A truly unusual rose, not only because of its unique combination of pink, yellow, and green hues, but its tightly packed, folded-over petals have a rare, rubbery texture and seem to last forever. I acquired my specimen as a tiny plant growing on its own roots from the hybridizer, Ralph Moore, a couple of years before he passed away at the age of 102. Being grown on its own roots has a pro and a con: My plant has remained tiny in size over the past 6 years, but has survived some brutally cold winters here in New York, while other roses grafted onto root stock gave up the ghost.

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