Found nearly dead at Walmart, one of the few remaining roses from their garden section. There was a large unused section in the garden a...Read Morerea at the place I was staying and it needed some additional rose color. If only it would grow tall enough to get the sun it needed...
Planted with scraps and a mixed dose of Chef Boyardee ravioli in red sauce. Sure enough, in a few weeks the Red Masterpiece exploded in massively tall spikes reaching into the sunlight. Roses are huge, especially pretty just before and during early bloom. There was a huge heat fire in the area and it makes the velvet red have violet splotches with white circles. Otherwise it remains a huge, overgrown majestic red rose. Grows very tall and vigorously.
Pretty sure Parentage is Carrousel and Chrysler Imperial
Planted around June 24 2015
buds don't open fully in my area, 9b-10a in Oakland, CA. The partially opened blooms ball up and turn brown. I learned somewhere long a...Read Morego that this plant requires a lot of heat for the buds to open fully. When the buds did open fully, the flowers were exceptionally pretty, of classic form and a beautiful dark blood red.
Found nearly dead at Walmart, one of the few remaining roses from their garden section. There was a large unused section in the garden a...Read More
buds don't open fully in my area, 9b-10a in Oakland, CA. The partially opened blooms ball up and turn brown. I learned somewhere long a...Read More