A whisper started in England.  And then the story spread about a nearly-blue rose with gray-green leaves coming from an amateur hybridizer, Frank Cowlishaw. 

With the first flowering in the trials, the world-wide rumor ran rampant about this remarkable rose. 

Yet the trials showed the elusive beauty to be true to her English upbringing, having a definite preference for cool conditions. 

The upright bushy pillar sulks in the heat but recovers remarkably with milder temps.

Rhapsody in Blue Rose Bush

• Height / Habit: Medium to tall / regular, upright
• Bloom / Size: Medium, semi-double, in clusters
• Petal count: 15 to 20
• Parentage: Summerwine x {International Herald Tribune x [(Blue Moon x Montezuma) x (Violacea x Montezuma)]}
• Fragrance: Moderate sweet spice
• Hybridizer: Cowlishaw  - 2006
• Comments: Demands moderate temps.  No other rose color like it!