Huge sprays of creamy-white blooms bring award-winning flower power to the garden and armfuls of roses indoors.
A 2007 AARS winner with 4-inch blooms on 14- to 18-inch cutting stems, plus excellent disease resistance and heat and humidity tolerance.
Moondance Floribunda Rose produces huge sprays of creamy-white flowers, combining the abundance of a Floribunda with the elegant form and long stems gardeners love for cutting. Pointed buds open into 4-inch, high-centered blooms with approximately 30 petals and a moderate raspberry fragrance. Flowers appear heavily in continuous waves from late spring through late fall, while 14- to 18-inch stems make it easy to bring generous bouquets of luminous white roses indoors.
Winner of the 2007 All-America Rose Selections award and named Jackson & Perkins Floribunda of the Year 2007, Moondance pairs its abundant flowering with impressive garden performance. Vigorous, upright plants grow 4 to 5 feet tall with glossy dark green foliage, disease resistance, and strong tolerance of summer heat and humidity. Use it to brighten beds and borders, create an elegant flowering hedge, or grow it where its long-stemmed blooms can be enjoyed throughout the cutting season.
Why You'll Love It
Huge sprays of creamy-white flowers create an abundant garden display
4-inch, high-centered blooms contain approximately 30 petals
Long 14- to 18-inch stems are excellent for cutting and fresh arrangements
Moderate raspberry fragrance adds a distinctive scent to the flowers
Continuous waves of bloom provide flowers from late spring through late fall
Disease resistance and mildew resistance support healthy garden performance
Heat and humidity tolerance help it continue performing through summer
2007 All-America Rose Selections winner and Jackson & Perkins Floribunda of the Year
Why This Rose Stands Out
Moondance brings together two qualities that do not always come in the same rose: abundant Floribunda flowering and long stems suited to cutting. Instead of producing only scattered individual flowers, it sends up generous sprays of creamy-white blooms on 14- to 18-inch stems. One cut can bring an entire cluster indoors, making Moondance especially rewarding for gardeners who want plenty of roses for both the landscape and vase.
Its awards are backed by practical garden strengths. Moondance grows vigorously, flowers repeatedly, resists disease and mildew, and tolerates both heat and humidity. That combination of flower production, cutting performance, and resilience earned it All-America Rose Selections recognition and the title of Jackson & Perkins Floribunda of the Year in 2007.
Plant Highlights
Rose Type: Floribunda
Recognition: All-America Rose Selections (AARS) 2007; Jackson & Perkins Floribunda of the Year 2007
Variety: 'JACtanic'
Bloom Color: Creamy white
Bloom Size: Approximately 4 inches
Petal Count: Approximately 30 petals
Flower Form: Double, high-centered
Fragrance Strength: Moderate
Fragrance Notes: Raspberry
Cutting Stem Length: Approximately 14 to 18 inches
Bloom Season: Late spring through late fall
Growth Habit: Upright, vigorous, and well branched
Mature Height: Approximately 4 to 5 feet
Mature Width: Approximately 4 feet
Sun Exposure: Full sun
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5-9
Special Strengths: Free flowering, repeat blooming, disease resistant, mildew resistant, heat tolerant, humidity tolerant, excellent for cutting
Best Garden Uses: Beds, borders, flowering hedges, landscapes, cutting gardens, and fresh arrangements
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Moondance Floribunda Rose special? Moondance combines abundant clusters of creamy-white flowers with unusually long 14- to 18-inch cutting stems, repeat flowering, disease resistance, and heat and humidity tolerance. It was also an All-America Rose Selections winner and Jackson & Perkins Floribunda of the Year in 2007.
Is Moondance a good rose for cutting? Yes. Cutting is one of Moondance's greatest strengths. Its creamy-white flowers are carried in generous sprays on 14- to 18-inch stems, so a single cut can provide several flowers for a bouquet or fresh arrangement.
What does Moondance Rose smell like? Moondance has a moderate raspberry fragrance. Its combination of fragrance, abundant flowering, and creamy-white blooms makes the flowers especially enjoyable both in the garden and indoors.
Does Moondance bloom repeatedly? Yes. Moondance flowers heavily in continuous waves over a long season, beginning in late spring and continuing through late fall.
Is Moondance disease resistant? Yes. Moondance offers strong disease resistance, including resistance to mildew, helping its glossy dark green foliage remain an attractive backdrop for the flowers.
Is Moondance good for hot or humid climates? Moondance tolerates both heat and humidity, adding to its versatility as a summer-flowering landscape rose.
How large does Moondance Floribunda Rose grow? Moondance develops a vigorous, upright plant approximately 4 to 5 feet tall and about 4 feet wide. Its substantial habit works well in beds and borders and makes it particularly effective when repeated as a flowering hedge.
Care Tips
Plant in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil. Water deeply while the rose becomes established and during dry periods. Cut flower clusters as desired or remove spent blooms to encourage continued flowering. Feed during the growing season to support vigorous growth and abundant bloom. Prune in late winter or early spring to remove dead or damaged wood, improve air circulation, and encourage strong new flowering stems.
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So far this is one of the few roses I planted in pots as bare root in spring that survived the tremendous heat and drought this summer as well as the numerous nibblings by deer on a nightly basis. I have two of these and hope to make it to fall when hopefully cooler temps and fewer deer will allow it to bloom more. Pretty off-white color roses, not too large but maybe next year will produce larger flowers if it makes it.
Connie from VA
June 25, 2026
Excellent Easy To Grow Rose
This shopper rated the product 5 out of 5 stars
We received this beautiful bare root rose in April. Moondance has grown 3x it's size and working on its second flush. Very healthy and strong
Al D. from OH
June 19, 2026
Big disappointment
This shopper rated the product 1 out of 5 stars
I was really happy with my first two orders till I had to deal with my last two packages of all bone dry bare root roses.I contacted their customer service right away with pictures but it took me four days to get a response after I had to contact them by website.Their customer support really sucks when something is wrong with your order.The most ridiculous part is they only refund you the dead roses but you have to cover the shipping fee and tax for the dead roses they sent.
J from HI
November 15, 2025
I LOVE the Moondance floribunda!
This shopper rated the product 5 out of 5 stars
I recently received my Moondance in September in a 2 qt pot. I planted it in the garden and from the start it's been very vigorous. I actually can't believe that in less than 2 months, it's produced a bud! Hope I see it's first bloom before it starts to get too cold. This is my 2nd Moondance. The first lived for 16 years in a large pot on an elevated deck. It was very hardy and bloomed several times each year despite very cold winters and lots of rain. It finally gave up due to old age and a particularly frigid winter that included an ice storm. I look forward to many years enjoying the lovely, fragrant blooms on this one!
Roberta T. from OR
September 17, 2025
Perfect
This shopper rated the product 5 out of 5 stars
Very pleased upon arrival. Rose was moist, green & budding. Hopeful for years of beautiful white addition to the trellis. Excellent packaging & product. Now I will do my part❤️
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