Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Other: Saucer-shaped
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Extra Bloom Info: Cupped to flat, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Bluish-mauve
Growth Habit: Tall, typically 6-7', upright
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Frank R. Cowlishaw, 1999
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 6-7 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Summer Wine x (((International Herald Tribune) x ((Blue Moon x Montezuma) x (Violacea x Montezuma))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Rhapsody in Blue'
  • 'FRAntasia'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: World Peace Rose Garden, Capitol Park,Sacramento CA.
Date: 04/24/2021
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2019-06-14
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-11-03
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2021-02-19
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2020-02-26
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2011-05-07
digital camera
Photo by zuzu
Location: Coastal WA 9A
Date: 2023-05-25
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2021-06-15
Location: South Yorkshire, England
Date: 2021-07-09
Photo by zuzu
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-11-03
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2016-04-25
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Photo by zuzu
Photo by Mike
Photo by kniphofia
Photo by magga
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-05-25
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 10/5/2010
More deeper purple color in shade than in full sun.
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 10/5/2010
Got this from RU.  Blooms are spectacular in color, but they don'
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Calif_Sue

Planted this year (2010), hoping it'll survive zone 5
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-05-23
Location: Kassia's Garden - Framingham, MA 
Date: 2012-05-25
Location: Sacramento State Capitol World Peace Rose Garden
Date: 2014-04-17
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: in Zuzu's garden
Date: 2014-04-18

Date: 2014-05-08 
weeks Rhapsody in blue
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Nov 22, 2014 9:34 PM concerning plant:
    This rose was extremely popular in Europe for almost 10 years before it arrived in the United States, by which time all of us rose fans had seen photos of it and were quite eager to buy it. Roses lack a blue gene, so the blooms are usually a smoky purple, but they occasionally display the "bluest" hue I've ever seen in a rose. The sweetly scented blooms form large clusters on a fairly tall rose bush, which can be grown as a short climber.

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