Rose French Lace

A multiple award-winning rose with genuinely beautiful flowers, demonstrating an amazing color palette of subtle ivory, buff, and the lightest apricot hues. These blooms are produced on a densely branched medium sized shrube.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY

FLOWERING
The variety has recurrent, continuous blooming habit. Flowers from early summer until frosts.

Bloom:
‘French Lace’ produces delightful ivory buds with a subtle hint of apricot, unfolding into very double and high-centered flowers with the average diameter of about 8 – 9 cm (3 ½ inches). They appear in a small clusters of 3 to 9 flowers.

The colour is a beautiful mix ivory, buff, and the lightest apricot hues. With age the flowers fade to light ivory, almost white.

Fragrance:
The fragrance is medium, with fruity and spicy notes.

PLANT
The rose variety ‘French Lace’ classified as a Floribunda rose. Hass quite vigorous, upright, bushy growth character. The mature plant grown in a garden when well established has a height of about 70 – 120 cm (2.5’ – 4’) and the width of about 60 - 90 cm (2’ – 3’).

Disease resistance:
The variety is very resistant to black spot, rust, botrytis and mildew under normal growing conditions. Pest resistance was not tested.

The variety is quite winter hardy, recommended for growing in USDA zones 6 and warmer.

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

All-America Rose Selection, All-America Rose Selection Rose Trials, 1982;

Portland Gold Medal, Portland Rose Trials, 1984;

Floribunda (One Bloom), West Pasco Rose Society Show, 1998

Floribunda (One Bloom), East County Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Las Vegas Valley Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Modesto Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Mount Diablo Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Redwood Empire Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), San Fernando Valley Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Vrain Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda Spray, Pinellas Rose Society Show, 1999;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Birmingham Rose Society Spring Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), California Coastal Rose Society Rose Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Inland Valley Rose Club Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), North Bay Rose Society Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Philadelphia Rose Society Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Twin Cities Rose Club Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), West Jersey Rose Society Show, 2000;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Albuquerque Rose Society Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Bowling Green Rose Society Summer Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Grand Valley Rose Society (Michigan) Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Greater Harrisburg Rose Society Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Marin Rose Society Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Monocacy Rose Society Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Mount Diablo Rose Society Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), New York State District Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Orange County Rose Society Show, 2001;

Floribunda (One Bloom), Pacific Rose Society Show, 2001;

ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY
The floribunda rose variety which was originated by William A. Warriner by crossing the variety 'Veria' / 'Dr. A.J. Verhage', a Hybrid Tea rose by Gysbert Verbeek, 1961 with the pollen parent 'Jacbri' / 'Bridal Pink', a floribunda rose by Eugene S. Boerner, 1966.

USDA zone 6 and warmer