Rose Double Delight

🌹 Hybrid Tea Rose
🌹 Repeat flowering
🌹 Flower colour: Creamy white with strawberry-red edging
🌹 Flower size: Large, approximately 10–12 cm
🌹 Fragrance: Very strong, sweet and spicy
🌹 Height: Approximately 90–110 cm

Important: Available to pre-order — supplied as a 2-year-old bare-root rose. Dispatch begins from 1 November 2026, with orders processed in the order received. UK mainland delivery only.

Discover the extraordinary beauty and fragrance of Rose Double Delight, a spectacular Hybrid Tea rose admired for its large, creamy-white flowers edged with vivid strawberry-red and its intensely sweet perfume.

The elegant, high-centred blooms gradually develop deeper red colouring as they mature, particularly when exposed to sunlight. This creates a striking contrast between the pale inner petals and the rich red outer edges.

With its strong, sweet-spicy fragrance, repeat-flowering habit and large, beautifully shaped flowers, Double Delight is an excellent choice for gardeners looking for a fragrant bicolour rose, a red and cream Hybrid Tea rose or an elegant variety for cutting and floral arrangements.

Why choose Rose Double Delight?

• Spectacular bicolour flowers – creamy-white petals with vivid strawberry-red edging.

• Very strong fragrance – a rich, sweet perfume with distinctive spicy notes.

• Large Hybrid Tea blooms – elegant, fully double flowers reaching approximately 10–12 cm.

• Repeat flowering – produces successive flushes from summer into autumn.

• Changing flower colour – the red colouring can become more intense with sunlight.

• Excellent for cutting – large, fragrant flowers on upright stems.

• Attractive upright habit – ideal for rose beds, borders and feature planting.

• Beautiful garden contrast – combines particularly well with white, pink and purple flowers.

Rose Double Delight details

Feature	Details
Variety	Double Delight
Rose type	Hybrid Tea
Flower colour	Creamy white with strawberry-red edges
Flower form	Large, fully double, high-centred
Flower size	Approximately 10–12 cm
Fragrance	Very strong, sweet and spicy
Flowering	Repeat flowering
Flowering period	Summer to autumn
Height at maturity	Approximately 90–110 cm
Growth habit	Upright and bushy
Foliage	Medium green
Position	Full sun
Soil	Fertile, moist but well-drained
Suitable uses	Rose beds, mixed borders, feature planting and cut flowers
Supplied as	2-year-old dormant bare-root rose

 

What colour is Rose Double Delight?

One of the most fascinating characteristics of Double Delight is its changing flower colour.

Newly opened blooms often display a creamy-white centre with delicate red edging. As the flowers mature, the strawberry-red colouring can gradually spread across more of the petals, creating a stronger two-tone effect.

Depending on sunlight, temperature and flower maturity, the blooms may display:

• creamy white

• ivory and cream

• strawberry red

• cherry red

• raspberry-red edging

In brighter sunlight, the red colouring generally becomes more pronounced, making the flowers particularly dramatic.

If you enjoy roses with unusual colour combinations, explore our Striped & Two Tone Roses collection, featuring distinctive varieties with contrasting petals and eye-catching patterns.

Fragrance

Rose Double Delight is exceptionally fragrant, combining a rich traditional rose perfume with sweet and spicy notes.

Its powerful scent is one of the variety's most desirable characteristics, making it particularly suitable for gardens designed around fragrance.

For the best experience, consider planting Double Delight near:

• patios and seating areas

• garden pathways

• entrances

• terraces

• cutting gardens

• sunny rose borders

Fragrance can vary with weather conditions, flower maturity and time of day.

For more roses selected for their beautiful perfumes, explore our Fragrant Roses collection, featuring varieties with sweet, fruity, spicy and classic rose fragrances.

Where to plant Rose Double Delight

Double Delight performs best in a sunny, reasonably sheltered position with fertile, well-drained soil.

Its upright growth and large flowers make it particularly suitable for:

• traditional rose beds

• mixed flower borders

• cottage gardens

• formal garden planting

• feature planting

• cutting gardens

The contrasting red and cream flowers look especially attractive alongside lavender, white flowers, soft pink roses and plants with silver-grey foliage.

Allow approximately 60–90 cm between plants, depending on the desired planting effect, to provide sufficient space for mature growth and good air circulation.

If you enjoy roses with large, elegant flowers and upright stems, browse our Hybrid Tea Roses collection for more varieties suitable for colourful borders and cutting.

Rose Double Delight as a cut flower

Double Delight is an excellent rose for cutting, thanks to its large flowers, elegant form and exceptionally strong fragrance.

The striking contrast between creamy-white petals and rich red edges creates beautiful floral arrangements.

Double Delight works particularly well in:

• romantic bouquets

• fragrant rose arrangements

• red and cream floral displays

• traditional cut flower arrangements

• mixed garden bouquets

For the best vase life, cut stems when the buds are beginning to open, preferably during the cooler part of the day.

Place the stems into clean water promptly and refresh the water regularly.

Planting your bare-root Double Delight rose

Unpack your rose promptly after delivery and keep its roots moist until planting.

Soak the bare roots in water for several hours before planting to help rehydrate them.

Choose a sunny position with fertile, well-drained soil.

Dig a generous planting hole wide enough for the roots to spread naturally without bending or crowding.

Position the plant at an appropriate planting depth, backfill with soil, firm gently and water thoroughly.

Avoid planting when the soil is frozen or waterlogged.

Autumn and winter planting allows bare-root roses to establish their root systems before active spring growth.

Our Bare Root Roses collection includes a wide selection of dormant roses suitable for planting during the traditional UK bare-root season.

Caring for Rose Double Delight

Double Delight benefits from regular care to maintain healthy growth, abundant flowers and strong fragrance.

Watering: Water thoroughly during dry periods, particularly during the first growing season.

Feeding: Apply a suitable rose fertiliser in spring and during active growth according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Deadheading: Remove faded flowers regularly to encourage additional flowering.

Mulching: Apply organic mulch around the base to help retain moisture and improve soil conditions.

Air circulation: Avoid overcrowding and remove congested growth when necessary.

Pruning: Prune in late winter or early spring. Remove dead, damaged, diseased and weak stems, then shorten healthy growth to encourage strong new flowering shoots.

What you will receive

You will receive a 2-year-old dormant bare-root Rose Double Delight, supplied without a pot or surrounding compost.

Your rose may arrive with little or no foliage. This is completely normal for a dormant bare-root plant.

The product photographs show Double Delight during its flowering season.

Your rose will not arrive in flower, but will produce new shoots and flowers as it becomes established and active growth begins.

Pre-order and delivery

Rose Double Delight is supplied as a bare-root Hybrid Tea rose during the dormant planting season.

Dispatch begins from 1 November 2026, with orders processed in the order received and according to plant availability.

Delivery is available to UK mainland addresses only.

Frequently asked questions about Rose Double Delight

What colour is Rose Double Delight?

Double Delight produces creamy-white flowers with vivid strawberry-red or cherry-red edging. The red colouring often intensifies as the flowers mature and receive sunlight.

Is Rose Double Delight fragrant?

Yes. Double Delight is a very strongly fragrant Hybrid Tea rose, known for its rich, sweet and spicy perfume.

Is Double Delight a Hybrid Tea rose?

Yes. Double Delight is a Hybrid Tea rose with large, high-centred flowers and an upright, bushy growth habit.

Does Rose Double Delight repeat flower?

Yes. Double Delight produces repeated flushes of flowers from summer into autumn, particularly when established and regularly deadheaded.

How tall does Rose Double Delight grow?

It typically reaches approximately 90–110 cm, depending on growing conditions.

Does sunlight affect the colour of Double Delight?

Yes. Sunlight can encourage the red pigmentation to become stronger, giving the petals a more pronounced strawberry-red edge.

Is Rose Double Delight suitable for cutting?

Yes. Its large flowers, upright stems and exceptionally strong fragrance make it an excellent choice for bouquets and floral arrangements.

Can Double Delight grow in a container?

Yes. It can grow in a large, deep container with good drainage, provided it receives sufficient water, nutrients and sunlight.

Will my Double Delight rose arrive in flower?

No. It is supplied as a dormant bare-root rose, without flowers and usually with little or no foliage.

When will Rose Double Delight be dispatched?

Dispatch begins from 1 November 2026, with orders processed in the order received.

Pre-order Rose Double Delight from Gorgeous Roses and enjoy spectacular red and cream flowers with an unforgettable sweet-spicy fragrance.