Rose Blue Moon

🌹 Hybrid Tea Rose
🌹 Repeat flowering
🌹 Flower colour: Lavender to lilac
🌹 Flower size: Large
🌹 Fragrance: Strong
🌹 Height: approximately 80–100 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.

Bring elegant colour and rich fragrance to your garden with Rose Blue Moon, a classic Hybrid Tea rose admired for its large lavender-lilac flowers and strong perfume.

The blooms combine soft lavender, lilac and silvery-purple tones, creating a refined appearance that stands out beautifully against green foliage. Blue Moon is especially attractive for gardeners looking for a lavender Hybrid Tea rose, lilac rose, fragrant purple rose or a strongly scented variety for borders and cutting.

This page refers specifically to the Hybrid Tea form of Blue Moon, not the climbing form.

Why choose Rose Blue Moon?

• Distinctive lavender-lilac flowers – unusual cool-toned colouring
• Strong fragrance – one of the main attractions of this variety
• Large Hybrid Tea blooms – elegant, high-centred flowers
• Repeat flowering – produces several flushes during the growing season
• Excellent for cutting – long stems and large flowers make it ideal for bouquets
• Upright growth – suitable for rose beds, borders and feature planting
• Beautiful in pastel planting schemes – combines especially well with white, cream and soft pink flowers

Rose Blue Moon details

Feature	Details
Variety	Blue Moon
Rose type	Hybrid Tea
Flower colour	Lavender, lilac and silvery-purple
Flower form	Large, double, high-centred
Flower size	Large
Fragrance	Strong
Flowering	Repeat flowering
Height at maturity	Approximately 80–100 cm
Growth habit	Upright and bushy
Foliage	Green to glossy green
Position	Full sun
Soil	Fertile, well-drained soil
Suitable uses	Rose beds, borders, feature planting, containers and cut flowers
Supplied as	2-year-old dormant bare-root rose

 

What colour is Rose Blue Moon?

The flower colour is one of the most distinctive features of Blue Moon.

The blooms can display:

• lavender
• lilac
• silvery purple
• mauve
• soft pink undertones

The exact shade may vary naturally depending on temperature, sunlight and flower age.

Cooler conditions can help the lavender and purple tones appear more pronounced, while warmer weather may soften the colour.

This makes Blue Moon particularly suitable for gardeners looking for an unusual lavender rose or a purple Hybrid Tea rose.

Fragrance

Rose Blue Moon has a strong fragrance.

Its perfume makes it particularly suitable for planting near:

• patios
• seating areas
• entrances
• pathways
• cutting gardens

where both the flower colour and scent can be enjoyed at close range.

Where to plant Rose Blue Moon

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

Its lavender-lilac flowers work especially well with:

• white roses
• cream roses
• pale pink flowers
• deeper purple roses
• silver foliage
• blue-flowering perennials

Blue Moon can be used as a feature rose or incorporated into a cool-toned planting scheme.

Allow approximately 60–80 cm between plants for mature growth and good air circulation.

Explore Purple & Lavender Roses

Rose Blue Moon is a natural choice for our Purple & Lavender Roses collection, featuring unusual roses in shades ranging from soft lilac and silvery lavender to deeper violet and purple.

Explore Hybrid Tea Roses

Blue Moon is part of our Hybrid Tea Roses collection, known for elegant high-centred blooms, long stems and excellent suitability for cutting.

Rose Blue Moon as a cut flower

Blue Moon is an excellent rose for cutting.

Its combination of unusual colour, strong fragrance and elegant flower form works particularly well in:

• romantic bouquets
• lavender and pastel arrangements
• mixed rose displays
• scented floral arrangements

Cut stems when the buds are beginning to open for the best vase display.

Planting your bare-root Blue Moon rose

Unpack your rose promptly after delivery and keep the 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 planting hole wide enough for the roots to spread naturally without bending or crowding.

Backfill with soil, firm gently and water thoroughly.

Bare-root roses are best planted during the dormant season when the soil is neither frozen nor waterlogged.

Explore Bare Root Roses

Rose Blue Moon is supplied as part of our Bare Root Roses collection during the dormant planting season. Autumn and winter are excellent times to establish bare-root roses, allowing the roots to settle before strong spring growth begins.

Caring for Rose Blue Moon

Water regularly during dry periods, especially during the first growing season.

Apply a suitable rose fertiliser during active growth according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Remove faded flowers regularly to encourage further blooming.

Prune in late winter or early spring by removing:

• dead stems
• damaged growth
• weak shoots
• crossing branches

Then shorten healthy stems to encourage strong new flowering growth.

Good sunlight and air circulation will help maintain healthy foliage.

What you will receive

You will receive a 2-year-old dormant bare-root Rose Blue Moon Hybrid Tea, supplied without a pot or surrounding compost.

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

The product photographs show Blue Moon during the flowering season.

Your plant will not arrive in flower, but will produce new shoots and blooms once established and active growth begins.

Pre-order and delivery

Rose Blue Moon 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.

Blue Moon Hybrid Tea vs Blue Moon Climbing

This product is the Hybrid Tea form of Blue Moon, with an upright bushy habit suitable for beds, borders, containers and cutting.

If you are looking for the climbing form, choose Blue Moon Climbing Rose, which is better suited to walls, fences, arches and trellises.

This distinction is important because the two forms have different growth habits and garden uses.

Frequently asked questions about Rose Blue Moon

Is this the Hybrid Tea or climbing Blue Moon?

This product is the Hybrid Tea form of Blue Moon, not the climbing form.

What colour is Rose Blue Moon?

Blue Moon produces lavender-lilac flowers with silvery-purple and occasional mauve or pink undertones.

Is Blue Moon fragrant?

Yes. It has a strong fragrance and is a good choice for scented rose planting.

How tall does Rose Blue Moon grow?

It typically reaches approximately 80–100 cm at maturity.

Does Blue Moon repeat flower?

Yes. It produces several flushes of flowers throughout the growing season.

Is Blue Moon suitable for cutting?

Yes. Its large blooms, long stems and strong fragrance make it especially suitable for bouquets and floral arrangements.

Can Blue Moon be grown in a container?

Yes. It can be grown in a large, deep container with good drainage, regular watering and feeding.

Will my Blue Moon rose arrive in flower?

No. It is supplied as a dormant bare-root rose.

Pre-order Rose Blue Moon Hybrid Tea from Gorgeous Roses and add fragrant lavender-lilac blooms to your garden.