Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Apricot and apricot blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters, with ruffled petals
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Apricot-copper blend
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1984
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer
Awards: AARS: 1995

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: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Apricot blend
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: Other: New Zealand Certificate of Merit 1990, RNRS Gold Medal 1991
Parentage: Sexy Rexy x Pot o'Gold
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Singin' in the Rain'
  • 'Love's Spring'
  • 'MACivy'
  • 'Singing in the Rain'
  • 'Spek's Centennial'

Common names
  • Floribunda Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2018-08-01
Photo by MargieNY
Location: New York, USA

Date: 2023-06-03

Date: 2018-06-20

Date: 2018-06-14
Photo by MargieNY

On a garden tour
Location: Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC
Date: 2016-08-06

On a garden tour
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Mike
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Mike
Photo by Mike

Date: 2008-09-04
Photo courtesy of: Noumenon

Date: 2015-01-29
Photo courtesy of: In twilight
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2008-11-04
Location: "Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC"
Date: 2016-08-06

On a garden tour
Photo by Mike

Date: 2014-12-30
Photo courtesy of: T.Kiya
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-05-10
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-11-12

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