Mardi Gras™

This rose's location in the garden is N 1.

• Classification:  Floribunda
  
• Flower Color:  pink blend
  
• Flower Size:  2-3 inches
  
• Flower Form:  double, borne in small clusters
• Petal Count:  17-25
• Fragrance: medium musk
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  medium, dark green, semi-glossy
• Plant Height:  3-4 feet
• Plant Width:   2-3 feet
• Growth Habit:  moderate, upright growth
• Disease Resistant:  yes
• Hybridizer:  Keith W. Zary
• Registered:  2007
• Parentage:  (‘Arofres’ x ‘Singin’ in the Rain’)
• ARS* Rating 7.6 (a good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• 2008  AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award

 
Notes:

• “In 1961 the horseshoe-shaped tournament stadium, officially named the Rose Bowl in 1923, got its own floral mascot, ‘Rose Bowl’. Appropriately, the scarlet hybrid tea’s parents were red-blooded ‘Mardi Gras’ (a link to the pre-Lenten carnival tradition of the Bataille de Fleurs) and ‘Chrysler Imperial’ (the official car for Tournament of Rose Parade dignitaries since the 1950s).” --- Brenner & Scanniello, A Rose by Any Name, page 271.
  
  
• ‘Moondance’, ‘Always and Forever’, ‘Veterans’ Honor’, ‘Crescendo’, ‘Pope John Paul II’ are  some of Dr. Keith Zary’s other roses.