Hybrid Tea Rose
Memorial Day is a hybrid tea rose bred to bloom reliably from May through frost across hardiness zones 5 through 9. This shrub grows 36 to 60 inches tall and 36 to 48 inches wide, producing fragrant, showy flowers on long stems that are characteristic of hybrid teas. The plant thrives in full sun with moderate watering and moderate maintenance, attracting butterflies and other pollinators throughout the growing season. It tolerates erosion and works beautifully as a hedge or focal point in garden borders.
Full Sun
Moderate
5-9
60in H x 48in W
Perennial
High
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Hybrid tea roses are the aristocrats of the rose world, prized for their high-centered, exhibition-quality blooms borne singly on long stems perfect for cutting. Memorial Day delivers fragrant, showy flowers from May all the way to frost, rewarding gardeners in zones 5 through 9 with months of color. The plant's moderate water and maintenance needs, combined with its attractive form as a 3 to 5-foot shrub, make it accessible even to less experienced rose growers. Butterflies flock to the blooms, adding living movement to your garden.
Hybrid tea roses like Memorial Day are grown primarily for their spectacular cut flowers, with long stems and large, perfectly formed blooms that are prized by florists and home arrangers. They also serve as landscape anchors and hedging plants, creating formal garden structures and focal points. Some gardeners grow them in containers, though they perform best in in-ground beds with good air circulation.
Prune to remove spent flowers and encourage rebloom throughout the season. Hybrid teas benefit from regular deadheading to maintain a tidy shape and promote flowering.
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