Black Cherry Floribunda Rose

I purchased a couple 2qt Black Cherry roses. They arrived in bad shape: damaged during shipping. I contacted J&P customer service right away, and they sent an immediate replacement. The new roses arrived green and healthy. This is an amazing little rose: pretty foliage, fast growing, and apparently disease resistant. I’m impressed. This rose performs like a Knockout. Thank you J&P.

Black Cherry was purchased in 2016 bareroot for my rose garden in Houston. Our heat and humidity is tough on roses, but Black Cherry has been an absolute all-star. No blackspot or mildew issues at all and it has bloomed its heart out. Easily a top-5 rose out of the 40 varieties I currently have.

I just want to express that Jackson & Perkins has the most beautiful roses of any company. I'm so excited every time I receive one. They look so health and beautiful, very impressed. The customer service is great too.

I first purchased this rose in 2006 when it first came out. I planted it in a 22" wide by 16" high pot. It has been in the same pot and the same soil now for 10 years and still going strong. I love the dark red beautifully shaped blooms which gets darker as it ages, unlike say Mister Lincoln which gets lighter as it ages. The scent of this rose has one of the most beautiful fragrances I have every enjoyed in a rose, which is not perfume sweet like Mister Lincoln but a damask like fragrance that I just can't enough of. I just want to smell it over and over again. When it blooms in spring it has literally 2 dozen blooms at one time and you can smell the fragrance as you approach the bush. It is a very bushy plant with beautiful dark green glossy leaves. It blooms almost repeatedly the rest of the summer. The blooms do get smaller during the hot summer months but they are still are beautifully shaped with that enchanting fragrance.

This rose bush is a strong grower. I planted it in bare root form in mid March and it now has at least 20 buds that started to flower on May 5th. The flowers are deep red and do NOT fade to a scarlet/pink color like Mister Lincoln does. Also, it is darker than Mister Lincoln. The fragrance is nothing like the perfume like Mister Lincoln, instead has a moderate but incredible antique damask fragrance, which I love. This is my second Black Cherry Rose bush. I bought my first one when it came out in 2006. The first Black Cherry is still alive and well in the same pot (20" wide by 16" tall) I originally planted it in. That means it's 10 years old this year!! I have never change the soil in the pot either, instead I just replenished it with a couple trowels full of chicken manure every year and then fertilized it lightly once a month. The reason I bought a second one is because I love it so much, I want to have more deep red cut flowers to decorate my house with beauty and fragrance during the spring, summer and fall seasons. This is a great rose that I have cherished for a decade now.