Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Other: Cupped to flat
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Russet
Extra Bloom Info: Medium to large, in clusters, often quartered
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Orange-red & brownish tones in cooler weather
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1983
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)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Russet
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Brown Velvet'
  • 'MACultra'
  • 'Colorbreak'
  • 'Colourbreak'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: California
Date: May 2023
Location: California
Date: July 2021
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-06
Location: California
Date: June 2021
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-06-03

Date: 2014-12-06
Photo courtesy of: T.Kiya
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2016-08-15
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-06-05
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by zuzu

The only time Brown Velvet has brown undertones in Arizona is in

From 2009
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2014-12-06
Photo courtesy of: T.Kiya
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.
Date: April
photo by Stan Shebs
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2011-05-05

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