Tahitian Sunset™

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

• Classification: Hybrid Tea  
• Flower Color:  apricot blend
• Flower Size:  5 inches 
• Flower Form:  blooms borne mostly solitary
• Petal Count: 25-30
• Fragrance: intense licorice 
• Repeat Bloomer: yes
• Foliage: medium size, dark green, semi-glossy
• Plant Height: 5 feet
• Plant Width:  3-4 feet
• Growth Habit: upright
• Disease Resistant: yes
• Hybridizer: Dr. Keith W. Zary
• Registered: 2007
• Parentage: seedling x ‘Sun Goddess’ 
• ARS* Rating:  7.7 (a good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• 2005 Rose Hills Gold Medal
  
• 2006 AARS (All-America Rose Selections) award
• 2010 Gifu Silver Medal & Best Hybrid Tea     

Notes:

• “Hybridizer Zary is only the second US rose breeder to win the President's International Trophy (PIT) and Gold Medal Award of the Royal National Rose Society. The rose that won is called 'Greetings', a white centered, purple shrub/landscape-type rose that is currently not available in the US, but is sold in England. 'Terra Jubilee', a cream-to-light-pink floribunda, won the Netherlands' Golden Rose of The Hague. Zary's third rose winner is an as-yet-unnamed, salmon bi-color hybrid tea which was presented with the Gold Medal or Casino Award of Baden-Baden. Jackson & Perkins is developing plans to introduce all three roses into commercial production.
  
  
• Zary joined Jackson & Perkins in 1985 as only the fourth breeder in the company's 126-year history. He is responsible for growing some 400,000 varieties of roses in the company's 20 acres of research gardens and greenhouses. Ultimately, out of these hundreds of thousands of roses, only a select few will be chosen.” --- helpmefind.com/gardening