Large blooms open slowly and elegantly.

Memorial Day™ Hybrid Tea Rose

Large blooms open slowly and elegantly.

Up to 5-inch, pink flowers
Old-fashioned rose fragrance
Long stems—perfect for bouquets

To honor, celebrate, and remember. Enormous old-fashioned full flowers saturated with extremely strong, classic old rose fragrance are a fitting tribute to those who have sacrificed for our country. The large, up to 5-inch flowers, are a lovely clear pink with a lavender wash. Long stems are lushly adorned with clean, green leaves. Just one flower perfumes an entire room. Like other hybrid tea roses, Memorial Day Hybrid Tea, has classic, old-fashioned flowers that are perfect for cutting and gifting. The plant exhibits very good disease resistance. PP16572

Fortuniana Rootstock, The Best Option for Southern Regions

Warm-zone gardeners, this changes everything! We're thrilled to now offer Fortuniana rootstock on some of our most popular rose varieties. Prized by rosarians for its superior performance, adaptability and longevity in Southern gardens, Fortuniana rootstock requires more effort for commercial growers to produce, which is also why these roses can be so difficult for home gardeners to find.

Fortuniana rootstock delivers:

20% larger blooms
30% more flowers
Greater vigor and adaptability in the South
Resistance to root knot nematodes
Resistance to crown gall
Success in sandy soils

Estimated Shipping Date:

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August. Items that are overweight will require an additional shipping charge depending on weight.

Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Bareroot Roses
3A-4A	4/7/25 - 6/6/25
4B	4/7/25 - 6/6/25
5A	4/7/25 - 6/6/25
5B	3/24/25 - 6/6/25
6A	3/10/25 - 6/6/25
6B	2/24/25 - 6/6/25
7A	2/24/25 - 6/6/25
7B	2/17/25 - 5/23/25
8A	2/17/25 - 5/23/25
8B	2/10/25 - 5/23/25
9A	2/10/25 - 5/23/25
9B	1/13/25 - 5/23/25
10A & B	1/13/25 - 5/23/25
Last Order Date	Zones 3A-7A: 6/2/25 Zones 7B-10B: 5/19/25

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Office boxes.

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Product Details

Botanical Name: Rosa 'WEKblunez' PP16572
Height: 36 - 48
Spacing:24 - 36"
Spread:24 - 36"
Light Required:Full Sun, Partial Shade
Color: Orchid pink
Size: Standard
Blooms: Late Spring, All Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, All Summer, Fall
Zone: 4-10

Form: Perennial
Flower Form: Very large, very double
Growth Rate: Moderate once established.
Pruning: Prune to shape. Remove any dead or damaged branches. Self-cleaning petals drop and new buds appear without pruning. Shape plants at any time
Foliage: Clean green leaves