French Lace

This rose's location in the garden is N 2.
  • Classification:   Floribunda
  • Flower Color:   white
  • Flower Size:    3-4 inches
  • Flower Form:  high-centered, borne in small clusters
  • Petal Count:  30-35
  • Fragrance: slightly fruity, spice
  • Repeat Bloomer:  yes
  • Foliage:  small, dark green
  • Plant Height:  2-3 feet
  • Plant Width:   2-3 feet
  • Growth Habit:  bushy growth
  • Disease Resistant:  yes
  • Hybridizer:  William A. Warriner
  • Registered:  1981
  • Parentage:  (‘Dr. A.J.Verhage’ x ‘Bridal Pink’)
  • ARS* Rating  8.1 (solid to a very good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 1982  AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award
  • 1984  Gold Medal Portland
 
Notes:

  • “The post- World War II rediscovery of sensuous fabrics, piqued by Dior’s New Look, seduced rosarians, too. Petal textures inspired ‘Taffeta’ (1947); ‘Crepe de Chine’ (1970); ‘Cashmere’ and ‘French Lace’ (both 1980); and ‘Velveteen’(1994).”  --- Brenner & Scanniello, (A Rose by Any Name, page 114).

  • “Floribunda (Latin for "many-flowering") is a modern group of garden roses that was developed by crossing hybrid teas with polyantha roses…The idea was to create roses that bloomed with the polyantha profusion, but with hybrid tea floral beauty and colour range. Other breeders also began introducing similar varieties, and in 1930 the name "floribunda" was coined by Dr. J.N. Nicolas, a rose hybridizer for Jackson & Perkins in the US. This term has been used since then to describe cultivars which in their ancestry have crosses between hybrid teas and polyanthas. Typical floribundas feature stiff shrubs, smaller and bushier than the average hybrid tea but less dense and sprawling than the average polyantha. The flowers are often smaller than hybrid teas but are carried in large sprays, giving a better floral effect in the garden. Floribundas are found in all hybrid tea colours and with the classic hybrid tea-shaped blossom, sometimes differing from hybrid teas only in their cluster-flowering habit. Today they are still used in large bedding schemes in public parks and similar space.” ---  (Wikipedia), “Floribunda (rose),”  retrieved February 2021.