True Bloom Roses® True Passion™ Bare Root Rose Bush

About True Bloom Roses® True Passion™ Bare Root Rose Bush

Rosa ‘LIM10’ — True Passion™ PP28,928
🧬 Breeder: Ping Lim / True Bloom Roses®
🌹 Rose Type: Hybrid Tea Shrub™
🔥 Fiery orange-red flowers, peppery fragrance, and remarkable heat and disease resistance—True Passion™ brings the heat and knows how to take it.

True Passion™ is not a shy rose.

Its large, double flowers blaze in a vivid blend of orange and red, creating the kind of saturated color that immediately draws your eye from across the garden.

Even better, that fiery color is known for holding beautifully as the flowers mature, rather than quickly fading away in summer heat.

Each bloom carries approximately 25–30 petals and a distinctive medium peppery fragrance.

But underneath those show-stopping flowers is where True Passion™ really earns its name.

This rose was bred to perform through heat, cold, drought, and disease pressure, producing repeat flowers on a strong, upright shrub approximately five feet tall.

It's beautiful.

But it's definitely not delicate.

💐 Plant & Flower Traits

🌹 Rose Type: Hybrid Tea Shrub™
🎨 Color: Brilliant blend of orange and red
🌸 Bloom Form: Large, double Hybrid Tea-style flowers
🌼 Bloom Size: Approximately 3½–4 inches
🌼 Petal Count: Approximately 25–30 petals
🌺 Fragrance: Medium, peppery fragrance
🔁 Flowering Habit: Repeat flowering throughout the season
🎨 Color Retention: Excellent — fiery coloring holds especially well through summer conditions
🌿 Foliage: Dark green, glossy foliage
✂️ Cut Flower: Excellent — large flowers and upright stems make True Passion™ a beautiful cutting rose

🏡 Growth & Garden Habits

🌱 Growth Habit: Strong, upright shrub
↕️ Height: Approximately 4–5 feet
↔️ Width: Approximately 2–3 feet
☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
❄️ Hardiness: USDA Zones 5–10
🔥 Heat Tolerance: Excellent
💧 Drought Tolerance: Excellent once established
🛡️ Disease Resistance: Exceptional — strong resistance to black spot, powdery mildew, downy mildew, and rust
🏡 Garden Use: Rose beds, mixed borders, cutting gardens, specimen plantings, mass plantings, and warm-climate gardens

🔥 Orange + Red = True Passion™

The color is what gets your attention first.

True Passion™ produces flowers in a glowing blend of fiery orange and red.

Not peach.

Not apricot.

Not coral.

Orange-red.

It's bold, warm, and incredibly effective against the plant's glossy dark-green foliage.

And unlike some warm-colored roses that quickly fade under intense summer sunshine, True Passion™ was selected for lasting color and strong heat performance.

This is a rose that doesn't wilt at the thought of summer.

It turns up the heat.

🌶️ A Little Pepper With Your Rose

True Passion™ has another surprise.

Its flowers carry a medium peppery fragrance.

That spicy character fits the rose perfectly.

Fiery color.

Peppery perfume.

Strong garden performance.

There's nothing particularly bashful about this one.

🧬 Bred by Ping Lim

True Passion™ was created by renowned rose breeder Ping Lim as part of the True Bloom Roses® breeding program.

Originally known during development as Double 10, it was bred around a philosophy that has become central to the True Bloom® collection:

Gardeners shouldn't have to choose between beautiful traditional rose flowers and modern landscape performance.

True Passion™ combines the flower form and cutting potential associated with Hybrid Tea roses with the durability and disease resistance expected from a modern shrub.

And that performance has been tested.

🏆 An Award-Winning Rose

True Passion™ has some impressive credentials.

🏆 2016 Biltmore International Rose Trials
Pauline Merrell Award for Best Hybrid Tea

🏆 2018 American Rose Trials for Sustainability®
A.R.T.S.® Master Rose

The A.R.T.S. recognition is particularly meaningful.

True Passion™ earned regional awards across four different climate regions, demonstrating strong performance under very different growing conditions.

These trials emphasize sustainable rose growing and evaluate plants for qualities such as flowering, plant health, and disease resistance without relying on the intensive spray programs traditionally associated with roses.

True Passion™ didn't just survive the test.

It stood out.

🛡️ Serious Disease Resistance

This is one of True Passion's biggest strengths.

The variety has demonstrated strong resistance to:

Black spot

Powdery mildew

Downy mildew

Rust

That's an impressive list for a rose with flowers that still have the look and presence of a traditional Hybrid Tea.

For gardeners who love cutting roses but don't love constantly worrying about their foliage, True Passion™ offers an exciting middle ground.

💛 Why Grace Rose Farm Loves It

True Passion™ brings the heat—and knows how to take it.

We love roses that look dramatic without behaving dramatically.

True Passion™ gives you those fiery orange-red Hybrid Tea-style flowers, a spicy little fragrance, and an upright plant that can reach about five feet tall.

But what really gets our attention is its performance.

Heat resistant.

Drought tolerant once established.

Exceptionally disease resistant.

Repeat blooming.

And award-winning under sustainable rose trials.

It's the kind of rose that lets you have all the drama in the flower instead of in the maintenance.

Now that's a passion we can get behind.

🌿 Growing & Care Recommendations

Planting Site: Choose a location receiving at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily with fertile, well-drained soil.

Spacing: Allow approximately 3 feet between plants to accommodate the mature width and encourage good airflow.

Watering: Water deeply after planting and maintain consistent moisture while your bare-root rose develops its new root system. Once established, True Passion™ has demonstrated impressive drought tolerance.

Pruning: Prune while dormant in late winter or early spring, removing dead, damaged, weak, or crossing growth and shaping the plant to encourage strong new flowering stems.

Cutting Garden: True Passion™ makes an excellent addition to a cutting garden. Its upright habit and large, colorful flowers translate beautifully into bouquets.

Hot-Climate Gardens: This is one to consider if summer heat has been hard on other roses. True Passion™ was specifically selected for its ability to maintain both plant performance and strong flower color under challenging conditions.

Color Pairing: Pair its fiery orange-red flowers with cream, buttery yellow, deep burgundy, purple, smoky mauve, or white roses for dramatic contrast.