Sun-developed edging
The red zone broadens with light while the sheltered centre remains cream.
This store requires javascript to be enabled for some features to work correctly.
If you walk past without stopping… something is not quite right 🌹
Family: Rosaceae · Pot diameter: 2 L · Current height: 30 cm
Rosa ‘Andeli’ Double Delight® is a classic Hybrid Tea rose with large cream flowers that develop an increasingly broad strawberry-red edge as they mature in sunlight. Each high centre opens slowly and releases a powerful sweet fragrance, making the cultivar more than a visual experience. Upright canes usually hold the blooms separately, giving each one the clear presence of a cut rose on the bush.
Place it where people can approach it—beside a path, near a doorway or in a generous individual pot—so its scent and changing petal colour can be appreciated.
World Federation of Rose Societies Rose Hall of Fame.
Three elements define this exact cultivar’s form and presence.
The red zone broadens with light while the sheltered centre remains cream.
Inner petals unfold from an upright cone, characteristic of Hybrid Tea roses.
Its volatile fragrance profile is a defining trait rather than a minor accompaniment.
Why you will love it: because sun-developed edging gains a clear presence on a upright bushy Hybrid Tea rose, without excessive styling.
Allow 70–90 cm, open sun and air around the canes without exposing them to harsh drying wind.
Keep the flower colour clear with blue, silver or yellow accents from plants sharing full sun, airflow and free-draining soil.
Full sun, ideally at least six hours, with air moving around the foliage.
Water deeply when the upper 3–4 cm have dried; avoid small daily amounts.
A hardy deciduous plant; protect the pot from prolonged hard frost and drying wind.
Not intended for eating. Wear gloves around prickly canes and keep treated plant parts away from children and animals.
Full sun, ideally at least six hours, with air moving around the foliage.
Water deeply when the upper 3–4 cm have dried; avoid small daily amounts.
Deep fertile but free-draining soil with organic matter and no standing water around roots.
Balanced feed at growth onset and a second light application after the first flush, always on moist soil.
Prune in late winter according to the natural habit, removing dead, weak or crossing canes. Remove weak and crossing canes in late winter, retaining an open centre.
Water at the root, clear fallen leaves and inspect young shoots for aphids or fungal spotting.
During the first season it directs energy into root establishment and a few strong new shoots rather than filling its final space immediately.
Each new cycle adds basal canes of different ages, carrying the repeated flowering display.
With long-term growth it reaches about 90 cm in height and 50–100 cm in width, forming a upright bushy Hybrid Tea rose.
At maturity it forms a upright bushy Hybrid Tea rose, about 90 cm × 50–100 cm.
Both drawings show the same natural architecture as foliage, flowers and active growth change.
What to expect after planting: The final habit develops gradually; retain the natural framework and assess growth over a complete season.
‘Andeli’ was bred in the United States by Herbert Swim and introduced in 1977 as Double Delight®. Its bicolour develops as the cream corolla gains a red edge with light exposure.
Double Delight® is included in the World Federation of Rose Societies’ Rose Hall of Fame.
The red edge is not fully fixed in the bud: exposure of opening petals to light stimulates additional anthocyanin production while the sheltered centre remains cream.
Light intensity, temperature and petal age alter the width of the red zone, so one plant can open blooms with different proportions of cream and red.
Six practical answers covering position, water, seasonality, pruning, mature scale and safety.
Full sun, ideally at least six hours, with air moving around the foliage.
Water deeply when the upper 3–4 cm have dried; avoid small daily amounts.
Yes, in a container matched to its final scale, with open drainage holes and the upper compost refreshed each spring.
Prune in late winter according to the natural habit, removing dead, weak or crossing canes.
At maturity it reaches about 90 cm high and 50–100 cm wide, with a natural upright bushy Hybrid Tea rose.
Not intended for eating. Wear gloves around prickly canes and keep treated plant parts away from children and animals.