Falling In Love™
- Classification: Hybrid Tea
- Flower Color: pink blend
- Flower Size: 4-5 inches
- Flower Form: classical, double, spiraled
- Petal Count: 25
- Fragrance: strong rose and fruity
- Repeat Bloomer: yes
- Foliage: deep green
- Plant Height: 4-5 feet
- Plant Width: 4-5 feet
- Growth Habit: upright, full, bushy
- Disease Resistant: very good
- Hybridizer: Tom Carruth
- Registered: 2006
- Parentage: (‘Moonstone’ x ‘Marilyn Monroe’)
- ARS* Rating: 7.6 (a good rose)
*American Rose Society Rating
- 2012 James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Medal Winner – Learn More
Notes:
- Whether you're experiencing it again or for the first time, ‘Falling in Love’ (the rose) makes your heart pitter-patter with its big classically formed fragrant flowers of warm pink & porcelain white. Each long-lived lovely blossom is regally carried atop sturdy stems, just waiting to be cut & enjoyed…or maybe just admired in the garden on the bushy attractive plant. Destined to garner its share of awards, we're certain you'll swoon over Falling in Love. Loads of bloom. Larger size in cooler conditions. – weeksroses.com/falling-in-love/roses
- “Award-winning rose hybridizer Tom Carruth, the man behind many popular roses—including ‘Home Run’, ‘Julia Child’ and ‘Strike it Rich’, retired as director of research and marketing for Weeks Roses in 2012. He had been with the company for more than 25 years. Carruth introduced 11 All-America Rose Selections winning roses in just a 14-year period… He has more than 75 plant patents and 100 introductions to his credit.” --- “Tom Carruth announces Retirement” at www.nurserymag.com/article/bioworks-newsletter-microbial-fungicides