AMERICAN HOME™ – dark red hybrid tea rose – Morey
AMERICAN HOME™ brings a sense of seaside comfort to compact UK gardens, combining classic hybrid-tea elegance with low-effort reliability. Its strong, long-lasting fragrance rises beautifully on sheltered coastal verandas, while the upright structure forms a natural screen for quiet moments of tea and sea air. Large, velvety dark-red blooms repeat generously through the season, maintaining stable ornamental colour even in unsettled weather, and coping confidently with brisk winds and wet spells in exposed gardens near the coast. As an own-root rose, AMERICAN HOME™ offers reassuring longevity, steady regrowth after any winter knock-back, and a calm planting journey: first settling its roots, then building its framework, and by year three giving you its full, luxurious ornamental value.
Usage options
| Target area |
Reasoning |
| Coastal veranda container (40–60 litres) |
A single AMERICAN HOME™ in a large, heavy container becomes a tall, wind-filtering accent for Cornwall or Devon verandas, with its own-root resilience ensuring it re-shoots reliably if tops are wind-burned – well suited to beginners who want impact without fuss for the busy coastal gardener. |
| Feature rose in a small front garden |
The upright habit and XL, exhibition-style flowers give a strong vertical presence without demanding much ground space, creating doorstep theatre and long-season interest from a single planting hole, ideal for the space-conscious homeowner. |
| Mixed border with ornamental grasses |
Planted with sea kale, glaucous sedges or blue fescues, its dark red flowers and glossy foliage punctuate looser textures while own-root stability keeps it anchored over years, appealing to the informal coastal-style lover. |
| Low-maintenance family rose bed |
With solid resistance to black spot, rust and powdery mildew, AMERICAN HOME™ fits family gardens where routine spraying is unwelcome, holding its health and looks with modest care, reassuring for the time-poor hobby gardener. |
| Cutting patch for home arrangements |
Solitary, long-stemmed hybrid-tea blooms in a velvety dark red give you reliable, scented stems for the house, giving regular vases from one or two bushes and suiting the home flower arranger. |
| Season-long focal point by a seating area |
The strong, lingering perfume and generous repeat flowering create a sensory focal point near a bench or patio table, rewarding brief snatched moments outdoors and inviting evening use for the relaxation-focused homeowner. |
| Specimen on heavy clay with improved drainage |
Where clay soils hold winter wet, planting into a raised, well-drained pocket lets its own-root system establish deeply, giving a durable, anchored presence despite rain and wind exposure, appreciated by the practical garden improver. |
| Traditional hybrid-tea display in a classic rose border |
Its tall, upright framework, refined bloom form and colour that fades only slowly allow a classic rose-garden look with fewer replacements over time, suiting the tradition-minded rose enthusiast. |
Styling ideas
- Veranda Screen – Place one AMERICAN HOME™ in a 50–60 litre frost-resistant pot to frame a sea-facing sitting area, where its wind-filtering height and perfume suit relaxed evening tea – ideal for coastal veranda owners.
- Crimson Focus – Use a single plant as a front-door focal point with silvered sea kale and low sweet alyssum to soften the base, letting its dark red flowers signal arrival – perfect for style-conscious homeowners.
- Gravel Drift – In a shingle or gravel strip, combine with Festuca and small Lavandula to echo coastal dunes, the rose providing vertical drama and scent – good for lovers of naturalistic seaside planting.
- Family Cut-Flower Row – Plant a short row at 65 cm spacings so children can help pick long-stemmed, scented blooms for the kitchen table – appealing to families wanting easy, rewarding tasks outdoors.
- Classic Seat-Back – Position behind a garden bench so the upright framework and repeated, fragrant flowering create a living backdrop for reading or conversation – suited to those who value calm garden corners.
Technical cultivar profile
| Property |
Data |
| Name and registration |
AMERICAN HOME™ hybrid tea rose, exhibition-type cut flower rose; ARS approved exhibition name ‘American Home’; unregistered cultivar in the trade, premium gold quality selection. |
| Origin and breeding |
Bred in the United States by Dennison H. Morey Jr. for Jackson & Perkins; cross of ‘Chrysler Imperial’ × ‘New Yorker’; introduced 1960 in the USA and 1963 in Australia. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Upright bush reaching around 130–170 cm in height with a 75–105 cm spread; moderately dense, slightly glossy dark green foliage; moderately thorny, suited as specimen or tall border rose. |
| Flower morphology |
Large XL, double flowers with 26–39 petals, solitary on long stems; cup-shaped blooms with a medium-high, pronounced centre; remontant habit providing a strong second flush of flowering. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Deep dark red with carmine undertones; buds near-black crimson, opening ruby red then deepening to velvety burgundy-mahogany; ARS dr, RHS 53A outer / 60A inner; colour softens only moderately before fading. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Strong, long-lasting fragrance with a deep, slightly sweet character typical of classic hybrid teas; best enjoyed near paths or seating where the scent can collect in sheltered air. |
| Hip characteristics |
Due to the full double form, hips are sparse and generally small; where formed they are typically 0–10 mm in diameter and not a notable ornamental feature of the plant. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Reliably hardy to around –21 to –18 °C (RHS H7, USDA 6b, Swedish Zone 3); noted resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust under normal garden conditions. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Best in full sun with improved drainage, especially on heavier soils; recommended spacings: 55 cm for hedges, 65 cm for mass planting, 100 cm as specimen; suitable for borders, cutting and feature use. |
AMERICAN HOME™ offers velvety dark-red, strongly scented blooms on a healthy, upright bush that repeats well, and as an own-root rose it builds long-term structure with reassuring resilience, making it a thoughtful choice for enduring garden planting.
