4" blooms so far this spring. Semi-double cherry red that is overlaid in burgundy. (Oregon )

It is a lot more dramatic that both Home Run and Knock Out.

Rose chosen to honor His All Holiness, Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.

Presented Fordham University New York October 27, 2009.


Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (Greek: Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης Βαρθολομαῖος Α', Turkish: Patrik I. Bartolomeos) (born 29 February 1940) is the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, and thus "first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Communion, since 2 November 1991. He is thus the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians around the world.


Because of the work of Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios, who established September 1st as the day for the protection of the environment, and especially the ongoing work of the current Patriarch, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has been given the title, "Green Patriarch". Thus, the person of Bartholomew and by extension the position of the Ecumenical Patriarch is now being viewed as a religious spokesperson on environmental issues and the "green" spiritual leader in the world.