Double Delight Rose

Fragrant Hybrid Tea

The Double Delight Rose are most fragrant roses, that are Hybrid Tea Roses. The creamy white blooms are edged with strawberry red, and quite beautiful.

The long, pointed creamy white buds open to double well shaped 5-6 inch blooms. As the flower ages, the red edge extends further into the petal, until the rose almost appears to be red.

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Type Hybrid Tea Roses

Hybridizer Swim & Ellis 1977

Blooms Creamy white, blending to strawberry red. Flowers are 5-6', with 30-35 petals

Growth Habits medium height, growing upright, spreading, and bushy. The plant can grow 4-5 feet

Foliage foliage is large, and dark green,

Fragrance Intense, Spicy

Awards AARS 1977, World Federation of rose Societies Hall of Fame 1985, J.A. Gamble Fragrance Award 1968

Hardy Zone 5/6-10
It has excellent all-season bloom, and is very free flowering, producing blooms from early Spring, well into the Fall.

Introduced over 30 years ago, this rose is still very popular today.

The fragrance on the Double Delight Rose, is intense! A spicy, intoxicating scent, like expensive perfume. For Hybrid teas, they are one of the most fragrant roses. It has won several awards for its fragrance.

This Hybrid tea is very disease resistant. The plant is vigorous, and blooms abundantly.


Great bedding plant, it looks spectacular in the garden, As a cut flower, it’s hard to beat! It has wonderful form, color, fragrance, stem length, and a long vase life. Everything you could want in a rose!

This rose is very eye-catching in the garden. The rich double blooms are a creamy white edged with strawberry red.

They blend well with red, white, yellow, or pink roses.

They are listed hardy in zones 5-10, but I caution those who live in the coldest zones, that Hybrid Teas can be tender, and you should protect them as much as possible.

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