Cherry Parfait Grandiflora Rose Live Plant – Bicolor Red & Cream, 5-9″ Tall

Overview

Introduce a touch of sophisticated beauty to your garden with the exquisite cherry parfait grandiflora rose. This stunning live rose plant is celebrated for its unique bicolor blooms, featuring creamy petals delicately edged and streaked with a vibrant cherry red. Each 4.5-inch bloom boasts over 30 petals, creating a full, cupped form that stands out against its intense, dark green foliage. Originating from the grandiflora class, this rose combines the floriferous nature of floribundas with the classic elegance of hybrid teas, making it a truly exceptional addition to any landscape. Known for its sweet, captivating fragrance, the ‘Cherry Parfait’ rose is not only a visual delight but also an aromatic pleasure, drawing admirers and pollinators alike. Whether you’re an experienced rosarian or a budding gardener, this rose offers a rewarding growing experience, transforming your outdoor space into a fragrant sanctuary.

The ‘Cherry Parfait’ is a vigorous grower, developing into a robust bicolor rose bush that produces continuous flushes of flowers from spring through fall. Its resilience and striking appearance make it a popular choice for garden beds, borders, or as a standalone specimen. This particular offering provides you with a healthy starter fragrant rose plant, typically 5-9 inches tall, ready to establish itself and flourish in your care. Prepare to be enchanted by the consistent beauty and delightful scent of this magnificent rose.

Key Benefits

The cherry parfait grandiflora rose offers numerous advantages for any gardener looking to enhance their outdoor space:

• Stunning Bicolor Blooms: Enjoy the unique and captivating beauty of creamy white petals streaked and edged with vibrant cherry red, making each flower a work of art. The 4.5-inch blooms are full and cupped, providing an eye-catching display.
• Sweet, Alluring Fragrance: Fill your garden with a delightful, sweet scent that emanates from these beautiful flowers. The strong fragrance adds another layer of sensory pleasure to your outdoor environment.
• Continuous Flowering: This vigorous live rose plant provides a continuous show of blossoms from late spring through fall, ensuring your garden remains vibrant and colorful for an extended period.
• Excellent Cut Flowers: The long-stemmed, elegant blooms are perfect for cutting and bringing indoors, allowing you to enjoy their beauty and fragrance in floral arrangements.
• Robust and Resilient Growth: The ‘Cherry Parfait’ is known for its strong growth habit and good disease resistance, making it a reliable and relatively easy-to-care-for rose variety.
• Versatile Landscape Use: Ideal for planting in garden beds, borders, as a specimen plant, or even in large containers. Its upright growth habit and abundant flowers make it suitable for various garden designs.
• Hardy in Many Climates: This grandiflora rose care is suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9, making it adaptable to a wide range of climates across the United States.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Proper care is essential for your cherry parfait grandiflora rose to thrive and produce its spectacular blooms. When planting, choose a location that receives full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily. Good air circulation is also crucial to prevent fungal diseases. This rose prefers well-draining, loamy soil that is rich in organic matter. Before planting your live rose plant, amend the soil with compost or well-rotted manure to improve its structure and fertility. Dig a hole twice as wide as the root ball and just as deep, ensuring the graft union (if present) is at or slightly above soil level.

Watering is key for a healthy bicolor rose bush. Water consistently and deeply, especially during dry periods, to keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged. Deep watering encourages strong root development. Avoid overhead watering late in the day to minimize leaf wetness, which can lead to disease. Fertilize your fragrant rose plant every 4-6 weeks during the growing season (spring through early fall) with a balanced rose fertilizer, following the product’s instructions carefully. Pruning should be done in early spring to remove any dead, damaged, or crossing branches, and to shape the bush. Deadhead spent blooms regularly to encourage more flowers and maintain a tidy appearance.

Protect your rose in winter if you are in the colder end of its hardiness range (Zones 5-6) by mounding soil or mulch around the base of the plant after the first hard frost. This helps insulate the graft union and crown. With consistent care and attention to these guidelines, your ‘Cherry Parfait’ will become a showstopper in your garden, offering years of beautiful, fragrant blooms and making grandiflora rose care a rewarding experience.

Size & Details

This offering includes one cherry parfait grandiflora rose starter plant, which typically measures between 5-9 inches tall upon arrival. These young plants are carefully selected for their vigor and health, providing a strong foundation for future growth. Please note that the plants are shipped without a pot, with their roots carefully wrapped to ensure moisture retention during transit. This allows for easier and more economical shipping, and the plant is ready for immediate planting upon arrival.

Once established, the ‘Cherry Parfait’ rose can grow to an impressive size, typically reaching a height of 4-5 feet and a spread of 3-4 feet, forming a beautiful and substantial bicolor rose bush. Its vigorous growth habit means it will quickly establish itself and begin producing its characteristic blooms. Expect the first flush of flowers in late spring, with continuous reblooming throughout the summer and into the fall, delivering a long season of color and fragrance to your garden.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: The cherry parfait grandiflora rose typically grows to a mature height of 4-5 feet and a spread of 3-4 feet, forming a robust and attractive bush in your garden.
• Q: What size is the live rose plant when shipped? A: You will receive a starter live rose plant that is generally 5-9 inches tall. It is shipped without a pot, with its roots carefully prepared for planting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The ‘Cherry Parfait’ is an outdoor rose plant, best suited for planting directly in the garden where it can receive ample sunlight and air circulation.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This fragrant rose plant requires full sun exposure, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day, to ensure optimal growth and abundant flowering.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the ‘Cherry Parfait’ is considered a relatively easy-to-care-for rose, especially if you follow basic grandiflora rose care guidelines regarding sun, water, and fertilization. It has good disease resistance.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your rose plant will arrive as a healthy starter plant, 5-9 inches tall, with its roots carefully protected to maintain moisture during shipping. It will not be in a pot.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this rose? A: The best time to plant this rose is in early spring after the last frost, or in early fall a few weeks before the first hard frost, allowing it time to establish roots.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: This rose is hardy in USDA Zones 5-9. In colder zones (5-6), winter protection like mounding soil or mulch around the base is recommended to help it survive.
• Q: How often should I water my cherry parfait grandiflora rose? A: Water deeply and regularly, especially during dry periods, to keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged. Adjust frequency based on weather and soil conditions.
• Q: Does this rose have a strong fragrance? A: Yes, the ‘Cherry Parfait’ is well-known for its beautiful and sweet fragrance, adding a lovely aroma to your garden and cut flower arrangements.