Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Extra Bloom Info: Semi-double to double, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Lavender
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Tom Carruth, 1997
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 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 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
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: Crystalline x Playgirl
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Blueberry Hill'
  • 'WEKcryplag'
  • 'A87-A1'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2017-06-04

Date: 2020-06-19

Date: 2019-06-09
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH
Date: 2016-05-29
Photo by MargieNY

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden

This one looks positively blue when it's in shade
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2014-04-23

Date: 2014-09-14
Photo by Mike
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2014-09-14

Credit florum
Photo by Mike
Photo by Mike
Photo by Mike
Photo by Mike

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.

At a garden tour
Photo by Mike
Photo by Mike
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2013-04-25
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden
Date: April
credit: Captain-tucker
Photo by Mike

Possibly did not survive Winter 09

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden

SURVIVED! Zone 5 winter, Colorado

Survived zone 5 winter, Colorado
Photo by Skiekitty
Photo by zuzu
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2013-04-25
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-10-09
Comments:
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Sep 29, 2011 3:27 PM concerning plant:
    Survives Zone 5 CO winter, needs minor pampering
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 30, 2011 2:20 PM concerning plant:
    I planted an own-root Blueberry Hill to replace a virused grafted Angel Face that was growing in my garden and doing very poorly. I wanted to stay in the same color tone with a blue mauve-colored bloom. Worked out perfectly. To me, Blueberry Hill is a much prettier rose than the most likely better-known Angel Face.

    Rita, located on the north shore of Nassau County Long Island, NY zone 6/7, where it is humid in the summer and roses always need to be sprayed with systemic fungicide to avoid blackspot.
  • Posted by Mike (Lower Hudson Valley, New York - Zone 6b) on Aug 25, 2014 10:04 PM concerning plant:
    The large, well-spaced, irregularly ruffled petals of Blueberry Hill sometimes remind me of big jigsaw puzzle pieces. The yellow stamens nicely complement the violet / mauve color of the blooms. It's slower to repeat than other varieties in my garden, but that may be due to its placement, where the afternoon sun is blocked by nearby arborvitae.
Discussion Threads about this plant
Thread Title Last Reply Replies
Love Blueberry Hill. by Skiekitty Oct 12, 2011 12:52 PM 1
Untitled by Oberon46 Jan 3, 2012 11:04 AM 0

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