Crested Sweetheart

Description

Introuced by Ralph Moore in 1988

Crested Sweetheart is one of a very few roses bred from Chapeau de Napoleon. (aka Crested Moss) Ralph Moore set out over 20 years ago to breed a new line of shrubs roses from Crested Moss, and this rose is the finest of these hybrids. Blooms are richly scented, medium pink and about 3.5 inches across. The shrub itself is a large freestanding shrub, but is best grown as a climbing plant with support. The buds have the same wonderful parsley-like cresting as its parent. For more detail about Crested Sweetheart, see the American Rose magazine, April 2000. Note: this is a once-blooming rose. Comment Copyright 2007 Paul Barden and The Uncommon Rose