''Rosa'' 'Angel Face' is a pink

floribunda rose Floribunda (Latin for "many-flowering") is a modern cultivar group of garden roses that was developed by crossing hybrid teas with polyantha roses, the latter being derived from crosses between ''Rosa chinensis'' and '' Rosa multiflora'' (som ...

cultivar, developed by Herbert Swim & Weeks Rose Growers, and introduced into the United States in 1968.. 'Angel Face' is a cross between floribundas, ('Circus' × 'Lavender Pinocchio') and hybrid tea, 'Sterling Silver'. The rose was named an

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winner in 2002.

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According to Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson, in their ''Encyclopedia of Roses'', "'Angel Face' may have been introduced over 30 years ago, but it is still the best mauve Floribunda—living proof that old roses are sometimes better than new." 'Angel Face' is an upright, bushy plant with lustrous

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and a neat 3-foot-tall and -wide form. It is a good rose to use as a

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. It is a compact growing plant, and blooms abundantly. It does best in full sun and any well-drained soil. It has 3", lavender ruffled-edge blossoms, edged in an attractive deeper ruby, and often grows on single stems as well as in clusters. The fragrance is strong and sweet, and the rose has won prizes for fragrance. It is

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in zones 5–9. One must take intentional precautions against insects and disease early in the growing season, for the fragrant blossoms are a favorite snack to aphids and do fall prey to rose rust.

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