ship January–April — perfectly timed for your growing zone
- 🛡️ Complimentary One-Year Grow With Grace™ Guarantee
About Memorial Day® Bare Root Rose Bush
Rosa ‘WEKblunez’ Memorial Day®
Introduced by Weeks® Roses (USA) in 2002, this stunning Hybrid Tea rose by Tom Carruth features enormous, old-fashioned orchid-pink blooms loaded with 41–50 petals. Known for its intoxicating old rose fragrance, Memorial Day® is both a statement piece and a workhorse in American gardens.
💐 Plant & Flower Traits
🌹 Rose Type: Hybrid Tea
🧬 Breeder: Tom Carruth (USA, 2002)
🏢 Introduced By: Weeks® Roses (USA, 2002)
🎨 Color: Orchid pink with lavender undertones
🌸 Petal Count: 41–50 petals
💠 Bloom Form: Very full, old-fashioned, high-centered spiral
📏 Bloom Size: Large (~5″)
🔁 Flowering: Continuous flushes from late spring through fall
🏺 Vase Life: Excellent — one bloom can fragrance a room
🧴 Fragrance: Exceptionally strong, classic old‑rose/damask scent
🏡 Growth & Garden Habits
🌿 Growth Type: Upright
☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
❄️ Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 5–9
📐 Spacing: ~2–3′
↕️ Height: ~4–5′
↔️ Width: ~2–3′
🛡️ Health & Suitability
💪 Disease Resistance: Very good — robust and low-thorned
🌞 Heat & Cool Adaptation: Thrives in heat; performs well across diverse U.S. climates
🌎 Regional Recommendations:
West Coast • Mountain West • Midwest • Northeast • Mid‑Atlantic • Pacific Northwest
⚠️ Note: Can work in Southeast/Gulf Coast with good airflow and disease monitoring
🏅 Awards & Recognition
• All-America Rose Selections (AARS) Winner, 2004
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Our bare root roses are carefully selected and prepared to give you the best start for your garden. Each rose is inspected for quality and health before shipping.
Whether you choose own root or budded roses, you'll receive premium plants that are ready to thrive in your garden.
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One-Year Grow With Grace™ Guarantee
At Grace Rose Farm®, we’re all about growing gorgeous gardens and happy hearts. That’s why we’ve got your back with our One-Year Grow With Grace™ Guarantee—because we know sometimes things just don’t go as planned in the garden. If your plant doesn’t make it within the first year, no worries—we’ll help make it right with a little store credit love 💗.