Job's Nursery and Pumpkin Patch LLC

Helping Tri-City Gardeners Grow Since 1940!

Job's Nursery LLC is a family owned nursery and tree farm that offers a wide selection of outdoor plants that are hardy for our area. We are located just north of Pasco on Columbia River Road.  It's a short trip to a beautiful location to escape the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

 

 

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Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll

Rosa 'WEKgobnez'

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Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll (Rosa 'WEKgobnez') at Job's Nursery

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll flowers

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll flowers

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Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll (Rosa 'WEKgobnez') at Job's Nursery

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll flowers

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll flowers

(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)

Height:  4 feet

Spread:  5 feet

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4b

Other Names:  Rock & Roll Rose, Rock 'n' Roll Rose, Tango Rose

Group/Class:  Grandiflora Rose

Description:

Exciting scarlet flowers streaked with cream and pink will stand out in your landscaping with this wonderful hardy and vigorous grandiflora; blooms up a storm throughout the season and will make a tremendous visual impact along walkways

Ornamental Features

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll features showy fragrant red flowers with creamy white overtones and pink streaks at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Spiny

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent
  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Rose (Hybrid Tea), Rock & Roll will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. This plant should be periodically fertilized throughout the active growing season with a specially-formulated acidic fertilizer. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for acidic soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Special Attributes

Pre-spring Cleanup for Hybrid Tea Roses in Late January into February cut back to about 24 inches tall. Remove criss-crossing canes, thin out a fifth of the older canes, remove dead or weak canes , clean up any damage, open up the center. Deadhead after blooming.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight Soil pH Preference
Characteristics
Accent  Massing  Garden 
Applications
Flowers  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features