Perfume Delight™ Hybrid Tea Rose on Fortuniana Rootstock

True to its name, Perfume Delight™ is one of the most intensely fragrant Hybrid Tea roses ever introduced. Budded onto premium Fortuniana rootstock, this award-winning classic combines breathtaking blooms, intoxicating fragrance, and exceptional vigor to create a rose that performs beautifully in warm, humid climates.

Winner of the prestigious All-America Rose Selections (AARS) Award in 1974, Perfume Delight™ has remained a favorite among rose enthusiasts for decades. Rich deep rose-pink buds unfurl into magnificent, fully double blooms measuring up to 5 inches across, each packed with more than 32 petals. The flowers are carried singly on long, elegant stems, making them an outstanding choice for cutting gardens and floral arrangements.

Its greatest claim to fame is its extraordinary Old Damask rose fragrance—a rich, powerful perfume that fills the garden with the classic scent many gardeners associate with antique roses. Blooming continuously from late spring through frost, Perfume Delight™ produces wave after wave of elegant flowers against a backdrop of healthy, dark green foliage.

When grafted onto Fortuniana rootstock, this vigorous Hybrid Tea develops an exceptionally strong root system that promotes faster establishment, increased flower production, improved heat and humidity tolerance, and outstanding long-term garden performance.

Key Features

Growing Information

Fortuniana rootstock performs best in warm climates and is especially valued throughout the southern United States for its exceptional vigor, longevity, and superior root development.

Ideal Uses

✔ Cutting Gardens
✔ Fragrance Gardens
✔ Dedicated Rose Gardens
✔ Mixed Borders
✔ Formal Landscapes
✔ Foundation Plantings
✔ Specimen Plantings

Why Choose Fortuniana Rootstock?

Fortuniana rootstock is highly prized by experienced rose growers for producing larger, healthier plants with exceptional garden performance.

Benefits of Fortuniana Rootstock

• Produces larger, more vigorous plants
• Encourages faster establishment after planting
• Increases bloom production throughout the season
• Outstanding heat and humidity tolerance
• Extensive root system improves drought tolerance once established
• Excellent longevity and overall plant health
• Ideal for Southern gardens and sandy soils

Recommended Growing Regions

Perfume Delight™ on Fortuniana rootstock performs exceptionally well in:

• Southeast
• Deep South
• Gulf Coast
• Florida
• Texas
• Southwest
• Southern California
• West Coast
• Mid-Atlantic
• Pacific Northwest

Awards

🏆 All-America Rose Selections (AARS) Winner – 1974

Why You'll Love Perfume Delight™ on Fortuniana Rootstock

• One of the most fragrant Hybrid Tea roses ever introduced
• Large, elegant deep rose-pink blooms up to 5 inches across
• Powerful Old Damask fragrance fills the garden with classic rose perfume
• Long stems make outstanding cut flowers for arrangements
• Continuous repeat blooming throughout the growing season
• Premium Fortuniana rootstock promotes exceptional vigor and abundant flowering
• Award-winning variety treasured by gardeners for generations
• A timeless classic for fragrance lovers and rose collectors alike

Surround your garden with unforgettable fragrance by planting Perfume Delight™ on Fortuniana Rootstock. Combining award-winning beauty, richly scented blooms, and the exceptional vigor of Fortuniana rootstock, this classic Hybrid Tea rose offers season-long elegance and one of the finest rose fragrances ever developed.