Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange and orange blend
Rebloom: Good
Class: Large-flowered climber
Extra Color Info: Smoky orange, with cream stripes
Growth Habit: Climbing to 8-12 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Pierre Orard, before 2011

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: 8-12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Orange and cream
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
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: ORAstricap x (MEIronsse x HARzazz)

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Tropical Lightning'
  • 'Oralodsem'
  • 'Poseidon'

Common names
  • Rose

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Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: May 2021
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2016-06-07

Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-05-15

Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Texas, USA
Date: 2018
pic of plant showing shiny leaves

Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Texas, USA
Date: 2018
New growth...showing the dark Burgundy new shoots
Location: Local nursery
Date: 2017-05-11

Date: 2017-05-25

Date: 2017-05-25
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Planted in porch bed as bare root with shoots starting.
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