About Face Grandiflora Rose Live Plant – Deep Orange Gold Flowers – 5-9″ Tall Shrub

Overview

Introducing the magnificent About Face Grandiflora Rose plant, a true showstopper for any garden enthusiast. This live plant offers a unique blend of elegance and resilience, making it a highly sought-after variety. The ‘About Face’ rose is renowned for its striking deep orange and gold bicolor flowers, which create a vibrant display throughout the growing season. Each bloom can reach an impressive 5 inches across, featuring lighter golden yellow petals on the inside and a rich, bronzy orange-red on the reverse. This grandiflora rose cultivar is celebrated not only for its visual appeal but also for its strong rebloom pattern, ensuring a continuous flush of color. As a mature shrub, it adds significant beauty and a touch of old-fashioned charm to borders, hedges, or as a standalone specimen. Imagine the beauty of these large, fragrant blooms gracing your garden, providing a focal point that captures attention and admiration. This robust outdoor rose plant is an excellent choice for gardeners looking for both beauty and performance.

Key Benefits

The About Face Grandiflora Rose plant offers numerous advantages that make it a prized addition to any landscape. Its distinctive qualities contribute to a vibrant and captivating garden space. These benefits extend beyond mere aesthetics, providing a truly enriching gardening experience.

• Stunning Bicolor Blooms: Enjoy large, 5-inch flowers with a unique deep golden yellow interior and a striking bronzy orange-red backside, creating a dynamic visual contrast that brightens any garden.
• Continuous Rebloom: This grandiflora rose boasts an excellent rebloom pattern, ensuring a consistent display of beautiful flowers from spring through fall, maximizing your garden’s aesthetic appeal.
• Delightful Fragrance: The flowers emit a pleasant, subtle fragrance, adding an olfactory dimension to your garden experience and making it a joy to spend time outdoors.
• Robust Shrub Form: Growing as a sturdy shrub, it provides a strong structural element to your garden design, suitable for hedges, mass plantings, or as a focal point.
• Versatile Landscaping: Its vigorous growth and abundant blooms make it ideal for various garden applications, from formal rose beds to more naturalized settings, enhancing curb appeal.
• Attracts Pollinators: The vibrant flowers can attract beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies, contributing to a healthier and more biodiverse garden ecosystem.
• Easy to Grow: With proper grandiflora rose care, this plant is relatively easy to maintain, making it suitable for both experienced gardeners and those new to growing roses.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Proper grandiflora rose care is essential for ensuring your About Face Grandiflora Rose plant thrives and produces its spectacular blooms. Roses are sun-loving plants, so choosing the right location is paramount. Ensure your rose receives at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily. A spot with morning sun is particularly beneficial, as it helps dry dew from the leaves, reducing the risk of fungal diseases. Well-draining soil is crucial; roses do not like ‘wet feet.’ Amend your garden soil with organic matter like compost or aged manure to improve drainage and fertility. The ideal pH for roses is slightly acidic, between 6.0 and 6.5. When planting, dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball and deep enough so the graft union, a swollen knob on the stem, is about 1-2 inches above the soil level in colder climates or at soil level in warmer regions. Fill the hole with amended soil, gently firm it down to remove air pockets, and water thoroughly.

Watering deeply and consistently is key, especially during dry spells and the establishment period. Water 2-3 times a week until the plant is established, then deeply about once a week, or twice a week if it’s very hot. Avoid overhead watering, which can encourage fungal diseases; instead, water at the base of the plant. A 2-3 inch layer of mulch around the base will help retain soil moisture, suppress weeds, and regulate soil temperature, but keep it away from the trunk to prevent rot. Fertilize your rose regularly during the growing season with a balanced rose fertilizer, following package instructions. Pruning is vital for maintaining plant health, shape, and encouraging more blooms. Remove dead, diseased, or crossing branches, and cut back spent blooms to encourage new growth and flowering. Protecting your fragrant rose bush from pests and diseases with regular inspections and appropriate treatments will also contribute to its longevity and beauty.

Size & Details

The About Face Grandiflora Rose plant arrives as a vibrant starter plant, typically measuring 5-9 inches tall. These plants are shipped without a pot, carefully packaged to ensure their health during transit. Upon arrival, immediate planting is recommended to allow the rose to establish quickly in its new environment. This variety is known for its vigorous growth habit, eventually forming a robust and attractive shrub. Mature plants can reach heights of 4-6 feet and spread 3-4 feet wide, creating a substantial presence in the garden. The large, 5-inch bicolor flowers with deep golden yellow and bronzy orange-red hues are a consistent feature, appearing in flushes throughout the growing season. Expect the first significant blooms to appear within the first year of planting, with the plant reaching its full potential in its second or third year as it matures. The strong rebloom pattern means you’ll enjoy a continuous show of beautiful, deep orange gold rose flowers.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this About Face Grandiflora Rose plant get? A: This rose typically grows into a robust shrub, reaching a height of 4-6 feet and spreading 3-4 feet wide at maturity. It arrives as a 5-9 inch tall starter plant.
• Q: What condition will the About Face Grandiflora Rose plant arrive in? A: You will receive a healthy starter plant, 5-9 inches tall, carefully packaged without a pot to ensure safe transit. We recommend immediate planting upon arrival.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor rose plant? A: The About Face Grandiflora Rose plant is primarily an outdoor plant, thriving in garden beds, borders, and as a landscape shrub where it can receive ample sunlight.
• Q: How much sunlight does this fragrant rose bush need? A: This rose requires at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily to produce the best blooms and maintain plant health. Full sun exposure is ideal.
• Q: Is the About Face Grandiflora Rose plant easy to care for? A: With proper grandiflora rose care, including adequate sunlight, well-draining soil, regular watering, and occasional feeding, this rose is relatively easy to maintain for most gardeners.
• Q: How long until this deep orange gold rose blooms? A: You can expect the first blooms from your About Face Grandiflora Rose plant within the first growing season after planting, with more abundant flowering as the plant matures in subsequent years.
• Q: What is the best time to plant this outdoor rose plant? A: The best time to plant this rose is in early spring or fall, allowing it to establish its root system before extreme summer heat or winter cold.
• Q: What kind of soil does this grandiflora rose prefer? A: This rose thrives in enriched, well-draining soil with a slightly acidic pH (6.0-6.5). Amending with organic matter will greatly benefit its growth.
• Q: Will this fragrant rose bush survive winter in my zone? A: The ‘About Face’ Grandiflora Rose is generally hardy in USDA Zones 5-9. In colder zones, winter protection like mulching or covering may be necessary.