Grandiflora Rose 'About Face'

"About Face" was an impulse buy for us and has proven to be tough, stunning and the most disease free feature in our hybrid tea-and-grand...Read Moreiflora rose arc. It towers well over my head if we allow it to and those blooms are otherworldly - saffron faces with a delicious peachy orange reverse.

Another alias for this beauty is "Pride of Cheshire"

This rose is definitely hardy to at least zone 5b. I've had it for three years now and it's done fine. I think the hardiness zones list...Read Moreed above are incomplete.

This was the first rose I planted when we moved into our new house. It was about a foot tall when planted. 2 years later, it is as tall...Read More as I am, which is 5 ft 2. This rose does have beautiful repeat bloom flowers, & is hardy over the winter as well. However, it does have it's drawbacks. It is prone to black spot, & it also probably the WORST for thorns that I have ever grown. I would also have hoped it would have more of a fragrance, but what it DOES have is light & sweet.

2005 AARS (All-American Rose Selection) winner.

Planted in spring 2006 and had blooms all summer long. I had no problems with any disease or insects.Great rose!

This rose tends to get blackspot quite easily here on Long Island. It's a good bloomer though, and a vigorous grower. Color of blooms...Read More fades a bit in the sun, but not excessively. While I like this one, it's not one of my favorites.

This plant is TOUGH. I planted it in a spot that had killed 2 roses already, thinking it was me doing something wrong instead of somethi...Read Moreng in the soil killing them. About Face was on it's last leg when I transplanted it to another spot in my yard. It had no leaves at all, just several small bare canes. Within a month of it being in it's new "home" it was completely covered with new leaves and 2 months later is getting ready for it's first flush. Amazing plant.

This is a pretty little rose, the blooms are ruffled and different colors on the face and the reverse. It blooms a lot and the blooms la...Read Morest on the bush for 4-5 days.