About Face™

This rose's location in the garden is E 1 & 2.
  • Classification: Grandiflora   
  • Flower Color:  orange blend
  • Flower Size: 4 inches
  • Flower Form: full, borne mostly solitary
  • Petal Count: 26-30
  • Fragrance: none
  • Repeat Bloomer: yes
  • Foliage: large, dark green, semi-glossy
  • Plant Height: 4-6 feet
  • Plant Width:  3-4 feet
  • Growth Habit: upright
  • Disease Resistant: very disease resistant 
  • Hybridizer: Tom Carruth
  • Registered: 2003
  • Parentage: ‘O Sole Mio’ x seedling x ‘Midas Touch’ x ‘Hot Cocoa’
  • ARS* Rating: 7.7 (a good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 2005 AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award

Notes:
  • “About Face is a traffic-stopping bi-colored Grandiflora, and somewhat of an oddity in the rose world because the inside is soft golden yellow, while the reverse is a darker orangey-bronze (bi-colors are usually lighter on the reverse). One of its parents is an earlier Tom Carruth masterpiece, the popular 2003 AARS winner Hot Cocoa.” --- Dr. Leda, 2004 @ regannursery.com, retrieved January 2021.