'Summer romance'
'summer romance'
- Class: Floribunda
- Growth Habit: Upright, bushy growth to about 4 feet
- Color: Dark Pink
- Disease Resistance: 52 (out of 60)
- Flowering: 28 (out of 30)
- Fragrance: 10 (out of 10)
- Total Rating: 90 (out of 100)
This rose belongs to the Parfuma collection by Kordes Roses and like many of their modern releases it combines disease resistance with intensely fragrant, romantic blooms. 'Summer Romance' is extremely vigorous, growing very bushy and covering itself with highly scented blooms. The buds are a dark pink and open up to reveal a quartered cup-shaped bloom-- much like a rose from centuries past. The dark green foliage is glossy and very disease resistant. The fragrance is described as extraordinary, startling the senses with notes of sharp citron, berries, and apples. In my Maine gardens, 'Summer Romance' was one of the first roses to bloom for me in the late spring and one of the last to show in the fall. This rose represents everything you could desire in a rose for the chemical-free garden
Introduced in 2014 by Kordes (KORtekcho); also known as 'Countess Marie Henriette'