• Carol Whitten

Medium red.
Registration name: ARDcarol
Exhibition name: Carol Whitten

Bred by Paul Barden (United States, 2010).

Moss - Modern.  

Changeable, medium red to crimson.  Mild to strong, carnation, moss or woody, pine fragrance.  12 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped-to-flat, open bloom form.  Moderate, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, mossed buds.  

Medium, bristly , bushy, compact, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, fragrant foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 5' (90 to 150cm).  Width: 3' to 5' (90 to 150cm).

USDA zone 5a and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden, landscape, rock garden, shrub or specimen.  Very hardy.  vigorous.  can be grown as a shrub.  drought resistant.  flowers drop off cleanly.  heat tolerant.  rain tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant, very rust resistant.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  

Tetraploid