Angel Face Floribunda Rose
Rosa 'Angel Face' PP#2,792
Multiple award winner (including an AARS in 1969) for form and scent!
- Genus: Rosa
- Variety: 'Angel Face'
- ppaf: PP#2,792
- Zone: 5 - 9
- Bloom Start To End: Early Summer - Mid Fall
- Habit: Upright
- Plant Height: 3 ft - 4 ft
- Plant Width: 3 ft
- Bloom Size: 3.5 in
- Additional Characteristics: Flower, Fragrance
- Bloom Color: Dark Lavender, Light Maroon
- Bud Shape: Urn
- Foliage Color: Dark Green, Glossy, Leathery
- Fragrance: Citrus, Strong
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Beds, Cut Flowers, Ornamental, Outdoor
- Restrictions:
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Whether you’re deadheading, removing dead wood, or performing an annual pruning, make sure your cuts are no more than ¼ inch (5 mm) above a bud, and slope the cut away from the bud, to prevent water from collecting on it.The flowers are exceptionally large -- 3½inches! -- for a floribunda, opening from attractive urn-shaped buds and arising in great clusters, beginning in early summer and continuing into mid-fall. The 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!
