Barbra Streisand™ – Hybrid tea rose – WEKquaneze
Lavender blooms, high-centred flower form and a very strong fragrance make Barbra Streisand™ a persuasive choice where exclusive, premium container production is the goal, particularly when reliable winter performance supports UK-wide nursery and reseller supply in cooler, wind-exposed regions. Its upright, bush-trained habit with 3–5 structural canes suits efficient 5–7 L premium container routes, delivering a clear, specimen-style outline for retail and integrator partners. Medium maintenance needs and balanced disease profile allow predictable quality under professional regimes, while own-root propagation provides long-term stability, even stands and low replacement in nursery beds and collection plantings. As a hybrid tea with proven exhibition credentials and cut-flower potential, it supports branded, exclusive-finish SKU concepts for thematic rose gardens and curated reseller ranges, building on an own-root development arc where roots establish in year one, shoots and framework strengthen in year two, and full ornamental value expresses from year three in line with planned release schedules. This aligns well with wholesale supply chains that depend on dependable, repeatable performance and identifiable, high-impact feature plants in premium retail channels.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- Premium 5–7 L lavender hybrid tea feature – Own-root, bush-trained plants with 3–5 canes in 5–7 L premium containers, highlighting lavender colour and high-centred blooms as an exclusive specimen feature – target: retail / reseller premium benches.
- Fragrance collection hybrid tea line – Branded series centred on very strong sweet-citrus scent, with this cultivar as a key SKU grown via the premium container route and released as an exclusive, high-fragrance option – target: garden centres and specialist retailers.
- Exhibition-style cut and garden dual-purpose rose – Positioned for customers seeking exhibition hybrid tea form with garden value, produced in 5–7 L pots to support both bed planting and stem cutting from upright, bush-trained plants – target: hobby exhibitors via reseller channels.
- Lavender show-garden specimen – Container-grown 5–7 L plants supplied to landscapers and institutions needing identifiable lavender hybrid tea focal points for thematic and collection gardens – target: public-realm suppliers and project integrators.
- Cold-hardy premium hybrid tea selection – Curated hardy hybrid tea set using this H7-rated cultivar as the lavender representative, grown on in premium containers for northern outlets prioritising winter resilience – target: northern-region retail partners.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Hybrid tea rose, commercial type hybrid tea; registered as WEKquaneze, marketed as Barbra Streisand™ Hybrid tea rose WEKquaneze, with ARS approved exhibition name Barbra Streisand. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred by Tom Carruth (USA) from (“Blue Nile” × (“Ivory Tower” × “Angel Face”)) × “New Zealand”; introduced after 2002 by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc., with US registration in 2002 (PP 13 120). |
| Awards and recognition |
Recognised for exhibition and fragrance: Rose Hills International Rose Trials Most Fragrant Variety 2004 and multiple ARS show awards including Queen, King, Princess and Court of Show between 2000 and 2010. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright hybrid tea reaching about 110–150 cm high and 75–105 cm spread, with dense, glossy dark green foliage and moderate prickliness; self-cleaning is medium, so spent blooms often require manual removal. |
| Flower morphology |
Large, double flowers with 26–39 petals, solitary on stems, high-centred and pointed-budded in classic cut-rose style; remontant with a plentiful second flush that supports season-long decorative and cutting value. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Mid-lilac to lavender with subtly deeper purplish-lilac edges; ARS code m, RHS 72A outer and 75C inner; colour can lighten to a silvery lavender in strong sun, giving nuanced tonal shifts through the flowering phase. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Very strongly scented hybrid tea, with sweet-citrus fragrance clearly detectable from a distance; dense double flowers partially cover stamens, so pollinator value is secondary to ornamental and sensory impact. |
| Hip characteristics |
Hip set is usually limited by deadheading of double blooms; where left, it can produce occasional small ovoid red hips about 10–14 mm in diameter, egg-shaped and mainly of incidental ornamental interest. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Hardy to around -26–-23 °C (RHS H7, Swedish zone 4, USDA 5b); disease profile medium overall with medium powdery mildew and rust, but black spot rated resistant; moderate heat tolerance, needs irrigation in extended drought. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to flower beds, cut-flower use and specimen planting; medium maintenance with occasional pest and disease control; recommended as bush-trained with 3–5 strong framework canes for premium 5–7 L container production. |
Barbra Streisand™ offers fragrant, lavender exhibition-quality blooms and reliable cold hardiness on a long-lived own-root base, supporting predictable, exclusive container production; please contact us to align on capacity and scheduling for your programme.
