Hybrid Tea Rose 'Tropicana'

'Tropicana' is a groundbreaking hybrid tea (1960, Tantau, PP1696) that introduced brilliant coral-orange to the rose world—vibrant, long-lasting blooms with a sweet fruity fragrance.

• Family: Rosaceae
• Genus: Rosa
• Cultivar: 'Tropicana'
• Also known as: TANorstar, Super Star, Tanor Star
• Hybridized by: Tantau
• Introduced: 1960

Key Features: Large (5–6 inch), high-centered, double blooms of glowing coral-orange with a sweet, fruity fragrance. Long cutting stems. Upright habit to 4–5 feet. Blooms in flushes spring through fall. Hardy in USDA zones 5–9. Good disease resistance for its era.

Landscape Uses: Cutting gardens, rose beds, specimen, exhibition. A color sensation that changed orange roses forever.