Comments on: What Color Is An American Beauty Rose? http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/what-color-is-an-american-beauty-rose/ the official Flower Shop Network blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jamie Jamison Adams http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/what-color-is-an-american-beauty-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-28312 Jamie Jamison Adams Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:29:44 +0000 http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/?p=9765#comment-28312 Ben Thanks so much for the information. Didn't know about the fabric - very interesting. As the times and rose varieties changed did the color become more red than pink? Ben

Thanks so much for the information. Didn't know about the fabric – very interesting. As the times and rose varieties changed did the color become more red than pink?

]]> By: Ben Ford http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/what-color-is-an-american-beauty-rose/comment-page-1/#comment-28307 Ben Ford Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/?p=9765#comment-28307 American Beauty is a variety of rose that is indeed a dark pink. The rose gave it's name to a fabric color that matched it. The Philadelphia Mummers of the 40's, 50's and 6o,s were very fond of it. The American Beauty rose did not produce well or keep well. It was replaced commercially in the 40's by the Better Times rose from the Hill company in Richmond, Indiana. Better Times grew better and was the standard for many years. In the fifties other commercial varieties came on the market. Happiness, Forever Yours, Cara Mia all offered a deep red color as well as improved vase-life. Varieties such as Bacara and Visa offered a truer red color. American Beauty is a variety of rose that is indeed a dark pink. The rose gave it's name to a fabric color that matched it. The Philadelphia Mummers of the 40's, 50's and 6o,s were very fond of it.

The American Beauty rose did not produce well or keep well. It was replaced commercially in the 40's by the Better Times rose from the Hill company in Richmond, Indiana. Better Times grew better and was the standard for many years. In the fifties other commercial varieties came on the market. Happiness, Forever Yours, Cara Mia all offered a deep red color as well as improved vase-life. Varieties such as Bacara and Visa offered a truer red color.

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