grandiflora
noun
gran·di·flo·ra
ˌgran-də-ˈflȯr-ə 
: a usually tall rose shrub derived from crosses of floribunda and hybrid tea roses and characterized by production of blooms both singly and in clusters on the same plant
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The current color in question is an orange-yellow or gold-yellow blend that is seen both in coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) and certain low-growing bush lantana cultivars such as Sunburst and New Gold.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Tea, grandiflora, and floribunda roses are especially so, as they are bred for beauty more than hardiness.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Climbing roses: These ramblers have extra-long canes and include both grandiflora and floribunda varieties.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Less hardy roses include hybrid tea, English, polyantha, floribunda, grandiflora, miniature, and some climbing roses.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
The latticed structural element is the perfect way to add a dynamic pattern to your garden and provide space for more climbing growth, like the voluminous English grandiflora roses landscape designer Ed Hollander incorporated here.
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 12 May 2023
For a client who really loves roses, Edmund Hollander planted some 250 English grandifloras.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2023
His newest, Sitting Pretty, is a grandiflora that gets lots of pink blooms, but his favorite is the red Double Knock Out.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2021
Collinsia grandiflora — large-flowered blue-eyed Mary 2.
—oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2020
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Tea, grandiflora, and floribunda roses are especially so, as they are bred for beauty more than hardiness.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Climbing roses: These ramblers have extra-long canes and include both grandiflora and floribunda varieties.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
Less hardy roses include hybrid tea, English, polyantha, floribunda, grandiflora, miniature, and some climbing roses.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
The latticed structural element is the perfect way to add a dynamic pattern to your garden and provide space for more climbing growth, like the voluminous English grandiflora roses landscape designer Ed Hollander incorporated here.
—Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 12 May 2023
For a client who really loves roses, Edmund Hollander planted some 250 English grandifloras.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2023
His newest, Sitting Pretty, is a grandiflora that gets lots of pink blooms, but his favorite is the red Double Knock Out.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2021
Collinsia grandiflora — large-flowered blue-eyed Mary 2.
—oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2020
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“Grandiflora.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandiflora. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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