Grandiflora Roses, The Grandest Of All Roses

Grandiflora roses are big, upright plants with large blossoms.

However, the flowers usually appear in clusters like a floribunda rose. They bloom repeatedly throughout the growing season.

'Lady Di' rose, a Grandiflora for warmer climates

These roses are considered a sub-class of the hybrid teas and qualify as bush roses in that they are more upright and gangly and tend to loose their lower leaves, and become more barelegged as times goes by.

However, it is easy to hide their bare legs by underplanting them with hardy geraniums, or any other shorter mounding perennial. It actually looks good for a lot of roses to be underplanted with companion plants, especially the hybrid teas, which always looks leggier than floribundas and shrub roses.

'Queen Elizabeth' roses, the grandest of all the Grandifloras

The 'Queen Elizabeth' rose, was the first grandiflora and was introduced in 1954. After the coronation of Queen Elizabeth of England in the fifties, it was named after the Queen. It is considered by many to be the best of the grandifloras.

The plant is incredible vigorous, growing up tall and covered with fabulous perfectly formed pink flowers, with a delicate sweet tea rose scent.

The flower clusters come on long stems that tower over the plant, providing a spectacular display.

The flowers are perfect for cut flowers, and make an absolutely gorgeous bouguet.

This rose need to be planted in an appropriate place where it will grow and be the focal point it should be.

When planting these grand roses, give them enough room, so the plants can be dispayed to their full advantage.

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