''Rosa'' 'Apricot Nectar' is a
hybrid tea rose
Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. T ...
cultivar, bred by Eugene Boerner before 1964. The plant is considered very easy to grow and is well known for its attractive pale apricot pink color. It was named an
All-America Rose Selections The All-America Rose Selections (AARS) is an award that was given annually, from 1940 to 2013, by the American rose industry to an outstanding new rose variety. The AARS selection was regarded as the most prestigious rose prize in the United States ...
(AARS) winner in 1966.
Description
'Apricot Nectar' is a medium, upright shrub, 3 to 4 ft (90–121 cm) in height with a 3 to 4 ft (90–121 cm) spread. Blooms are 4.5 in (11.43 cm) in diameter, with 26 to 40 petals. Flowers have a high-centered, double bloom form, and are borne in large clusters of 3–11. The flowers are a pale apricot-pink color with darker backs and yellow at the center. The entire flower fades to light yellow as it ages. The flower is exceptionally attractive in evening light, and produces the best flowers in warm, dry climates. The rose has a strong and fruity fragrance and glossy, dark green foliage. It is very disease resistant and blooms in flushes throughout its growing season. The plants does well in
USDA
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zone 6 and warmer.
Child plants
'Apricot Nectar' was used to hybridize one child plant, the
hybrid tea rose
Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. T ...
''Rosa'' 'Serendipity'. The new cultivar is yellow in color with apricot hues, fading to cream as the flowers mature. The cultivar was developed by Dr. Griffith Buck in 1978 by crossing ('Western Sun' x 'Carefree Beauty') and ('Apricot Nectar' and 'Prairie Princess').
Awards
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All-America Rose Selections The All-America Rose Selections (AARS) is an award that was given annually, from 1940 to 2013, by the American rose industry to an outstanding new rose variety. The AARS selection was regarded as the most prestigious rose prize in the United States ...
(AARS) winner, USA, (1966)
See also
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Garden roses
Garden roses are predominantly hybrid
Hybrid may refer to:
Science
* Hybrid (biology), an offspring resulting from cross-breeding
** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a ...
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Rose Hall of Fame
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List of Award of Garden Merit roses
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