PlantFiles: Floribunda Rose
Rosa 'Angel Face'

A beautiful mauve color. Very fragrant. AARS winner 1969. Hardy zones 5-9. Height 6' tall, 4' wide.

One of my favorite roses. Mom has had one for years. Pointed buds, 2 1/2" to 3" mauve blossoms with ruffled petals. New growth in spring is burgundy. Wonderful fragrance. My plant was put in dormant/bare root this spring at the same time as another plant. It was slower to grow, but the growth has appeared much healthier. It is only about 18" high and has nine buds in various stages of opening.

It never seemed to do well even with a lot of care

It seems resistant to black spot and the new growth is a deep red. Mine was planted this spring. It's grown well and it now has about 18" of red new growth on it on Oct 20. But the part I like best is that the flowers do not fade to a paler color as they age. When the petals fall they are essentially the same color as the newly opened flower.

I bought this rose because I loved the colour. I had never tried growing roses before as I always considered them too "fussy"--lots of spraying and feeding. This rose is not fussy! I fed it only occasionally (read: when I remembered!) all summer and never sprayed it. It's healthy and disease-free, and it has bloomed twice. I've since been told this is the ideal rose for "beginners". I agree.

I have the climbing version of Angel Face. It is resistant to the blackspot that plagues other roses in my garden. It has taken about three years to really start to put on growth.

My mother has had an Angel Face rose since 1970. I bought it for her because it was a beautiful, ruffly, fragrant apricot colored rose which grew to four feet. The metal name tag says its an AARS rose. I am surprised that the writers here say its color is mauve lavender. I have tried to propagate mom's rose but I haven't succeeded so far. Has anyone seen an apricot colored Angel Face?

Angel Face is probably the most wonderfully fragrant rose I have ever smelled. I have three of these bushes in my yard, and I can't wait to get more of them. They constantly put on blooms and do not have any problems whatsoever. The new growth is a spectacular deep red which adds color to the garden before it blooms. The flower petals are very ruffly, almost frilly...a romantic-looking rose. The scent does not fade as the flower fades. I even use the petals in my bathwater when they fall off the rose because they are still loaded with fragrance.

This is a lovely rose, but it gets pretty bad black spot in zone 5. It needs a lot of winter protection in my garden.

I've just purchased this bush a short time ago. It seems to be a vigorous bloomer/grower. However, it does require spraying for black spot. I plan to propagate it. So far, I just can't take my eyes off it.

In the past, I only purchased hybrid tea bushes. This is a first of this variety for me.

I love my Angel Face Rose Tree!!!!!!! It was my very first experience with roses, and I have to admit that I almost killed it, but the very kind woman at the nursery where I bought it loved the tree and asked me to bring it back to the nursery so that she could bring it back to life: I did and she taught me about fertilizer and acid soil. That was three years ago and today the tree is so beautiful and blooms profusely with the biggest lavender blooms that always brings compliments. I'm very proud of my tree--I can't help but stare at it's beauty. I have it on my back deck in a huge pot that, thanks to my big-strong-loving husband, goes into the green house through the winter and back out on the deck each spring. I am blessed!

I made a trade for six rose's 4 weeks ago and one of them was the Angel Face. All of them had been cut back hard and no leafs when I got them.The Angel Face is the only one that has already bloomed ! Amazing.The Flowers are tiny but I am not sure if they will get larger or notTime will tell.

These would deserve the most positive review: wonderful lavender color, heavenly fragrance, multiple flowers and frequent blooming, beautiful shiny dark-green leaves, with reddish new growth.
However, since I've got it (about half a year ago, and sick at the time of purchase), it oscillates between healthy and blooming or extremely sick. I went through black spot, aphids, spider mites. In my hands and in my garden, it is obviously the weakest. Maybe the zone is not good enough for it, so if anybody wants to grow it here, be aware: it will require a lot of your attention!
But I love it dearly! I would fight for it at any price!