Don Juan

This rose's location in the garden is NE 9 & NW 10.

• Classification:   Climber (large flowered)
• Flower Color:  dark red
• Flower Size:  5 inch
• Flower Form:  cupped-to-flat bloom form
• Petal Count:  30 – 35 petals
• Fragrance:  intense
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage:  dark green, glossy
• Plant Height: 12 – 14 feet 
• Plant Width:  4 – 8 feet
• Growth Habit:  climbing
• Disease Resistant:  no data
• Hybridizer:  Michael Malandrone (Italy)
• Registered:  1958
• Parentage:  ‘New Dawn’ x ‘New Yorker’
• ARS* Rating:  8.3 (a very good to excellent rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards:

• ‘Don Juan’ has won the ARS certificate for best climber at many annual Kansas City Rose Society rose shows.  

History Notes:

• There have been many versions of the Don Juan story, but the basic outline remains the same: Don Juan is a wealthy libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. He takes great pride in his ability to seduce women of all ages and stations in life, and he often disguises himself and assumes other identities in order to seduce women. The aphorism that Don Juan lives by is: "Tan largo me lo fiáis" (translated as "What a long term you are giving me!"). This is his way of indicating that he is young and that death is still distant – he thinks he has plenty of time to repent later for his sins. (Wikipedia, “Don Juan” retrieved 3/13/2021)