Midnight Blue Rose

Perfect shrubs for Hedges made of Roses

The Midnight Blue Rose, a mysterious shrub rose that is a black velvety, deep purple color. A very unique color that makes great shrubs for hedges. If you like purple roses, you won't find another one like this. The velvety, dark purple blossoms open to reveal bright yellow stamens. A great bloomer! And bloom it does, with huge clusters of full petaled, deeply domed flowers.

Type Shrub Rose

Hybridizer Carruth 2003

Growth habits A very vigorous, compact, and bushy, making it ideal for shrub roses.

Foliage Medium size, medium green color, and semi-glossy

Fragrance A wonderful, intense, spicy,clove scent

Blooms Velvety, deep purple, with a petal count of 25-30 3-5", cupped flowers that continue all season.

Plant Size Height- 2 1/2 - 3 1/2' Width- 2 1/2"

Hardiness zones 6-10

Disease Resistance Midnight Blue Rose is Very Disease Resistant

This "Rose of a different Color" is versitile for any landscape design, including shrub roses, or specimen planting.

It's easy to pick a bouquet of these beauties, because one snip produces a bouquet. The intense, clove fragrance will have you wanting to pick lots of bouquets! The bright green foliage is a nice contrast to the royal purple flowers with golden stamens. The blooms are just beginning to open in the picture above, but if you look closely, you will see that the entire hedge is completely covered with buds, and when they open, it will be spectacular.

The name, Midnight Blue, fits this rose perfectly. A few in the garden could really make a statement.

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