Rose Westerland

Colourful shrub rose, for over 50 years it is considered one of the best orange shrub roses. Large crimson-orange buds open to loosely cupped and ruffled shaped flowers of a very bright and vibrant orange-copper colour. Flowers have a strong, spicy fragrance. Forms large shrub covered with attractive, large dark-green foliage which complements the beauty of its flowers. Also this rose can be trained as a short climber. This rose is perfect for hedges and backgrounds, but even there it will be a center of the attention!!

FLOWER
Blooms continuously in flushes throughout the season, starting from late spring or early summer, and until the frosts. Often it seems that this rose never stops blooming.

PLANT
It will be an ideal choice as a shrub in a rose border or as a hedge, it will also create a stunning effect on the background of the mixed border, especially mixed with grasses, perennials or even with small trees. Given proper support it is can also be trained as a short climber against a sturdy rose arch or pergola.

Disease resistance:
‘Westerland’ is resistant to black spot, rust and mildew under normal growing conditions.

Bright and quite dense petals are good resistance to rain and heat.

Named after the health resort on the North Sea island of Sylt – ‘Rosenschild Westerland’.

Certificate of Merit and Fragrance Award —New Zealand Rose Trials, New Zealand, 1973

Winner ADR General Rose Trials, Germany, 1974

Award of Garden Merit—Royal Horticultural Society Show, The UK, 1993

ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY
Controlled pollination took place in Germany.

The female parent, or the seed parent was floribunda rose ‘Friedrich Wörlein’ bred by W. Kordes' Söhne, 1963.

The male parent, or the pollen parent was floribunda rose ‘Circus’ bred by Herbert C. Swim, 1955.

The result of abovementioned cross pollination was a rather uniquely colored rose that starts off as yellow in the center and darkens outward to shades of orange, copper and apricot.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTS
The seed parent was characterised by deep yellow colour and medium sized flowers and the pollen parent was characterized by medium sized multicolored flowers with blend of delicate shades of yellow, pink, salmon-pink and pure red while the ‘Westerland’ variety has large, bright copper-orange flowers.

Also the pollen parent has low and compact growth and moderate fragrance, while ‘Westerland’ has vigorous growth and forms a large shrub, and its flowers have strong and spicy fragrance.

USDA zone 5 and warmer