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 Floribundas
are versatile; an individual shrub will fit easily into almost any sunny
border planting. However, they are perhaps most striking in mass
plantings. Imagine colors of mango orange, peach pink & ripe apricot that
visually bounce off glossy green leaves. This is the floribunda 'Easy Does
It!' Floribundas
have many small flowers in clusters, and are generally low-growing. They
were produced from a cross between a
hybrid tea and a
polyantha sometime in the 1920's.
These bushy shrubs have the large, showy blossoms of the hybrid teas, but
bloom more freely, setting clusters of three to fifteen blossoms rather
than a single bloom on a stem. The result is a rose that flowers continuously throughout the season,
producing either double, like Geisha, or hybrid tea-like (high-centered)
flowers similar to Trumpeter. They tend to lack strong fragrance, though
it may be detected on some plants in the morning hours. They are generally
low-growing (3' to5'). Floribundas are often referred to as
Cluster-Flowered roses. Larger Floribundas are classified as Grandifloras.
Disease resistant varieties are Cherish, Europeana, French Lace, Gene
Boerner, Iceberg, and Sunsprite.
 Sunny Knockout,
nonstop sunshine for your garden with abundant, fragrant, 3-inch
creamy-white blossoms. Good disease tolerance; a vigorous, bush reaches 4
½ feet tall and wide.
Hot Cocoa This easy-to-grow 2003
AARS winner produces stunning displays of silk-like blooms, their
petals glow chocolate-orange to dark red with a deep rusty orange
reverse. Color intensity varies with the climate. Glossy, dark green
foliage is outstanding. This vigorous plant has excellent disease
resistance.
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