Group/Class:  Floribunda Rose

Brand:  Star Roses and Plants

Description:

Vibrant flowers with cherry-red and fuchsia petals that are striped with yellow; compact, rounded, bushy habit; blooms consistently throughout the season, and will make a stunning visual impact along walkways, borders, or in the garden

Ornamental Features

Winning Streak™ Rose features showy double cherry red flowers with fuchsia overtones, gold eyes and yellow streaks at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has forest green deciduous foliage which emerges light green in spring. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Winning Streak™ Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Spiny

Winning Streak™ Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Winning Streak™ Rose will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.