Orange Roses

There is nothing sunnier than orange roses. When you look into a corner of the garden featuring a rose of this color, it's like having sunshine growing in your garden. Orange roses: the newer relatives in the Rosa family.

On the color wheel, orange is made by mixing red and yellow. Perhaps because of this, orange roses were at first used to symbolize the growing transition from friendship (yellow) to passion (red). Maybe you'd want to send a rose of this color to say "I'm proud of you," or maybe to express fascination with the recipient.

A bouquet of this color could suggest the emergence of romantic inclinations and the desire to explore that. This color also symbolizes enthusiasm and passion. Of course it is also the perfect flower to send on Halloween, especially if you can find a shade close to pumpkin.

Orange roses are rather new in the history of roses. It wasn't until the turn of the 20th century that wild yellow roses were discovered. With the new genes available, new hybrids have been developed that include the dazzling orange color spectrum. The orange range includes shades varying from apricot and peach to coral to vibrant dark orange.

Orange is a warm color, which gives a sense of energy and excitement. Plant it with similar colors like golds and reds, or use it as an eye-catching specimen surrounded by blues and greens.

– This miniature rose is covered with bright orange blossoms all spring and summer. The glossy, deep green foliage provides a dark background to highlight the orange of the flowers. This little rosebush grows to a height of two to three feet. It likes full sun and it does well in a low border or in a mass planting.

Marmalade Skies

– This amazing tangerine-orange rose is an award-winning floribunda. It grows to a height of about four feet and does best in full sun. The bush is covered with almost continuous bloom during spring and summer. The blossoms have a light fragrance. It works well as a specimen or border plant and makes nice cut flowers for arrangements, too.

Tropicana

– This is a well-known orange rose that still maintains a color as vibrant as tropical fruit. This hybrid tea rose has been gracing gardens since the 1960s. The full flowers have 30 to 35 petals. It likes full sun and does not require a lot of water to repeatedly flower throughout the season. This one has a nice fragrance as well.

Fred Load

– this large shrub rose blooms abundantly in bright single orange blossoms. A modern shrub variety, this rose remains as popular as it was when it was first introduced. This very hardy rose is disease-resistant and vigorous.

Just Joey

– This hybrid tea rose falls in the apricot range of orange. This particular shade is a bit coppery with a hint of pink. The foliage is gray green with a rather sprawling habit. An award-winning rose, Just Joey flowers repeatedly all summer long.

Oranges n' Lemons

– This clustered climbing rose is vibrant with stripes of brilliant orange and yellow. A grandiflora, it has a mild fragrance and flowers made up of 40 petals.

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