Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Apricot and apricot blend
Extra Bloom Info: Ruffled petals
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Rich copper shading and lightening toward the edges.
Growth Habit: Tall, 5-6 feet, upright
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Cants of Colchester, 1972
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 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 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 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: RHS AGM
Parentage: Fragrant Cloud x Dr. A.J. Verhage
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-06-22

Date: 2021-02-12
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-05-29
Partly open.

Date: 2021-11-20
Location: Beek en donk Nederland 
Date: 2023-05-23
Orange beauty

Date: 2020-04-20

Date: 2020-04-16

Date: 2021-02-14
Photo by SoCalGardenNut
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-11-01
Close up of petals.  Love that sparkle-glaze.

Date: 2021-07-09

Date: 2021-02-14
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2020-04-17

Date: 2020-04-17

Date: 2021-02-09
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu

photo credit: Daisy Butterfly

Date: 2007-10-31

Date: 2021-02-04

Date: 2021-02-12

Date: 2021-02-12
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-10-01
Fall new growth contrasted with drought-ridden-insect-eaten older
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 4-10-12 afternoon
Photo by Calif_Sue

At Alnwick Garden

Date: 2021-02-14
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-06-10
I was captivated by the scent when I saw it at my local garden ce

Date: 2021-02-02

Date: 2021-02-09

Date: 2021-02-07
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2012-10-29
Going to be a bountiful fall.  Dozens of buds on all the roses. :
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by zuzu

April 6, 2011
Location: My garden near Lincoln UK
Date: 2008-05-28
You wouldn't believe such a large flower would come from this bud
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2007-10-31
Photo by zuzu
Photo by kbw664
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by GardenGuyAZ
Photo by GardenGuyAZ
Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 7/22/2011

Date: 2023-05-29
Photo by kbw664
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-04-28
Taken at Tagawa Gardens
Photo by kbw664

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-03-08
Potted bareroot rose @ Tagawa Garden Centers.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-03-08
Potted bareroot rose @ Tagawa Garden Centers.
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Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Sep 19, 2011 8:40 PM concerning plant:
    I ordered Just Joey because of the wonderful color. When it bloomed the next year it came out this yellow color. I bought another one thinking the first one was mislabeled.
    When the second one bloomed it had the same yellow bloom. I dug up the younger one and gave to a friend. It is growing beautifully two years later with the wonderful copper color. I have since found out that Just Joey can look very different depending on the growing conditions.
    I do love my Just Joey even if it is yellow.
  • Posted by oakslesly (Ventura County, California) on Aug 14, 2018 6:05 PM concerning plant:
    One of my favorite roses, and I nearly lost it due to extreme summer heat. I deep watered it several times and put up an umbrella to provide some mid-afternoon shade. It is slowly coming back, but certainly dislikes full, hot sun.
  • Posted by JRsbugs (Near Lincoln UK) on Dec 11, 2011 3:57 PM concerning plant:
    I have had this for several years. It continues to hang on although I have never found it to do well in my garden. It grows quite tall, but with mostly one main new stem. I prune it back each spring to good leaf buds and cut out the older wood, but it still doesn't want to grow more stems for me. The flowers open to a very large, loosely petalled bloom, which is spectacular and heavily scented. The scent was the reason I bought it in the first place when I saw it at my local garden centre. As I have other plants around it, I am happy to enjoy the few flowers it presents me with. My garden doesn't get enough sun for some roses and my soil is very sandy. Although I mulch around the roses with organic compost and feed them with rose food once a year, I find that the old fashioned shrub roses or floribundas do best for me.

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