Rhapsody in Blue

(cv. FRAntasia) PPAF

Hybrid Tea -  Smoke-blue purple blend

A whisper started in England.  And then the story spread about a nearly-blue rose with gray-green leaves coming from an amateur hybridizer, Frank Cowlishaw.  With the first flowering in the trials, the world-wide rumor ran rampant about this remarkable rose.  Yet the trials showed the elusive beauty to be true to her English upbringing, having a definite preference for cool conditions.  The upright bushy pillar sulks in the heat but recovers remarkably with milder

• Height & Habit: Medium to tall / regular, upright
• Bloom & Size: Medium, semi-double, in clusters
• Petal Count: 15 to 20
• Fragrance: Moderate sweet spice
• Parentage: Summerwine x {International Herald Tribune x [(Blue Moon x Montezuma) x (Violacea x Montezuma)]}
• Hybridizer: Cowlishaw  - 2006
• Comments: Demands moderate temps.  No other rose color like it!