Perfume Delight rose
Rosa 'Perfume Delight'
AARS
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium pink
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Perfume Delight' rose (Rosa 'Perfume Delight') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Long, pointed buds open to deep rose pink flowers up to five inches across with a strong damask perfume. It blooms again and again, and bees and butterflies visit the flowers. Herbert C. Swim and O. L. Weeks bred it.
Pairs well with Buckeye Belle peony, The President clematis, Casa Blanca lily, and Japanese holly.