Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: Red blend
Extra Bloom Info: Semi-double to double, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Floribunda
Extra Color Info: Red blend, white reverse
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Tom Carruth, 2005

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Red and white
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Countess Celeste x Betty Boop
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Topsy Turvy'
  • 'WEKcocbeb'
  • 'Coral Garden'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2017-05-22
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-24
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-24

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Massab Acres, Taylor, MI
Date: 2010-07-10
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: Summer 08
You can see exactly why it's called topsy turvy.. the petals curl
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-05-14
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: July 2008
Did not survive my zone 5 winter that year, and haven't found a n

Topsy Turvy, 2008 (didn't survive winter)

At Regans nursery
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden

Photo Courtesy of Lobo Rose and Daylily Gardens. Used with Permis
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Newyorkrita
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Dec 10, 2019 1:33 AM concerning plant:
    This rose wins the prize for exuberance. Its counterpart in the animal kingdom would be a rambunctious puppy. Its blooms, red with a silvery white reverse, seem to resist holding any semblance of a well-defined shape and often resemble pinwheels more than roses. Its canes and branches are equally irrepressible, jutting out in various directions with no show of restraint and no regard for symmetry. It probably would be evicted from a formal rose garden, but it's a perfect addition to a romantic garden.
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Oct 16, 2011 2:50 PM concerning plant:
    Unusual flower with the red inside and silver reverse. Quite striking. A low-growing floribunda which makes a small shrub in my garden. Don't plant it in the back as it will get lost in the sea of blooms.

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