Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-6 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Dr. Keith W. Zary, 1998
Awards: AARS: 1998

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: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Olympiad x Ingrid Bergman

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Opening Night'
  • 'JAColber'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-29
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2023-04-13
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-04-17
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-04-17
Uploaded by lovemyhouse
Location: little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-04-20
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2023-04-19
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2015-04-29
Location: little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-05-04
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2023-04-13
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2020-04-17
Uploaded by Betja

Date: 2012-05-18

Date: 2012-06-05
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Uploaded by Betja
Location: little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-08-03
Uploaded by Mike
Location: Birmingham Botanical garden 
Date: 2015-10-23
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2012-11-03

Date: 2012-05-18
Uploaded by zuzu

The long stems on these beauties can be seen in this photo
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by Betja

Date: 2012-06-03
Uploaded by Mike
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-04-09
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-04-09
Uploaded by GoldBeardThePirate
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: December 2010
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: My sister's garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: Jan. 3, 2012
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: Rose Garden Center, Tyler, Texas
Date: 2014-05-03
Uploaded by zuzu
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Mike
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-22
Location: Grapevine, Texas USA
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-17

Date: 2012-06-10
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Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Dec 13, 2019 12:56 AM concerning plant:
    Opening Night has been growing in my garden for 20 years and it's my favorite red rose. The exhibition-quality buds open to reveal blooms of a bright true-red color, which never fades to a bluish-red. The fragrant high-centered blooms on exceptionally long stems are perfect for bouquets.

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