Marilyn Monroe™

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

• Classification: Hybrid Tea   
• Flower Color:  apricot blend
• Flower Size: 4-5 inches
• Flower Form: globular, high-centered
• Petal Count: 30-35   
• Fragrance: mild citrus
• Repeat Bloomer: yes
• Foliage: medium, semi-glossy, dark green
• Plant Height: 4-6 feet
• Plant Width: 2-3 feet
• Growth Habit: upright
• Disease Resistant: yes 
• Hybridizer: Tom Carruth
• Registered: 2001
• Parentage: (‘Sunset Celebration’ x ‘St. Patrick’)
• ARS* Rating: 8.0 (a solid to very good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• 2006 Portland Gold Medal award

Notes:

• This rose is named after Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), an American actress, model, and singer. “Famous for playing comedic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for only a decade, but her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2019) by the time of her death in 1962.” --- (Wikipedia, “Marilyn Monroe”) retrieved March 2021.
  
  
• “Joe DiMaggio had fresh-cut roses delivered weekly to the Los Angeles necropolis where Marilyn Monroe was laid to rest. (Di Maggio didn’t live to see the apricot hybrid tea ‘Marilyn Monroe’, introduced in 2001.”) --- Brenner & Scanniello, (A Rose by Any Name, page 191).