A Rose You Can Actually Eat

Flavorette® Honey-Apricot Rose (Rosa x 'Boznatafra') does something most ornamental roses cannot: it earns a spot in your garden and on your plate. Bred by Proven Winners® specifically for both landscape performance and culinary use, this compact shrub rose produces bowl-shaped, petal-packed blooms in warm peachy apricot tones that carry a light, sweet fragrance and a genuinely pleasant fruity flavor. Toss the petals into a summer salad, press them onto a cake, or float them in a glass of sparkling water -- or simply grow it as the showiest shrub on the block. Either way, it delivers.

Continuous Color from Early Summer to Fall

One of the most compelling things about Flavorette® Honey-Apricot is how long it blooms. Rather than producing one dramatic early-season flush and fading into the background, this rose cycles through bud, bloom, and repeat continuously from early summer well into fall. The flowers open in that classic full rosette form, layered with silky petals in shades that shift from peachy apricot to warm golden tones depending on light and temperature. Glossy, bright green foliage provides a clean backdrop that keeps the plant looking fresh even between bloom cycles.

A Well-Behaved Shrub for Any Size Garden

The mounding, upright habit stays tidy at 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, making Flavorette® Honey-Apricot easy to place without much fuss. It works well as a standalone specimen in a sunny border, grouped in threes for a mass planting with real impact, or grown in a large container on a sunny patio or deck. Because it is naturally disease resistant, you can skip the spray schedule that traditional hybrid tea roses often demand -- a significant benefit if you are growing petals you intend to eat.

Hardy, Reliable, and Beginner-Friendly

Cold hardiness to zone 4 puts this rose within reach of gardeners across most of the country, and its adaptability to average soils means you do not need a specially prepared rose bed to get good results. Plant it in full sun, give it consistent moisture through the first season, and prune it back in early spring. That is genuinely most of what it asks of you. Whether you are growing roses for the first time or adding a versatile edible ornamental to an established garden, Flavorette® Honey-Apricot brings something fresh to the conversation.