Rose 'Tequila Sunrise' - Hybrid Tea Rose
An award-winning spectacular hybrid tea rose producing abundant large blooms in striking golden yellow with scarlet red edges with delicate fragrance, complemented by outstanding glossy dark green foliage, vigorous bushy growth, and excellent repeat flowering performance, making it perfect for garden borders, cutting gardens, and dramatic display areas.
Headlines
- Plant Type: Hardy deciduous hybrid tea rose
- Eventual Height: 80cm
- Eventual Spread: 60cm
- Flowering Period: June to October
- Flower Colour: Bright golden yellow with scarlet red edges, deepening with age
- Hardiness: Hardy in the UK down to temperatures of -20 to -15 degrees Celcius (RHS hardiness rating H6)
- Growth Habit: Vigorous, bushy, and upright
- Flower Type: Large fully double high-centred blooms with classic hybrid tea form
- Fragrance: Light to delicate fragrance
Overview
Rose 'Tequila Sunrise' stands as one of the most spectacular garden performers, producing abundant brilliant blooms that showcase extraordinary golden yellow colouring with dramatic scarlet red edges and delicate fragrance intensity. This exceptional award-winning variety creates memorable garden displays with its large well-shaped flowers that display perfect hybrid tea form, where each bloom features incredible colour combinations of bright golden yellow centres with striking scarlet red outer petals that create stunning theatrical effects throughout the extended flowering season. The distinctive bicolour palette makes this rose particularly outstanding among garden plantings, representing vibrancy and garden drama. The flowers are produced continually from summer through autumn, with this award-winning variety having stood the test of time for over three decades since its introduction in 1989. The delicate fragrance complements the extraordinary visual appeal, creating outstanding garden experiences that enhance both traditional garden settings and contemporary landscape designs with exceptional colour contrast and reliable performance.
Key Features
The outstanding appeal of 'Tequila Sunrise' lies in its abundant large blooms that showcase perfect hybrid tea form with exceptional bicolour intensity and substantial garden presence. Each flower displays classic high-centred formation with fully double petals featuring bright scarlet outer petals that contrast beautifully with the deep orange-yellow centres, creating blooms of remarkable visual beauty and theatrical appeal. The extraordinary colour palette of bright golden yellow edged scarlet provides distinctive displays that maintain their intensity throughout the flowering season, creating dynamic colour variation that symbolises energy and garden excitement. The flowers are produced abundantly throughout the summer into the autumn, making a spectacular display of colour. The delicate fragrance complements the spectacular visual impact, with golden yellow, red-edged flowers that deepen to scarlet as they mature, creating memorable garden experiences that enhance both cutting garden applications and everyday garden enjoyment with exceptional colour drama.
Growth Characteristics
The strong upright stems provide excellent support for the abundant large flower displays, making this variety particularly valuable for cutting and garden applications where stem strength and flower presentation are crucial. The outstanding dark green, glossy, attractive foliage is produced abundantly throughout the growing season, creating an exceptionally attractive healthy backdrop that perfectly complements the dramatic bicolour bloom colours whilst maintaining excellent appearance and vigour. The fairly vigorous grower ensures reliable flowering whilst creating substantial garden impact, fitting well into diverse garden settings from traditional borders to feature plantings, with the moderate size making it suitable for both established gardens and prominent focal points where its exceptional colour contrast can be fully appreciated.
Flowering Performance
From summer through to autumn, 'Tequila Sunrise' delivers exceptional flowering displays with abundant blooms produced throughout the summer into the autumn, continuing reliably throughout the extended growing season. The plant is described as a bushy free flowering variety, creating substantial visual impact with outstanding performance that ensures ongoing garden beauty. The individual blooms develop with classic hybrid tea form, allowing gardeners to appreciate the perfect golden yellow and scarlet red colour combinations, whilst the elegant high-centred shape ensures each flower maintains its beautiful appearance and colour intensity for extended periods. The prolific flowering nature ensures spectacular displays throughout the season, with the ongoing bicolour blooms providing persistent focal points that enhance garden spaces with their distinctive colour palette and delicate fragrance.
Growing Conditions
'Tequila Sunrise' thrives in any well-drained, fertile soil in full sun, requiring good drainage whilst maintaining consistent moisture for optimal performance and colour development. The rose adapts well to various soil conditions and responds excellently to an open, bright aspect where the striking golden yellow and scarlet red colours can be fully appreciated. For best results, plant in sunny positions with good air circulation, incorporating well-rotted organic matter to support the vigorous flowering and outstanding foliage development. The variety benefits from regular feeding and responds well to standard rose care practices, whilst the moderate size makes it suitable for diverse garden situations from beds and borders to feature plantings where its award-winning qualities and exceptional colour drama can be celebrated.
Hardiness and Disease Resistance
'Tequila Sunrise' demonstrates good hardiness characteristics with reliable resilience in UK growing conditions, maintaining healthy growth throughout the season with reasonable disease resistance. The variety shows good disease resistance, making it dependable for gardeners seeking reliable dramatic plantings. The variety is well clothed in dark glossy leaves that remain attractive and vigorous, making it a suitable choice for gardeners seeking reliable award-winning plantings with manageable maintenance requirements. The hardy nature ensures consistent performance across different growing conditions and seasonal changes, supporting reliable colour development and flowering performance throughout the growing season.
Care and Maintenance
'Tequila Sunrise' requires standard hybrid tea rose maintenance to achieve optimal flowering performance and colour intensity. Apply balanced rose fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer, with regular deep watering during dry periods to support the vigorous growth and abundant flower production. The good disease resistance means this variety requires standard intervention with regular care practices, making it suitable for gardeners seeking reliable plantings with dramatic impact. Regular deadheading encourages continued flowering and maintains the spectacular colour display throughout the season, whilst annual pruning in late winter maintains the vigorous bushy shape and promotes strong new growth for optimal flowering performance and colour development.
Garden Applications
'Tequila Sunrise' excels in specimen planting where the theatrical colour can be fully appreciated, with the bold golden and scarlet blooms making it ideal for this purpose. This excellent bedding variety provides striking colour impact and dependable performance for dramatic landscapes. Perfect for cut flower applications, this rose provides outstanding blooms with strong stems and excellent vase life that enhance floral arrangements with dramatic bicolour effects for special occasions and theatrical displays. The flowers are held in clusters, creating impressive displays that work beautifully in mixed borders or as standalone features. The vigorous growth and abundant flowering make it particularly suitable for creating striking focal points in established gardens, whilst the moderate size ensures it provides impressive presence in diverse garden settings where its exceptional colour contrast creates maximum impact.
Container Growing
The bushy growth makes 'Tequila Sunrise' suitable for growing in a pot, thriving in substantial containers for patios, terraces, and dramatic displays. The rose is perfect in a large container or mid border, where its golden yellow and scarlet bloom colours can create striking focal points and vibrant displays, making it perfect for outdoor living areas and contemporary presentations where dramatic colour enhances the garden experience. Choose containers at least 50cm wide and deep with excellent drainage, using high-quality multipurpose compost enriched with slow-release fertiliser. Container-grown specimens require more frequent watering and feeding than ground-planted roses, but the award-winning qualities and spectacular displays make this worthwhile for special dramatic plantings and theatrical garden celebrations.
Seasonal Interest
Throughout the growing season, 'Tequila Sunrise' provides exceptional seasonal interest with continuous bicolour displays and outstanding performance. Spring brings the emergence of glossy dark green foliage and the first beautifully formed buds, building anticipation for the main dramatic flowering display. The spectacular golden yellow and scarlet red blooms from summer through autumn provide months of theatrical colour that maintains intensity throughout the season, creating consistent dramatic impact. The attractive glossy foliage remains healthy throughout the season with good disease resistance, providing perfect backdrop for the striking flower displays, whilst the vigorous bushy branching structure provides attractive architectural interest during dormant periods.
Fragrance Profile
'Tequila Sunrise' features a delicate fragrance that complements the dramatic visual display and enhances the exciting garden experience. The light scent adds aromatic appeal to outdoor spaces whilst making this rose particularly valuable for cutting gardens where both visual drama and subtle aromatic interest are desired for special occasions. The delicate fragrance enhances garden atmosphere and makes this variety suitable for areas where scent contributes to the theatrical garden experience, particularly during evening garden enjoyment when the gentle perfume creates lasting impressions.
Companion Planting
The striking golden yellow and scarlet red colouring of 'Tequila Sunrise' provides excellent opportunities for companion planting with complementary garden plants and bold colour schemes. The bicolour tones work beautifully with purple and blue flowers for striking contrast that highlights both the award-winning qualities and garden drama, whilst bronze and burgundy foliage plants complement the warm tones effectively. White and cream flowers provide harmonious displays that allow the golden yellow and scarlet red hues to shine, whilst the delicate fragrance makes it suitable for planting with other aromatic plants that enhance the garden's dramatic atmosphere throughout the growing season.
Award-Winning Significance
One of the most valued features of 'Tequila Sunrise' is its exceptional award-winning heritage, with this Hybrid Tea rose bred by Patrick Dickson of Dickson Nurseries in the UK and first introduced in 1989. This award-winning Hybrid Tea rose represents outstanding achievements in rose breeding, making it uniquely meaningful for dramatic garden displays. The striking golden yellow and scarlet red colour combination symbolises excellence, achievement, and garden distinction. This award-winning significance, combined with exceptional garden performance and theatrical colour contrast, makes it particularly appealing to gardeners seeking roses with both meaningful recognition and practical excellence for vibrant garden themes and dramatic landscape applications.
Cut Flower Excellence
The excellent cut flower qualities make 'Tequila Sunrise' particularly valuable for gardeners who wish to bring dramatic beauty indoors. The strong stems, abundant large blooms with striking golden yellow and scarlet red colouring, and delicate fragrance create outstanding floral displays that provide lasting indoor enjoyment whilst maintaining the award-winning significance of the extraordinary bicolour combinations. The prolific flowering ensures plenty of blooms for cutting whilst maintaining garden displays, making it ideal for both garden beauty and exceptional dramatic arrangements that provide theatrical statements for indoor spaces and special celebrations with excellent vase life.
Exhibition and Show Potential
The spectacular high-centred blooms and perfect hybrid tea form make 'Tequila Sunrise' an excellent choice for exhibition purposes and flower shows where dramatic colour and award-winning heritage create memorable displays. The large fully double blooms with their striking golden yellow and scarlet red colouring provide consistent show-quality flowers that demonstrate outstanding hybrid tea rose breeding, making this variety particularly valuable for competitive gardening and horticultural exhibitions where award-winning qualities and exceptional colour contrast contribute to judging success.
Theatrical Impact and Drama
'Tequila Sunrise' carries special significance as described as "As fiery as its cocktail namesake and as dazzling as a sunrise", making it particularly valuable for gardeners seeking maximum visual impact and theatrical displays. The striking golden yellow and scarlet red colour combination makes it suitable for gardens that require ongoing dramatic seasonal impact, whilst the reliable performance ensures lasting beauty that continues to provide striking displays throughout the growing season with consistent colour intensity.
Why Choose 'Tequila Sunrise'?
Rose 'Tequila Sunrise' represents the perfect combination of award-winning excellence, theatrical beauty, and outstanding performance. The abundant large blooms in spectacular golden yellow with scarlet red edges and their delicate fragrance provide exceptional displays from summer through autumn, whilst the vigorous growth and good disease resistance ensure dependable performance with standard maintenance. Whether grown for dramatic gardens, theatrical displays, cutting gardens, or simply for its exceptional beauty and award-winning heritage, this outstanding hybrid tea rose offers distinctive value that combines meaningful recognition with reliable garden excellence, creating lasting memories and enduring beauty that celebrates drama and garden distinction with bicolour intensity that enhances any garden setting where vibrancy, award-winning quality, and striking theatrical impact are appreciated.
Reasons to Buy Roses from Jacksons Nurseries
(1) ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot
Buy with confidence from the only online rose grower rated ‘Excellent’ 4.9* on Trustpilot. We have been a trusted supplier of roses for 3 generations. We take pride in growing our own roses in the field before potting them up, allowing for meticulous quality control to sale.
(2) Best Prices Guaranteed – Direct from the Grower
Save £££s by buying direct from a grower you can trust. We’ve already price checked all of our roses against competitors so you don’t have to. We are so confident we offer the best value, if you find a rose of the same type and grade elsewhere, we’ll beat it by 10%.
(3) 12 Month Plants Guarantee
We offer a 12 month guarantee on every plant that you buy from us that we have classified as Fully Hardy. If a plant you've bought from us fails in the first year, we will either replace it or refund you. See our satisfaction guarantee page for more details and conditions.
(4) Third generation family-owned nursery specialising in roses
Jackson’s Nurseries is a 3rd generation family owned business which has been growing roses for over 60 years. Roses have always been our specialty, as you can see from the colourful array of blooms in the background to the old family photo below. Today, we offer over 200 different varieties of floribundas, hybrid teas, patio, shrub and David Austin roses. Our roses are initially grown in the field before being potted up for website dispatch.
(5) Grown at altitude to produce strong, healthy plants
Our North Staffordshire nursery is situated at 250 metres above sea level, producing strong, hardy plants that will thrive in your garden. Our nursery sits on clay, so you can be sure our roses can handle heavy soil too.
(6) Help & Advice and Aftercare
We are help to help you with any help and advice you need in choosing, planting and growing your roses before, during and after your purchase from us. The help and advice section of our website has extensive information, see below some examples of articles you may find useful:
- Different types of roses and what they each mean
- Guide to climbing roses
- Guide to floribunda roses
- Guide to hybrid tea roses
- How to plant a climbing rose
- How to grow hybrid tea roses
How our roses are supplied through the seasons
All our roses are cultivated in an open field and are carefully dug up when the weather is optimal, typically in October or November. While other nurseries supply roses bare root, once our field-grown roses have been potted up we supply them freshly potted. This better protects the roots and helps keep them moist in transit, ensuring your roses arrive as healthy as when they left our nursery. So don’t be alarmed if the compost comes away from the roots when you remove them from the pot.
The roses can remain in their pots over the winter, as long as they are properly watered and fed, but it's best to plant them out as soon as possible. If you do plant them straight away make sure the planting mix is prepared first, hold the root close to the top of the hole as you tip the pot upside down and try to keep as much compost as possible from falling away. They will already be pruned, so no additional pruning is needed except for trimming any dead tips. Regular pruning can start in late winter, the year after planting.
Rose Types
Hybrid Tea Roses (HT)
Hybrid Tea roses are probably the most popular group of roses, available in both bush and standard form they have long flower stems and shapely blooms. Blooms are typically medium to large in size, with many petals which form a distinct central cone.
Floribunda Roses (FL)
Floribunda roses bears its flowers in clusters or trusses, with several blooms open at time in each truss. A popular choice the Floribunda rose group is unrivalled for colour, reliability and longevity as a bedding display however the flower form in generally inferior to the Hybrid Tea.
Patio Roses (PATIO)
Patio roses were introduced in the 1980’s and the group now contains several popular varieties. Generally low-growing roses that were once grouped with the Floribuna group but have now been put in their own group of compact versions. Usually growing about 50cm high they make excellent plants for patio containers or at the front of borders.
Climbing Roses (CLM)
Climbing roses as the name suggests are the perfect choice for covering a wall or screen. Often grouped together with Ramblers, Climbers tend to have stiffer stems, larger flowers but smaller trusses than Ramblers.
Rambling Roses (RAM)
Rambling roses are often grouped with Climbing Roses but the ramblers tend to have a more pliable stems that can be used to run along the soil to use as groundcover or can be used to make weeping standards.
Miniature Roses (MINI)
Miniature roses have increased in popularity in recent years due to their versatility, even grown indoors as temporary pot plants that grow to a maximum height of 40cm. An ideal choice for planting in tubs, edging beds and rockeries.
English Roses (ENG)
Often referred to as Austin or David Austin Roses, English roses are hybrids of old English roses and more modern varieties bread by David Austin to provide the best of both, mixing old rose shapes and scents with more modern colour range, compact habits and repeat flowering.
Planting Advice
Roses like a generous root space, so dig a deep hole approximately twice as wide as the current root system, preferably adding composted organic matter to the soil. Never plant into frozen soil – in winter, await a frost-free period. Carefully remove the pot and gently tease the roots apart to spread them around the hole. Position the plant so that the ‘bud point’ (the place where the shoots emerge from, where the cultivated rose was grafted onto the rootstock) is at soil level. Replace the soil, firming it down gently, then water copiously. Ideally, a general purpose fertiliser should be applied to the surrounding soil as a top dressing. We also highly recommend the use of Rose Rootgrow, which provides a friendly fungus that prevents ‘rose replant syndrome’.
Buying our Roses
Pot Size
Most of our roses are supplied in a 4 litre pot although this may vary slightly depending on rose variety. If the size of pot differes significatly from 4 litres then we will make this clear somewhere on the product page.
Seasonality
Our roses are grown outdoors and as such are subject to seasonal changes. As we sell potted stock throughout the year your rose may not arrive and look like you expect it to. If you are uncertain how your rose will arrive (especially if buying for a gift) then we suggest you contact us prior to making a purchase.
Freshly Potted
Each year a new batch of roses is potted up ready for the following season. Once potted (usually November/December time) they go on sale as 'Freshly Potted'. If you purchase a freshly potted rose and plant it soon after you will find that when removing the rose from the pot there will be a lot of loose soil as the roots will not have had time to grow and bind the compost.
Pruned/Cut Back
In autumn the majority of our roses have finished flowering and begin to look untidy, at this point we prune them quite hard in preparation for the following season. We continue to sell roses throughout the year, when a rose has been pruned in such a way we will identify it has being so. If you are not sure what to expect then please ask prior to making a purchase. Some garden centres/supermarkets sell stock that has been grown abroad or in poly-tunnels so they look 'picture perfect' out of season, while this is ideal for a gift they are short lived once planted.
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