Cinco de Mayo™

2009 AARS Winner

(cv. WEKcobeju) PPAF

Floribunda - Smoky lavender & rusty red-orange blend

This seedling of Julia Child puts a whole new spin on ‘flower power’. The clusters of blooms never stop poppin’ open on this powerfully flowerful Floribunda. Mysteriously colored & deliriously novel…it’s an indescribable blending of smoked lavender & rusty red-orange. Yet it’s perfectly blendable with any color in the garden, whether it’s atop a rose tree, planted in mass or nestled amongst your favorite perennials. The super-clean glossy-green foliage mirrors the flowers, adding even more pizazz to this bushy rounded flower factory.

Height / Habit: Medium / Rounded & bushy
Bloom / Size: Large, ruffled, double
Petal count: About 25
Parentage: Topsy Turvy x Julia Child
Fragrance: Moderate sweet apple
Hybridizer: Carruth - 2009
Comments: Smokier when it’s cool outside.

Even with a cast of thousands to compete for attention, 2009 winner “Cinco de Mayo” stands out with the confidence of a woman who knows who she is and isn’t afraid to show-off. This floribunda flaunts its flirty fiesta flowers. The colors of its petals swirl like the clouds of a thunderstorm at sunset. Russet reds, mellow lavenders: they layer and mingle like the colors of sunset on the Mexican Riviera just as brightness succumbs to seductive darkness. This is a rose which is the floral equivalent of Selma Hayak. - Lydia Plunk Garden Writer