The Kathy Dembroski Rose

The Kathy Dembroski Rose was developed through the ongoing collaboration between the Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association (CNLA) and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (VRIC). The original seedling was the result of a cross in 2016. It has been evaluated and grown at Vineland. In 2020, a small planting of six bushes was established at J.C. Bakker & Sons Nursery through the Pan-Canadian Rose trial program. Since then, the rose has not been sprayed, had minimal fall pruning, and was left to the open elements to evaluate its suitability for Canadian gardens. 

The upright shrub is one metre high and wide. Blooming continuously in a rich pink colour, the flowers are eight centimetres wide with thirty-eight petals.