Rosa 'Intereybabnus' (x Hulthemosa) SUNSHINE BABYLON EYES^®

Rosa 'Intereybabnus' (x Hulthemosa) SUNSHINE BABYLON EYES®
standard rose – floribunda, hybrid Persian rose (Interplant)

SIZE/TYPE	small tree
USUAL HEIGHT	0.5-1.5m
USUAL WIDTH	0.5-1m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	combined:purple red and yellow and deep red
BLOOMING TIME	June - October
LOCATION	full sun
USDA zone (lowest)	5b (down to -27°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Roses Summer blooms Exotics

Rosa persica is a rose species from Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia which used to be listed as a separate species Hulthemia. Its flowers are beautiful and unique but everything else is difficult – thorny foliage, unsightly habit, and unreliable garden performance – they are almost impossible to transplant. Luckily they respond well to crossing with other, reliable rose species and the first hybrids were made after 2000. Their scientific name is x Hulthemosa but for marketing purposes they are still called just Rosa.

BABYLON EYES^® is an attractive and successful series of hybrid Persian rose bred by Dutch rose breeders Interplant, and introduced by French nursery Minier in 2012. So far there are 12 exquisite varieties offering perhaps all possible colour combinations. SUNSHINE BABYLON EYES^® produces 5-6 cm across, simple flowers opening deep yellow with velvet red margins which soon turn dark purple pink, edging out yellow colour, that is fading to white, towards the centre where each of its five petals is decorated with a large, crimson red eye (blotch). Deciduous leaves are medium green, partly glossy, and composed of 3-5 leaflets.

Planting instructions: Prepare a hole about twice as wide and deep as the pot and plant your rose in the same level as it is in the pot. Stake it well – tightly but carefully not to damage the stem. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun. Winter mulching is beneficial but not crucial.

Pruning: Cut the branches in half in autumn and prune hard to 3-5 live buds in spring after danger of frosts. During the flowering season prune flowered stems regularly, and follow a regular feeding programme.

Last update: 26-10-2019

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.