Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Apricot and apricot blend
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Apricot blend, yellow reverse
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Pierre Orard, before 2005
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)
Plant Height: 4-5 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
Parentage: Christopher Columbus x Cleopatra

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Over the Moon'
  • 'Oraclelon'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2018-06-24
Location: My Garden
Date: 2023-07-14
Over the Moon

Date: 2019-08-15

Date: 2022-06-19
Location:  Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-09-16
Location: My Garden
Date: 2023-05-05
Over the Moon rose
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-08-25
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2012-07-30
Uploaded by Rosiewells
Location: The Gardens at Uncanoonuc Mountain, Goffstown NH
Date: July 2, 2022
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-06-14
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-06-10
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-05-09
At the Tampa Rose Society show

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