PlantFiles: Grandiflora Rose
Rosa 'Dream Come True'

I planted the Dream Come True rose 5 years ago. The first two years it was lovely but in the spring of it's 3rd year, it seemed to die away. I removed dead canes but left it alone. By that fall, new canes had started coming up through the soil away from the bud union. The 4th summer had more new growth, also away from the bud union but with no flowers. This spring it has flourished and is beginning to bloom but the flowers are RED. Is it reverting back to a parent plant? I can't find record of what they are. What would cause the plant to die away and do this?

I love this rose.....smells good, no disease problems, holds it's color well. Description says 3-4 ft wide. Mine are just starting their second year and are at 3 ft wide and 5 1/2 ft tall. Light fragrance but nice. It makes a great cut flower. Beautiful, very full blue-green foliage from the dirt to the top. It gets to be a very loud, neon pink when the temps get up, so speaking from personal experience I wouldn't plant it next to anything red. It not a pretty color combo. In my garden I got the best show in the fall last year as our springs are very short and warm. It almost goes from winter to summer here. Bloomed from April until Dec. for me.

I got this rose because it was supposedly highly resistant to disease. However, it is my worse performing and most diseased plant in my small collection of roses. I grow 2 David Austin roses, Iceberg, Voluptuous, Stairway to Heaven climber, and several Knock Outs. I planted this container rose last summer along with all my other roses. I guess I believed it wasn't as prone to black spot and thus didn't spray anything on it. I t may replace this rose if it doesn't shape up.

I just planted a Dream Come True rose this spring. It started off slowly and the first few blloms were very unimpressive. But, by late July, it really took off for me and started giving me larger, more impressive blooms that looked like all the photos I saw of it. Still blooming for me now in mid-September here in Zone 6A. Nicely fragrant, a little more than I expected, based on what I had read about it. Winner of the 2008 All America Rose Selection(AARS).

The flowers last a very long time on the bush, they start out tight but unfurl very beautifully, almost like another rose!
And finally, the newly opened flower is very bright but fades to a very pretty pastel version. A real winner for me!

From AARS:
Dream Come True, 2008 AARS Rose Winner
Dream Come True is a stunning sight of catchy colors, which lures the likes of even non-rose lovers to its side. This rose produces flawlessly formed yellow blossoms, blushed with ruby-red at the tips, all set amongst abundant matte green foliage. The big, bushy vigorous plant yields long-stemmed, long-lived blooms with mild tea fragrance, making it lovely in the landscape and a great choice for bouquets.

Dream Come True was hybridized by Dr. John Pottschmidt of Cincinnati, Ohio – only the 3rd amateur hybridizer to win the AARS Award in 67 years – and introduced by Weeks Roses of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Fact Sheet
Dream Come True™
Class: Grandiflora
Plant Habit: Medium-tall
Growth Habit: Upright and bushy
Stem Length: Long
Foliage Color: Abundant matte green
Disease Resistance: Excellent
Hardiness: Zone 5, Zone 4 with winter protection
Flower Color: Yellow blushed ruby-red
Bud Form: Pointed fat & full
Flower Form: Double & formal
Flower Size: Large, up to 5-inches in diameter
Petal Count: About 40
Fragrance: Mild tea
Parentage: unknown x unknown
Hybridizer: Dr. John Pottschmidt
Introducer: Weeks Roses

From Weeks Roses:
Dream Come True™
AARS Winner 2008
(cv. WEKdocpot) PPAF
Grandiflora - Golden yellow edged & blushed with ruby
Passion can be an amazing thing. No…not that kind of passion! We’re talking rose passion here. The love of the rose struck Dr. John Pottschmidt like a ton of bricks, becoming a driving force in his life. One of his many rosy goals was to breed an AARS winner that everyone can enjoy. Dream Come True does just that. Its big clean vigorous bushy plant pumps out loads of long-stemmed scrumptious shapely yellow blooms edged in ruby red. Each eye-catching flower blushes to all-ruby on the finish, giving a multi-colored display that’s truly dreamy in every way.
Height / Habit: Tall / Upright & bushy
Bloom / Size: Large, full
Petal Count: Around 40
Fragrance: Mild tea
Parentage: Unknown x Unknown
Hybridizer: Pottschmidt - 2008
Comments: Very floriferous. Larger flower size in cooler temps

From Regan Nursery:
This striking Grandiflora was a "Dream Come True" for amateur hybridizer, Dr. Paul Pottschmidt. A bicolor with lovely color contrast, this is a rose with strong form, sweet fragrance, and the best disease resistance in its class. This head turner will also hold extremely well as a cut flower.