Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange pink
Extra Bloom Info: Double to full, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Salmon-pink blend
Growth Habit: Short, 1-2 feet, very bushy, true groundcover rose
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Reimer Kordes, 1983
Awards: ADR: 2000

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: 1-2 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Orange-pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Australian National Rose Trials Certificate of Merit 2001

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Bad Birnbach'
  • 'KORpancom'
  • 'Bonapart'
  • 'Busy Bee'
  • 'Electric Balconia'
  • 'Electric Blanket'
  • 'Salmon Sunsation'
  • 'Salmon Vigorosa'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Date: 2023-07-01
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16

Date: 2023-07-01
Location: New York Botanical Garden (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden), New York, New York
Date: 2017-06-17
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 19, 2012 
Electric Blanket tree rose in 2012

Date: August
credit: Dmitriy Konstantinov
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10

Electric blanket - bright color!
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: New York Botanical Garden (Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden), New York, New York
Date: 2017-06-17
Uploaded by Betja

Electric Blanket tree rose

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