Neptune™ Hybrid Tea Rose

Highly fragrant rose.

Large flowers, up to 5½-inches across
Very good disease resistance
Ideal for cutting

Delight your senses with this outstanding hybrid tea rose. Its flowers will perfume the garden air with their sweet fragrance all summer long. The large, lavender flowers are tinged with purple and look dramatic against glossy, dark green foliage. They're stunning in a vase and bouquets, too. Neptune Hybrid Tea Rose, like other hybrid tea roses, has classically shaped flowers atop strong, tall stems that are good for cutting. The plants grow 4-5 ft. tall and exhibit very good disease resistance. PP16614

Fortuniana Rootstock, The Best Option for Southern Regions

Warm-zone gardeners, this changes everything! We're thrilled to now offer Fortuniana rootstock on some of our most popular rose varieties. Prized by rosarians for its superior performance, adaptability and longevity in Southern gardens, Fortuniana rootstock requires more effort for commercial growers to produce, which is also why these roses can be so difficult for home gardeners to find.

Fortuniana rootstock delivers:

20% larger blooms
30% more flowers
Greater vigor and adaptability in the South
Resistance to root knot nematodes
Resistance to crown gall
Success in sandy soils

Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Bareroot Roses
3A-4A	4/7/25 - 6/6/25
4B	4/7/25 - 6/6/25
5A	4/7/25 - 6/6/25
5B	3/24/25 - 6/6/25
6A	3/10/25 - 6/6/25
6B	2/24/25 - 6/6/25
7A	2/24/25 - 6/6/25
7B	2/17/25 - 5/23/25
8A	2/17/25 - 5/23/25
8B	2/10/25 - 5/23/25
9A	2/10/25 - 5/23/25
9B	1/13/25 - 5/23/25
10A & B	1/13/25 - 5/23/25
Last Order Date	Zones 3A-7A: 6/2/25 Zones 7B-10B: 5/19/25

Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule

ZONE

Bareroot Roses

3A-4A

4/7/25 - 6/6/25

3/24/25 - 6/6/25

3/10/25 - 6/6/25

2/24/25 - 6/6/25

2/17/25 - 5/23/25

2/10/25 - 5/23/25

1/13/25 - 5/23/25

10A & B

1/13/25 - 5/23/25

Last Order Date

Zones 3A-7A: 6/2/25
Zones 7B-10B: 5/19/25

Botanical Name: Rosa Hybrida 'Neptune' PP# 16614
Height: 48 - 60
Spacing:3 ft.
Depth:Soak the bareroot in water for about an hour. As a rule of thumb, dig the hole about 1 1/2 times as deep and 1 1/2 times as wide as the root system is long. Mound a small pile of soil in the center of the hole as a support for the rose's root crown. Be s
Spread:3 ft
Light Required:Full Sun, Partial Shade
Color: Lavender tinged with purple.
Size: Premium
Blooms: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, All Summer
Zone: 6-10

Form: Deciduous shrub, hybrid tea rose.
Flower Form: Large 4.5 inch to 5.5 inch very fragrant flowers with over 35 petals.
Soil Requirements: Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Pruning: Since rose bushes like to send out a strong lateral cane at the node just below a pruning cut, try to make pruning cuts about 1/4 inch above an "outward" facing leaf bud. By doing this and removing plant material from the center of the bush you will crea
Foliage: Clean, green, glossy foliage.