floribunda
noun
flo·ri·bun·da
ˌflȯr-ə-ˈbən-də 
: any of various usually small, compact roses with large flowers in open clusters that derive from crosses of polyantha and tea roses
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There are three floribundas hybridized by Ping Lim and introduced by Altman Plants USA in the ‘True Bloom’ series:
‘True Affection’ has 30-petal dark pink blooms with orange centers and a peppery fragrance.
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Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
The general consensus is that roses that produce a multitude of blooms on short stems, like floribundas, polyanthas and shrub roses, are more attractive as a tree rose than are hybrid teas.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
Awful Weed #1: Wisteria Japanese and Chinese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda and sinensis) are absolutely gorgeous in flower.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
The most popular is the shrub rose, and within that group there are two subgroups: long-stem tea roses and multiple-bloom floribunda types.
—Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
Removing the central bud from a floribunda or shrub spray encourages the florets to open at the same time.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
For our Southwest region, the 2022 AGRS winners were: ‘Celestial Night,’ which was introduced in 2019, and is an upright and bushy medium-size floribunda, bred by Christian Bédard for Weeks Roses.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021
Pink Brick House Rose, is a compact floribunda with bright fluorescent pink flowers that are produced continuously from spring through frost, Haugh said.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2020
Hybrid tea, floribunda, multiflora and miniature roses should get extra winter protection when grown in the Chicago area.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2019
Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
The general consensus is that roses that produce a multitude of blooms on short stems, like floribundas, polyanthas and shrub roses, are more attractive as a tree rose than are hybrid teas.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
Awful Weed #1: Wisteria Japanese and Chinese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda and sinensis) are absolutely gorgeous in flower.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
The most popular is the shrub rose, and within that group there are two subgroups: long-stem tea roses and multiple-bloom floribunda types.
—Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
Removing the central bud from a floribunda or shrub spray encourages the florets to open at the same time.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
For our Southwest region, the 2022 AGRS winners were: ‘Celestial Night,’ which was introduced in 2019, and is an upright and bushy medium-size floribunda, bred by Christian Bédard for Weeks Roses.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021
Pink Brick House Rose, is a compact floribunda with bright fluorescent pink flowers that are produced continuously from spring through frost, Haugh said.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2020
Hybrid tea, floribunda, multiflora and miniature roses should get extra winter protection when grown in the Chicago area.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2019
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“Floribunda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floribunda. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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