Rose Flash Night

'Flash Night', is a truly captivating rose that offers a dazzling display of color and reliable performance. This Spray rose stands out with its distinctive red and white striped blooms, which are both high-centered and double. While its fragrance is subtle, its prolific and continuous flowering habit ensures a consistent show throughout the season, making it an excellent choice for both garden display and elegant cut flower arrangements, where its commendable vase life is a significant asset.

FLOWERING

'Flash Night' is a rose that truly excels in its blooming performance, offering a continuous spectacle of color throughout the growing season. This variety is highly floriferous, producing blooms prolifically in continuous flushes from spring through to the first hard frost.

True to its Spray rose classification, the flowers of 'Flash Night' are typically produced in abundant clusters. While individual blooms are small to medium in size, their collective presentation in these generous clusters maximizes their visual impact, creating a lush and full appearance.

The most compelling feature of 'Flash Night' is undoubtedly its captivating flowers, which display a remarkable interplay of colors and form. Each bloom exhibits a classic, elegant high-centered form, a shape highly prized in many rose varieties for its refined appearance. The flowers are double, meaning they possess a substantial number of petals, typically ranging from 17 to 25, contributing to their full and luxurious look.

Individual blooms are considered small to medium in size, consistently measuring between 4 to 4.5 cm (approximately 1.5 to 1.75 inches) in diameter. This size, combined with their cluster-flowered nature, makes them ideal for creating impactful floral displays.

The blooms present a striking red blend, characterized by a deep, rich red, or denoted as dark purple red (RHS group 53A). This intense base color is dramatically contrasted with prominent white flecks and bold white stripes (RHS Group N155D), creating a visually stunning, almost theatrical, effect. Occasionally the colours shift from dark purple red and white to maroon and white striped. The complexity of its coloration is further enhanced by subtle secondary shades of pink, specifically purple red (RHS Group 54A), which may also be observed, adding depth to its overall visual appeal. This vibrant, striped pattern ensures that 'Flash Night' is a true garden standout.

The fragrance of 'Flash Night' is almost absent, varying from light to none.

As a Florists rose and Spray rose, 'Flash Night' is inherently suited for use in cut flower arrangements. The cut blooms of 'Flash Night' will last for an impressive duration, of about 10 - 14 days, making it an excellent choice for bringing the garden's beauty indoors. This longevity is a key attribute for both commercial growers and home enthusiasts.

PLANT

'Flash Night' stands out as a distinctive cultivar, officially classified as Miniature rose. This classification immediately hints at its compact size and floriferous nature. Beyond its formal designation, 'Flash Night' is widely recognized and utilized as a Florists rose, often referred to as a Spray Rose.

'Flash Night' is noted for its vigorous growth, establishing itself robustly in the garden. It maintains a medium-short growth habit. The mature and well-established plants of this variety have a height between approximately 50 - 120 cm (1' 8" - 3' 11") and have a width of about 40 - 60 cm (1' 4" - 1' 12"). This compact size makes it versatile for various garden applications, from borders to containers.

The rose variety 'Flash Night' has dense and healthy, attractive, semi-glossy dark green foliage. This forms a beautiful and complementary backdrop to its vibrant blooms, enhancing the overall aesthetic of the plant. The leaves are typically medium-sized, deciduous, and compound pinnate with serrate margins. The number of leaflets on normal mid-stem leaves is typically 5, including the terminal leaflet. The shoots of this variety are almost prickless, which is rather typical for Florists and Spray roses.

While most roses demand full sun (a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight daily) for prolific blooming , 'Flash Night' stands out for its impressive adaptability as it can tolerate partial shade as well, but also is capable of thriving even in hot weather. Regular removal of spent blooms is also crucial to encourage continuous flowering throughout the season, diverting the plant's energy from seed production to producing more flowers.

'Flash Night' is a highly versatile rose, making it an excellent candidate for various garden applications and indoor enjoyment. It excels as a cut flower, bringing its dramatic striped blooms indoors to brighten any space. In the landscape, its medium-short growth habit and floriferous nature make it ideal for borders, hedges, or as a striking standalone specimen in floral displays. Its compact size, also renders it perfectly suited for container planting on patios or balconies, or for adding vibrant color to smaller garden spaces.

'Flash Night' is a notably robust variety, renowned for its excellent disease resistance. However, it is important to remember that "resistance" does not equate to absolute "immunity". Adherence to general good cultural practices, such as ensuring adequate air circulation around plants, promptly removing any diseased leaves, and maintaining garden cleanliness, will always maximize the plant's vitality and bloom quality.

This rose demonstrates good adaptability to various climates, being hardy in USDA zones 6b through 9b. It is specifically praised for its notable cold hardiness, making it a resilient choice for many temperate regions where winter protection might be a concern for less robust varieties.

Unfortunately we do not have information about the origin of the name of this rose.

ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY

'Flash Night' was meticulously bred by Interplant, a highly respected international rose breeding company based in the Netherlands. 'Flash Night' was officially introduced by Interplant BV in the Netherlands in 2007. The parentage of 'Flash Night' is not publicly disclosed.

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