''Rosa'' 'About Face', (aka WEKosupalz), is an orange
grandiflora rose cultivar, bred by
Tom Carruth
Tom Carruth is an American rose hybridizer, who has created more than 100 rose varieties, including eleven All-America Rose Selections (AARS). He is currently the E.L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collections at the Huntington Library ...
in 2003, and introduced into the United States by
Jackson & Perkins
Jackson & Perkins Company, commonly known as Jackson & Perkins, is an American company that cultivates roses. Since its founding in 1872, Jackson & Perkins has grown to sell other products including live plants, garden accessories, holiday gifts, ...
in 2005. The rose was named an
All-America Rose Selections The All-America Rose Selections (AARS) is an award that was given annually, from 1940 to 2013, by the United States, American rose industry to an outstanding new rose variety. The AARS selection was regarded as the most prestigious rose prize in the ...
winner in 2005.
Description
'About Face' is a tall upright shrub, 5 to 6 ft (150—185 cm) in height with a 3 to 4 ft (90—120 cm) spread. Blooms are medium-large, 4—5 in (10—12 cm) in diameter, with a full, cupped, old fashioned bloom form, and a petal count of 26 to 35. Blooms are generally borne singly on long stems, or in small clusters.
The flowers are orange-yellow on the outside, with a reverse of dark orange-red, eventually fading to pink and yellow.
The rose has a strong, apple fragrance and large, glossy, dark green foliage. 'About Face' is very disease resistant. It blooms in flushes from spring through fall. The plants does well in
USDA
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zone 6b and warmer.
Child plants
'About Face' was used to hybridize two child plants. ''Rosa'' 'Anna's Promise', bred by Tom Carruth in 2013, was created from a cross between
'Voodoo' and 'About Face'. 'Anna's Promise' is a grandiflora rose cultivar. Its flowers are orange and pink in color, with a copper reverse. ''Rosa'' 'Good as Gold' is a
hybrid tea rose
Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Garden roses#Hybrid perpetual, hybrid perpetuals with ...
, bred by Tom Carruth before 2013. Its stock parents are 'Golden Beauty' and 'About Face'. The flowers are orange and yellow with touches of red.
Awards
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All-America Rose Selections The All-America Rose Selections (AARS) is an award that was given annually, from 1940 to 2013, by the United States, American rose industry to an outstanding new rose variety. The AARS selection was regarded as the most prestigious rose prize in the ...
(AARS) winner, USA, (2005)
See also
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Garden roses
Garden roses are predominantly Hybrid (biology), hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. An ...
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Rose Hall of Fame
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List of Award of Garden Merit roses
The following is a selected list of rose variety (botany), varieties and cultivars which currently (2017) hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
List of roses
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References
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