Rosa Angel Face
Best of Fragrance and Form
- Genus: Rosa
- Zone: 5 - 9
- Bloom Start To End: Late Spring - Late Fall
- Habit: Upright
- Plant Height: 3 ft - 4 ft
- Plant Width: 3 ft
- Bloom Size: 4 in
- Additional Characteristics: Bloom First Year, Free Bloomer, Repeat Bloomer
- Bloom Color: Light Maroon, Lavender
- Bud Shape: Urn
- Flower Shape: Double
- Foliage Color: Dark Green
- Fragrance: Citrus, Strong, Sweet
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Border, Hedge, Landscapes, Beds, Cut Flowers
- Restrictions:
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The flowers are exceptionally large -- 4 inches -- for a floribunda, opening from attractive urn-shaped buds and arising in great clusters, beginning in early summer and continuing into mid-fall. The 30 to 35 petals are slightly waved, like a flared skirt, which adds to their depth. Some boast a faint, deep crimson outline along the tip, as if they had been dipped in wet paint. And all are richly redolent of sweet citrus, a scent so addictive that Angel Face received the ARS John Cook Medal for fragrance.
Introduced in 1968 by Swim & Weeks, Angel Face arose from a cross of (Circus x Lavender Pinocchio) x Sterling Silver, and you can detect the faint silvery sheen of its parentage in certain lights. It is itself the parent of the lemon-scented Climbing Angel Face. It won All-American Rose Selections honors in 1969.
Angel Face is an upright, bushy plant with lustrous dark green, leathery foliage and a neat 3-foot-tall and -wide form. It is best in full sun and any well-drained soil. A wonderful choice for garden or vase.