2. Above All™ ● Anna’s Promise™ ● Doris Day ● Neil Diamond
2016 Weeks Roses Introductions
Above All™ ● Anna’s Promise™ ● Doris Day ● Neil Diamond
Take It Easy™ ● Top of the World™

3. (cv. CHEWesic) • PPAF • Large-flowered Climber
It’s not often that an old classic like the world acclaimed Westerland gets modernized with a 21st century version like Above All. We’ve added some petals, increased the flower count per cluster and improved the flower production to create a year round exquisite show. All that while maintaining a very attractive salmony orange flower color that remains strong, combined with a nice fruity fragrance and a high level of disease resistance. Above All stands proud above the competition of other Climbers with its excellent vigor. The good winter hardiness inherited from ‘mom’ Westerland allows Above All to perform with continuous blooming from spring to fall in multiples climates.
Color: Salmon-orange blend
Height/Habit: Climbing canes 10 to 14 feet, spreading
Bloom/Size: Old-fashioned & cuppy/Medium, 3½-4” in dia. in large clusters
Petal Count: 25 to 30
Fragrance: Moderate fruity
Hybridizer: Chris Warner
—2015
Parentage: Westerland x
Sweet Magic
Above All™
2015 Climbing Introduction

4. (cv. WEKdoofat) • PPAF • Grandiflora
Anna’s Promise™ praises the true heart and steadfast love that transcends the trials and tribulations endured by Downton Abbey’s character Anna Bates.
The unique color combination of golden petals with a pink blush and glowing bronze reverse is a fitting representation of Anna’s character. Elegant blossoms surrounded by glossy, green foliage, exude a spicy, fruit fragrance. This graceful plant includes strong blossom stems for bouquets in the parlor.
Color: Bicolor golden tan & pink blush with a
copper reverse
Height/Habit: Medium/Very rounded & bushy
Bloom/Size: Medium, double, single or in small clusters
Petal Count: Around 35
Fragrance: Moderately fruity with slight spices
Parentage: Voodoo x About Face
Hybridizer: Carruth—2015
Downton™ and Downton Abbey®
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Above All™
2015 Grandiflora Introduction

5. Weeks Roses is proud to offer, Anna’s Promise™, the first in a series
Above All™
Weeks Roses is proud to offer,
Anna’s Promise™, the first in a series
of garden roses inspired by the
Primetime Emmy™ and Golden Globe™ award-winning British television series Downton Abbey.

6. (cv. WEKmajuchi) • PPAF • Floribunda
Inspired by big screen and singing legend, ‘America’s Sweetheart’ Doris Day, this lovely yellow rose beautifully personifies this joyful, charming and amazingly talented icon. What makes this rose special is it originated from the same cross that produced the varieties Sparkle & Shine and Jump for Joy. These three rose sisters are different but they share the same super-floriferous attributes. Doris Day’s blooms are full of sunshine and will sweeten up your garden with their fruity and sweet spice aroma. The old-fashioned blooms are produced in beautiful rounded clusters on vigorous stems. You get to enjoy the gold yellow coloration until the petals drop.
Color: Pure even gold yellow 
Height/Habit: Medium/Upright & bushy
Bloom/Size: Old-fashioned, ruffled, in small clusters/Medium to large, up to 4½” in dia.
Petal Count: 45 to 55
Fragrance: Strong fruity and
sweet spice
Hybridizer: Bédard—2015
Parentage: Julie Newmar
x Julia Child
Doris Day
2015 Floribunda Introduction

7. (cv. WEKdereroro) • PPAF • Hybrid Tea
Get the shovel out and prepare the best spot in your garden so you can admire the Neil Diamond rose. Who would have thought that the internationally acclaimed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Neil Diamond would one day have a rose bearing his name with the variety Rock & Roll as its ‘father’! Coincidence or destiny? It is a true ‘diamond’ bloomer producing numerous sizeable flowers and attractive buds on long cutting stems. For a touch of elegance in your garden, add this gem of a rose with its novel pink and white striped flower coloration, intense floral aroma of sweet & classic rose fragrance. The plant stands strong with its vigorous upright habit allowing you to have the flowers at nose level.
Color: Pink with white stripes
Height/Habit: Tall/Upright
Bloom/Size: Double & classically formed/Medium large, about 4 to 5 inch diameter
Petal Count: 40 to 50
Fragrance: Intense sweet &
classic rose
Hybridizer: Carruth—2015
Parentage: Della Reese
x Rock & Roll
Neil Diamond
2015 Hybrid Tea Introduction

8. (cv. WEKyoopedko) • PPAF • Floribunda/Shrub
Take It Easy, relax and enjoy life! You won’t have much work to do in the garden after planting this new rose for which NATURAL DISEASE resistance is a true statement. The dark green, shiny & healthy foliage is the perfect background to showcase the many clustering buds and flowers. Of a classic red color, this dynamite of a rose has ideal pointy and very elegant buds. The red coloration doesn’t go too pink or blue as the petals are falling away. A touch of lighter pink reverse light up the show of this blooming ‘machine’. And that’s not all. The plant’s excellent vigor and the naturally self-maintained habit are other reasons why you can Take It Easy!
Color: Red with lighter reverse and white eye
Height/Habit: Medium/upright & bushy
Bloom/Size: Medium, globular & cuppy
Petal Count: 15 to 25
Fragrance: Slight tea
Hybridizer: Bédard—2015
Parentage: Teeny Bopper x
Double Knock Out
Take It Easy™
2015 Floribunda/Shrub Introduction

9. (cv. WEKwoagorol) • PPAF • Miniature Climber
Top of the World with its long lasting radiating orange & yellow bicolor flowers, perfect buds and shapely clusters will ‘elevate’ your garden atmosphere. Not too invasive like other full-sized Climbers, this vigorous selection has the perfect balance of mini flowers and smaller foliage combined with a shorter mature habit that makes it suitable for smaller garden spaces. Just because it’s a mini, doesn’t mean there isn’t a full flower show! This ‘baby’ will continuously cover itself with blooms from spring to fall right from the first season.
Color: Orange and yellow bicolor
Height/Habit: Medium for a Climber, long canes of 8 to 10 ‘
Bloom/Size: Elegant & classically formed
Flower Size: Medium-small, around 2½-3”in diameter, in small clusters
Petal Count: 20 to 25
Fragrance: Moderate tea to slightly fruity
Hybridizer: Bédard—2015
Parentage: (Work of Art x
Goldmarie) x
Rosy Outlook
Top of the World™
2015 Miniature Climber Introduction