Rosa Twister Select

Rosa Twister Select is a lively small bush that brings an exotic touch to any decor. It bears large, fragrant, old-fashioned style flowers, whose warm and contrasting colours evolve throughout the day. It is a repeat-flowering variety, and will remain colourful for many months until the first frost. Its compact growth is perfectly suitable for large flower beds or flowering pots. It is robust and easy to grow.

Twister Select is a modern bush rose with large flowers and a particularly compact habit. It is a robust and hardy plant, reaching about 45cm (18in) in height and 40cm (16in) in width at maturity. It has a rapid growth rate. This rose produces thorny branches that bear lush foliage composed of large, glossy, toothed leaflets in a dark green colour. From May until October, the plant continuously produces large, double flowers. They are slightly flattened and turbinate, with somewhat tubular petals. In full bloom, the flower reveals a heart organised into 4 quarters, composed of small petals arranged in a sort of button. Initially yellow with red-orange edges when in bud, the flowers open to a bright yellow bordered with orange-red, then lighten to a creamy-yellow with a pink edge. The flowers are solitary or grouped in twos or threes, produced at the end of long shoots from the current year or emerging from 2-year-old stems. Their fragrance is of medium intensity. Remove faded blooms to encourage new flowers. The deciduous foliage is disease resistant under good growing conditions. The leaves fall in autumn and regrow in spring.

This Twister Select rose is ideal in beautiful borders, planted en masse along the edge of a patio, or in large flower beds. Combine them with light blue or white flowers: perennial flax, salvias, catmints, love-in-a-mist, baby's breath, or bronze fennel, whose feathery foliage will complement its vibrant flowering. Plant it in groups of 3 to form a beautifully colourful bush. You also combine it with white ground cover roses (Swany, Marie Pavie), chamomiles, or light grasses like stipa (barbata, pennata, tenuifolia). Use it create a dazzling potted display with marigolds or gaillardias.