Hybrid Tea Roses

  • LARGE BLOOMS
  • MEDIUM TO TALL GROWTH
  • WONDERFUL FRAGRANCE

Hybrid Tea Roses are well-formed with large, high-centered buds, supported by long, straight, and upright stems. Each flower can grow to 8?12.5 cm wide. Hybrid teas are a trendy type of rose by choice due to their color and flower form. They were created by crossbreeding two types of roses, initially by hybridizing a hybrid perpetual with tea roses. It is the oldest group classified as a modern garden rose.

Care Requirements

LIGHT

Hybrid teas do best in full sun but will tolerate light shade. However, full sun improves their blooms and general disease resistance.

WATERING

One to two inches of water per week is usually sufficient, but this varies by climate and growing conditions. Hot locations and sandy soil like Colorado will need more frequent watering. Make sure to water the soil and not the leaves.

SOIL

Hybrid tea roses like slightly acid soil that is rich in organic matter. Mulch the plants to cool the roots and conserve water. 

FERTILIZER

Hybrid tea roses, being repeat bloomers, are heavy feeders and benefit from regular applications of fertilizer. Choose a balanced fertilizer or one labeled for roses. Iron is essential if the soil’s pH is too high. If the leaves turn yellow with green veins, use an iron supplement.

HYBRID TEA ROSE VARIETIES

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CHICAGO PEACE

Color: Pink/Yellow
Fragrance: Fruity
First discovered in the Windy City, this brighter and deeper-toned mutation of the famous Peace rose has a fine reputation that follows its parent’s footsteps. It possesses the same large opulent flowers, the same big quilted, glossy apple-green leaves, and the same handsome bushy plant—best color east of the Rockies.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: 5 – 7 feet

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DOUBLE DELIGHT

Color: Cream Blushing Red
Fragrance: Strong Spice
The most popular new variety of the last 30 years. Double Delight fulfills the two highest demands of a rose—an eye-catching color combo and fantastic nose-pleasing fragrance. The prolific bush provides lots of creamy pointed buds that blush red with the rays of the sun. Deep green leaves. Best color/flower size on warm days & cool nights.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: 3 – 5 feet

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

Color: Red/White Reversed
Fragrance: Mild
This style is popular in European rose gardens but is just starting to catch on in US landscapes. Love at First Sight blooms is beautifully painted in red on top and white on the reverse. It’s more compact so that you can put it in the garden or a patio planter. As a modern cultivar, you can expect much cleaner foliage and better disease resistance than a classic rose. The light perfume brings on the beneficial pollinators all through summer.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: 3 – 4 feet
Plant Spacing: 3 – 4 feet

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NEIL DIAMOND

Color: Pink/White Stripes
Fragrance: Mild
For a touch of elegance in your garden, add this gem of a rose with its novel pink and white striped flower coloration. The hit song ‘Sweet Caroline’ reaches a new appreciation level after this rose has ignited your senses with its intense floral aroma of sweet & classic rose fragrance. The plant stands strong with its vigorous upright habit allowing you to have the flowers at nose level, ready for a sniff.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: 4 – 6 feet
Plant Spacing: 3 – 4 feet

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PERFUME DELIGHT

Color: Deep Pink
Fragrance: Strong Rose
Every rose lady should smell so sweet. This siren can lure you into a hypnotic trance with her heady damask rose perfume and lurid costume of hot pink. She has big shapely buds and blooms borne on long, strong stems. The vigorous upright plant is attractively robed with large dark green leaves. An established plant gives more bloom.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: Up to 4 feet
Plant Width: Up to 3 feet

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ST. PATRICK

Color: Yellow/Green
Fragrance: Slight
The luck of the Irish may have finally brought a super slow-opening yellow rose that takes the heat. This saintly yellow can pick up a touch of gold in cool weather, but he’ll be wearin’ the green when the temps turn up. Loads of novel chartreuse-shaded buds spiral open to yellow gold flowers of amazing stamina. Grey-green foliage. Heat brings out the novel color & best form.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: 39 inches to 5 feet

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TROPICANA

Color: Coral
Fragrance: Sweet Fruity
Tropicana carries a terrific reputation that still flourishes worldwide. Large shapely blossoms ­illuminate the garden with warm colors and fruity fragrance. Big pointed buds are borne on long stems clothed with glossy green foliage. Best performance east of the Rockies.

Bloom Time: Late Spring to Fall
Plant Height: 4 – 6 feet
Plant Spacing: 3 feet

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Care Requirements

LIGHT

Hydrangeas do well in partially shaded areas like under a large tree or on the side of a house. They like to receive sun in the morning, and the partial shade is in the heat of the afternoon. In Colorado, too much full sun will cause them to get sunburned.

SOIL

Hydrangea shrubs need to have well-draining soils that is rich in organic matter. Most Colorado soils will benefit from the addition of peat moss and compost that helps retain moisture. The pH determines the colors of the blooms. Acidic soil will give you blue flowers, and alkaline soil gives you pink flowers.  

FERTILIZER

If hydrangea shrubs are given too much high-nitrogen fertilizer, they may grow full and lush, but there will be fewer flowers. If the soil is rich, fertilizer is not needed. Otherwise, a light application in March or April may be warranted.

WATERING

Make sure to water your hydrangea shrubs regularly. Those big blooms require a lot of water to stay lush and full. About one inch of water throughout the week is ideal. If they receive more sun give them at least two inches during the hotter summer days.

Our Advice

  • Allium flowers need full sun for the best blooms. 
  • Plant allium bulbs when temperature is consistently in the low 60’s or lower. 
  • Allium bulbs and flowers enjoy having soil that is well-draining and has organic matter. Amend the soil with top soil, compost and organic material. 
  • Fertilize when planting the allium bulbs with either Espoma Organic Bulb-tone or Hi Yield Dutch Bulb Food. Applying fertilizer at least 3″ below bulb will make sure the roots get the most from the fertilizer. 
  • Plant allium bulbs 4 – 6 inches deep with the old roots facing the ground and the pointed end facing up. 
  • Water the planted area immediately after planting but no additional watering in fall or spring is necessary. 
  • Apply a 2 – 3 inch layer of  mulch to the planing area in mid to late fall. 

Endless Summer Hydrangea Varieties

THE ORIGINAL

TWIST AND SHOUT

SUMMER CRUSH

BLOOMSTRUCK

BLUSHING BRIDE

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