This rose has been a disappointment. The apricot blend of colors in the blooms looked so appealing in photos that I ordered two from a mail-order nursery. Aprikola is a floribunda, but I had read the descriptions stating that it was a groundcover rose of only 1-2 feet in height, so I didn't expect them to get very tall. I did expect them to spread, however. Both failed to thrive. The location was not the problem because they were planted in different parts of my garden, in beds with other roses exhibiting no problems. The nursery was not the problem because other plants from the same order grew well. One of the Aprikola bushes languished for years and finally died. The other is still alive, but it's still the same size it was when I bought it --- about 5" x 5". Ironically, the rose is also sold as Apricot Vigorosa, but in my garden it has been the antithesis of a vigorous rose.

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