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Home Run®

The medium red colored shrub rose named Home Run.
This rose's location in the garden is SE 7.
This rose's location in the garden is SE 7.
  • Classification: Shrub   
  • Flower Color:  medium red
  • Flower Size: 2-4 inches
  • Flower Form: single, borne in small clusters
  • Petal Count:  up to 60
  • Fragrance: mild apple
  • Repeat Bloomer: yes
  • Foliage: medium, dark green, matte
  • Plant Height:  3 feet
  • Plant Width: 3 feet
  • Growth Habit: compact, rounded
  • Disease Resistant: yes
  • Hybridizer: Tom Carruth
  • Registered: 2004
  • Parentage: (‘City of San Francisco’ x ‘Baby Love’) x ‘Knock Out’
  • ARS* Rating: 8.2 (a solid to very good rose)
    *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:
  • 2010 ARS Members’ Choice Winner

Notes:
  • “When hybridizer Tom Carruth saw the popular Knock Out™ roses, he felt there was room for improvement.  He felt the red color of the blooms could be brighter and that the disease resistance of Knockouts could be improved upon (like with powdery mildew and black spot issues). So the research team at Weeks Roses took Knock Out™ and brought in the ‘Baby Love’ rosebush bloodline. When it came time to see which young roses would actually make it out into the test fields, Tom Carruth stated that only three sisters were up to the task. One of them was pink, one light pink and one red. He played a hunch on the red one and it played out wonderfully.

    The Weeks ‘Home Run’ line of roses turned out to be hardy, self-cleaning shrub roses having brighter red blooms and greater disease resistance. In addition to better resistance to powdery mildew and black spot fungus, it has shown a higher level of resistance to downy mildew. ‘Home Run’ is said to be a “Grand Slam” both in the landscape and in containers, and is heat tolerant as well as cold hardy. Most roses take 10 years to actually make into the market and, in turn, our gardens. Home Run only took 7 years!” --- “What are Home Run Roses: Tips on Gardening with Home Run Roses” at gardeningknowhow.



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