Melinda Myers

Hybrid Tea Rose

Botanical Name

Rosa x hybrida

Hardiness

Zones 5 to 9

Height

4 to 5 feet

Width

3 feet

Flowers

Summer: wide range of colors, blends and bicolors; fragrant

Fruit

Orange-red hips

Light

Full sun

Soil

Moist, well-drained

Planting & Care

• Plant with the graft union 2 inches below the soil surface
• Deadhead to encourage new blooms, stop toward the end of the season to improve winter hardiness
• Benefits from winter protection

Problems

Black spot, mildew, rusts, cankers, virus

Varieties

• Mister Lincoln, Double Delight, Veterans Honor - wonderfully fragrant varieties
• Tropicana, Peace, Tropical Sunset - beautiful blended colors