gentle persuasion™> clearance

you will fall in love with the sweetness of gentle persuasion™. this hybrid tea from griffith buck glows with a rich apricot, shading light toward the petal edges. sweetly fragrant, she grows fully 4″ double high-centered, continual blooms with 25-30 petals on an upright, yet somewhat spreading bush, whose leaves start out a bronze-red and finish an olive-green. her unique quality is the serrated red edges on the mature leaves. she is winter hardy in the midwest without protection.

• type: hardy

• color: apricot blend

• fragrance: moderately fragrant

• hardiness zone: 4 – 10

• size: 3′ – 4′ x 3′

• rebloom: continual blooming

• bloom type: double

• year: 1984

• breeder code: buc