
Ten-Ten® Bare Root Rose Bush
About Ten-Ten® Bare-Root Rose Bush
Rosa ‘MACmatam’ — Ten-Ten®
🧬 Breeder: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV (New Zealand)
🌹 A classic deep red Hybrid Tea rose celebrated for its rich color and repeat blooms.
Ten-Ten® is a striking Hybrid Tea rose introduced in 1979, known for its medium red blooms that open with timeless form and garden elegance. Bred by the renowned rosarian Samuel McGredy IV, this cultivar delivers flushes of color throughout the growing season, paired with dark green foliage that enhances its classic appeal in both the garden and the vase. Named for 25th Anniversary for the CFRB Toronto radio station.
💐 Plant & Flower Traits
🌹 Rose Type: Hybrid Tea
🎨 Color: Medium red
🌸 Bloom Form: Classic Hybrid Tea blooms, borne mostly singly or in small clusters
🔁 Flowering Habit: Repeat flowering throughout the growing season
🌿 Foliage: Dark green, glossy leaves provide a refined backdrop to the blooms
🏡 Growth & Garden Habits
🌱 Growth Habit: Upright Hybrid Tea shrub
❄️ Winter Hardiness: Best suited to USDA Zones 7b and warmer
☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
🛡️ Care Notes: Responds well to spring pruning, encouraging strong new growth and reliable flowering
💛 Why Grace Rose Farm Loves It
Ten-Ten® embodies classic red rose beauty — rich in color, elegant in form, and dependable in performance. Its timeless blooms make it a perfect choice for formal rose beds, romantic borders, and cut-flower gardens where traditional Hybrid Tea roses shine. This is a rose for gardeners who appreciate heritage style with season-long presence.
🌿 Growing & Care Recommendations
Planting Site: Full sun with well-drained soil
Spacing: Allow room for upright growth and good airflow
Watering: Moderate, especially during establishment and active growth
Pruning: Prune in spring to remove old wood and shape the plant
Maintenance: Moderate — rewards attentive care with consistent blooms
About Our Roses
- We are pleased to announce that our garden roses have achieved Carbon Neutral International Standard Certification from the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC). For more information, please read here.
- Furthermore, our ethically cultivated garden roses have received certification from Florverde Sustainable Flowers, recognizing our commitment to Social and Environmental Standard Practices. To learn more, please read here.
- Your roses are freshly cut to order by our passionate and skilled growers, who tend to each bloom with love and expertise. Each stem is processed with care and nestled in specially designed packaging that ensures their safe journey to you. To maintain the vitality and beauty of the roses, the thorns are intentionally left intact, adding a touch of natural elegance. Our farm takes pride in empowering women, with over half of our dedicated team being female. We invite you to explore our unwavering commitment to enhancing the overall well-being and success of our workers, as they bring the beauty of these roses to life. Read more here.
- For protection during transit, the roses are securely packaged in corrugated cardboard. Upon unwrapping, you can create your own floral arrangements.
- Please follow the care instructions for your garden roses here.
- We kindly ask that you allow two to four days for your roses to open from bud to bloom. For detailed information regarding bloom progression, please refer here.
- If these roses are intended for a specific event, we recommend selecting a delivery date approximately two to three days prior to the occasion to ensure that your roses will be in full bloom by the time of your celebration.
- Please note that vases are not included with the arrangements.
- Our garden roses are a gift from nature, and we make every effort to ensure that the right roses are blooming in time for your order. While we cannot guarantee that the exact colors depicted in the photographs will be available, we are dedicated to shipping the highest quality roses in colors that closely match those shown on our website. We assure you that your garden roses will be freshly harvested and beautiful, and we hope that you or your recipients will experience the joy infused into each bouquet.
- These roses are lovingly and sustainably grown by Alexandra Farms for Grace Rose Farm. To learn more about our commitment to sustainability, please visit our blog.
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