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'Fashion' rose Description
'Fashion (floribunda, Boerner, 1947)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of LaBrea
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
29 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Pink blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Fashion (floribunda, Boerner, 1947)
Exhibition name: Fashion
Origin:
Bred by Eugene S. Boerner (United States, 1947).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 1949 as 'Fashion'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1950 as 'Fashion'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Coral - peach.  Moderate, wild rose fragrance.  21 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), in small clusters, open bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, compact, dense.  Glossy foliage.  

Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or hedge.  Vigorous.  prefers full sun.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to rust .  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 789  on  16 Mar 1948   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Sister seedling of 'Vogue'