America™

This rose's location in the garden is NE 7, NW 6.
  • Classification:   Climber (large-flowered)
  • Flower Color:  orange pink
  • Flower Size:  3.5 – 4.4 inches
  • Flower Form:  full, borne singly and in small clusters 
  • Petal Count:  43-45
  • Fragrance:  intense
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  medium green
  • Plant Height:  10 – 12 feet
  • Plant Width:  6 feet
  • Growth Habit:  climbing
  • Disease Resistant:  no
  • Hybridizer:  William A. Warriner
  • Registered:  1976
  • Parentage: ‘Fragrant Cloud’ x ‘Tradition’
  • ARS* Rating:  8.2 (a solid to very good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 1976 AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award
  • 1987 New Zealand Certificate of Merit

Notes:
  • ‘America’ was introduced in the bicentennial year and immediately named an All-America Rose Selections winner. Bill Warriner, who died in 1991 at the age of 69, is credited with developing well over 150 varieties, including 19 All-America Rose Selections winners during his 25 years with the Jackson & Perkins company. --- (Wikipedia, “List of Rose Breeders”) retrieved March 2021

  • Some all-time favorite Warriner roses include ‘Gene Boerner’, ‘Pristine®’, ‘Color Magic’, ‘Honor™’, ‘Sheer Bliss’, ‘Love’ and ‘America™’.