Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Other: Dahlia-like arrangement of petals
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Pink blend
Extra Bloom Info: In small clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Pink and white, white reverse
Growth Habit: Short, 2-3 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Ralph S. Moore, 2003

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: 1-2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink and white
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Fairy Moss x Old Master

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'The Dahlia Rose'
  • 'MORdal'
  • 'Dahlia Rose'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Healdsburg, California
Date: April 2019
Dahlia rose
Uploaded by Mike
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-05-16
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by zuzu

in Zuzu's garden
Uploaded by Mike
Comments:
  • Posted by Mike (Lower Hudson Valley, New York - Zone 6b) on Aug 22, 2014 8:06 PM concerning plant:
    True to its name, the blooms hardly resemble a traditional rose and are a dead ringer for dahlia blooms instead (albeit smaller). I acquired my specimen as a tiny plant from Ralph Moore, the hybridizer, when he was 100 years old. My plant never grew beyond its tiny, spindly size, but the blooms were so unusual that I kept it and simply treated it as a very small miniature in the front of the border, until it failed to return its fourth year in my New York garden.

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