How Are My Martha Stewart Hybrid Tea Roses Doing?
The Martha Stewart hybrid tea rose is absolutely stunning and growing so beautifully at my farm - I hope you saw the recent photos on my Instagram page @marthastewart48.
My rose has large pink blooms, dark green foliage, and a most wonderful and sweet fragrance. It was bred by Meilland, a six-generation family-owned rose-growing business, and was launched in North America through Star Roses and Plants. I planted a collection of them in a flower cutting garden and another in the more formal beds outside my main greenhouse. All of them are blooming excellently. I hope you decide to plant some in your garden - you'll love them too!
Here are some photos, enjoy.
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- Look at this gorgeous rose. When in peak bloom, it shows off more than 100 lush pink to apricot petals and a citrus-honeysuckle scent.
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- Each one is so beautiful and well shaped.
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- And its leaves are glossy and dark green. The leaves of a rose are described as “pinnate” – meaning there is a central rib and then leaflets off to each side, with one terminal leaflet. Rose leaves can have anywhere from two to 13 leaflets.
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- Last year, I decided to plant some Martha Stewart hybrid tea roses along both sides of a footpath in a flower cutting garden.
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- Hybrid tea roses should be planted two to three feet apart, as the growth habit is upright and vase-shaped.
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- This year, they all bloomed so excellently.
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- My rose is long lasting and heat tolerant. Each bush is sturdy, reliable, and thrives where others seem to fade.
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- Walking into my cutting garden, one can smell the sweet scent of these gorgeous blooms right away.
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- Last year, I also decided to plant Martha Stewart hybrid tea roses in the beds outside my greenhouse. I wanted them to be planted in a grid pattern alternating each rose with boxwood.
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- These plants are also spaced appropriately, so there is ample room for them to grow.
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- Some of them were already blooming – many flowers on each plant. The Martha Stewart rose matures to three feet tall and about three feet wide making it ideal for borders, small gardens, and containers.
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- I knew the roses and boxwood shrubs would grow beautifully together.
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- Here is a wider view of one of the beds after planting was complete.
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- And one year later, they’re flourishing. In fact, it’s a wonderful year for all the roses growing in my gardens.
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- Every bud is healthy and large.
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- The bloom size is typically four to five inches across. It’s definitely a showy flower in the garden and in the vase.
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- And because it is so deeply petaled, my rose stands out with a full and layered appearance.
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- The Martha Stewart rose is a repeat bloomer, meaning can produce flowers from spring through autumn under ideal growing conditions.
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- Remember, this rose like others, needs full sun for best performance. And in spring, always take time to prune – remove dead or weak stems and shape the plant to help maintain and encourages repeat blooms.
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- Now, one can find my rose at select garden retailers and visit it in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. The Martha Stewart hybrid tea rose… such a beautiful and very good thing.
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