This rose is extremely hardy. It can put up w/less than ideal circumstances and still survive. It's died back in drought and still come ...Read Moreback. I've transplanted it from a less than sunny location and it is doing very well. This year, about year 5, both are doing very well. One, however, has really taken a growth spurt, but the stripes are gone and it's now a deep red rose. It's beautiful, but not what I bought. The other still has it's stripes and has remained smaller. Don't know why this happened.
Charleston, SC (Zone 9a) | October 2006 | positive
Many similiarly "striped" or "streaked" roses fail to display their characteristic color pattern when exposed to high temperatures. Scent...Read Moreimental, for instance, quickly reverts to solid red as the temps soar. Mockin Bird is one of the few such roses that continue to produce red and white bi-color roses in my yard even as the mercury climbs into the mid 90'sF.
This rose is extremely hardy. It can put up w/less than ideal circumstances and still survive. It's died back in drought and still come ...Read More
This is a dependable little rose that was introduced in 2001 by Certified Roses.
Many similiarly "striped" or "streaked" roses fail to display their characteristic color pattern when exposed to high temperatures. Scent...Read More