Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Extra Bloom Info: Medium to large, in large clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Deep purple, slightly lighter reverse
Growth Habit: Short, 2-3 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Misc: Shade tolerant
Hybridizer & year: Tom Carruth, 2004
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Australian National Rose Trials Certificate of Merit 2004
Parentage: ((Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile) x Stephens' Big Purple) X ((International Herald Tribune x Hybrid of R. soulieana) x (Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile))
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Midnight Blue'
  • 'WEKfabpur'

Common names
  • Rose

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Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2012-06-02
Digital Camera
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: September 18, 2012
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-04-19
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2020-05-26
Uploaded by MargieNY
Uploaded by Aerith
Location: Coastal WA 9A
Date: 2023-05-24
Healthy. Darkest purple in my high shade garden.

Regans Nursery
Uploaded by MargieNY

Date: 2019-06-07
Location: Virginia
Date: 2018-05-29
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: August 14, 2008
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2012-05-05
digitalCamera
Uploaded by CindiKS
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2013-04-29
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: Augu
Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2023-07-15
Location: Saaremaa, Estonia
Date: 2023-07-15

Date: 2014-09-14
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2016-06-09
the other end of the color spectrum!
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2013-05-29
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: October 2010

couldn't survive full sun, so in partial shade (gets 3-4 hours su
Location: Mountains of northern California
Date: August 2008
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-09-12
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-09-12
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 6/21/2010
Didn't survive the cold CO winter, will try again in a different
Location: San Diego County Fair
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 30, 2013 4:21 PM concerning plant:
    Midnight Blue has a small bloom and often varies greatly in color. At its very best, it is a dark dusky purple that looks almost black. At the other end of the color possibilities are the reddish light-purple blooms that still don't look bad.

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