Outstanding large flowered striped rose with lovely fragrance. Bloom color is highly variable depending on weather. Seems particularly well suited for coastal Southern California. Good exhibition rose for categories not requiring classic HT form. Excellent mildew resistance.Better classified as a hybrid tea instead of a grandiflora.
Thank you for bringing up a statement I made13 years ago. My statement referring to the variation in color in this rose is incorrect. The blooms of this rose exhibit considerable variability in terms of the proportion of red to white. The variation is intrinsic in nature and unrelated to climate or weather. This type of variability is common in striped roses and adds to the charm of these roses.
i have been growing R&R for 2 seasons, this is a rose that is slow to start, it has remained small over the summer months, but has started to fill out, FINALLY!!! It is such an amazingly beautiful rose, (Iam a lover of the stripes) I noticed a medium rose scent, its the first time it started scenting,very good with disease resistance. The summer doesnot slow its blooming, the winter was not as harsh as normal last year (zone 6)but it did fine, i had no dieback, it will update on the survival of this winter. In short an excellent addition to any garden, a real show stopper.
Someone in HMF mentioned that Rock & Roll is better than Neil Diamond, and I agree, after having Neil Diamond as 2nd-year-own-root. My neighbor's GRAFTED Rock & Roll is 100% healthy, never see blackspots on that one for years, despite planted next to a tree !! My OWN-ROOT Neil Diamond is prone to blackspot .. I had to move it to full-sun & dry & alkaline clay, before blackspot is reduced. Rock & Roll is consistently fragrant, versus unstable scent on my Neil Diamond (sometimes strong, other times gone).
