Favorita rose
Rosa 'Favorita'
Gold Medal
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 2.5 feet tall
- Habit
- Dark green foliage
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange-pink and orange-pink blend
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Favorita' rose (Rosa 'Favorita') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. The fragrant orange-pink blooms appear in late spring, again in summer, and in early autumn, and bees visit them. Boerner bred it in 1954.
Pairs well with Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Japanese forest grass, and Oakleaf hydrangea.