Plant Patent 8,872. Cultivar name: 'KORfullwine.' Synonyms: 'Oxfordshire,' Sommermorgen®. A super-floriferous groundcover rose with large, fragrant pink blooms, Baby Blanket® has it all -- great disease resistance, superior heat tolerance, a compact spreading habit, and nonstop flowers all summer!These semi- to fully double blooms arise in giant clusters of up to 15, each 3 inches wide and packed with soft pink petals tinged with peach and salmon. Subtly scented, they last very well on the plant, even in extreme summer heat and humidity. And as quickly as they pass, new buds arise, keeping this 2- to 4-foot-high, 3- to 5-foot-wide shrub colorful throughout the summer months.
The Blanket® series of groundcover (or "miniflora") Roses comes to us from Germany, a product of the great Rose firm Kordes, which breeds all of its cultivars without growth regulators or sprays. The disease resistance is bred into the shrub, not sprayed onto the foliage, and you will see Baby Blanket® stand up to blackspot, mildew, rust, and more. This is a modern Rose, vigorous over a much longer season and heat-tolerant even in steamy zone 10.
If you like Baby Blanket®, consider pairing it with its companions Electric Blanket® and Magic Blanket®. All 3 are available in an economical collection as well. Together they make a lovely low hedge or foreground planting for the Rose garden, shrub border, or any bare sunny spot. Baby Blanket® is the most heat-tolerant, as well as the largest-flowered in the series. A robust, carefree choice for summer-long color! Zones 6b-10.
