Height: 5 feet

Spread: 5 feet

Sunlight: full sun

Hardiness Zone: 5b

Group/Class: Hybrid Tea Rose

Description:
A tea rose with the most breathtaking flowers, where every petal starts out cherry red and fades to white in the center, with white backsides as well; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features:

Cherry Parfait Rose is blanketed in stunning lightly-scented cherry red flowers with white eyes and a white reverse at the ends of the branches from early summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall.
Landscape Attributes:

Cherry Parfait Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration:
- Spiny

Cherry Parfait Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications:

- Accent
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
-General Garden Use

Planting & Growing:
Cherry Parfait Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.