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| Accolades | ARS All-American Rose, ARS Members Choice, Award of Garden Merit-RHS |
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Hot Cocoa
$25.95
Floribunda (Tom Carruth, United States, 2002)
It is hard to exactly pin down Hot Cocoa’s unique coloring, pointed buds of deep rust unfurl to reveal a chocolate haze of velvety smoked tones that can even take on a purple cast. The blooms are large and double in form with a mild fruity fragrance. Repeat blooming occurs throughout the season on a bush with glossy green foliage.
Description
Hot Cocoa
Floribunda (Tom Carruth, United States, 2002)
It is hard to exactly pin down Hot Cocoa’s unique coloring, pointed buds of deep rust unfurl to reveal a chocolate haze of velvety smoked tones that can even take on a purple cast. The blooms are large and double in form with a mild fruity fragrance. Repeat blooming occurs throughout the season on a bush with glossy green foliage.
Marina Dimitriadis (verified owner) –
Hot Cocoa is on my top favorites list. This plant is marvelous! Deep terracotta/russett blooms on the glossiest forest green leaves I’ve ever seen on a rose. Very disease resistant. HCR has the best price for this rose and it is truly worth it to purchase it own-root!
mbittleston (verified owner) –
Yes!! Bought this rose in may of this year, and it is September and it is blooming. It has grown slowly but consistently and the bloom is long lasting and the color is unique.
radianceballet (verified owner) –
I just received this rose in the mail last week, and I’m really curious as to how it will look in the spring. It is good sized and sturdy, and the color of the foliage is rich!
Mary Cookson –
The color of the flowers is stunning. This shrub is healthy and put on good growth for me. The leaves are healthy in my humid, zone 7 no-spray garden.
Corinne Wright (verified owner) –
Not like any hot cocoa rose I’ve ever owned. I bought 2 here. The first to bloom was an electric red- orange/coral single bloom miniature rose sized. I moved to a hot climate from a very moderate one where I had my last hot cocoas in my garden so I figured it could just be a variation from the heat. My 2nd bloomed today and I’d say this one could possibly be an extreme variation of a hot cocoa, still tiny but with a higher petal count, but still very electric red orange, I do see a darker streak coming through on one petal. Neither are the dusty red I’ve come to love and expect from a hot cocoa rose however. Now I’m just praying that my Koko locos end up true! Very sad and disappointed. The plants are healthy though!
Michelle Shell –
Such a unique color. I love pairing it with honey Dijon rose.
Joanna Tuck (verified owner) –
I really can’t praise this rose highly enough! It started out as one of the smaller bands in my order, but not for long! It grew and grew, all the time putting out masses of gorgeous smoky red-purple russety blooms, adorned with glossy big leaves that just sparkle in the sun. It’s so pretty that a friend of mine used it as a backdrop for a product photoshoot.
liliasb –
Hot Cocoa is one of my very favorites. A top performer every season I’ve had her. And that color is unreal. Such a healthy happy rose.