Never heard of it but it does look lovely on HMF.

Kordes HT introduction and the first time it has been widely distributed in USA. Large pink with silver reverse very re-flexed petal. Very good clean foliage easily hardy into USDA Zone 5. It is 4'-'4.5 tall and about 3' wide. Fragrance very good with classic rose and myrrh.

Wish MY Lowe's had this one!!! Beautiful...

Where is this Lowe's???

Atlanta suburb. They had a ton of them at 50% off. Paris $9.50 for a pretty nature plant.

Called my Lowe's tonight (Kenosha, WI) lady said the roses just came in and are on pallets, will take a look tomorrow, would like to try this one!

They are at Lowes in from the south all the way up into the Midwest and the mid Atlantic . Of course the warmer areas are receiving them earlier. What is at Lowes that no one has commented on yet is the Parfuma series which are the new disease resistant roses -very fragrant roses from Kordes. If you are seeing Wedding Bells you may also find the Parfuma at the same store.

Wow!! That's amazing!! Love the color and the form. Are there really that many flowers together or did you bunch them together? Either way - that's a LOT of flowers.

Gosh, that's pretty!

Carol

I am excited. I will post pics as soon as I can. They had a few buds about to open to look for pictures very soon. Chris I did see the Parfumas and of course those are half price too.

Carol, those are cut and bunched together - I have a lot of bushes. It is really a good bloomer for a rose that makes such large flowers and the majority are singles.

Do you know offhand if these are own root or grafted? So pretty!

The best part is that these are field grown own root plants. This is an image of Wedding Bells a friend bought at Lowes in Raleigh in March.

And here is a pic of mine that I bought at Lowes yesterday.

Unfortunately, no luck at my store, plenty of roses, just not THAT variety :(

I hope they get them in up here! No roses yet

Cool! Great looking rose!

Dingo do you know if Lowes has any roses in yet. I have to drive up your way to get to one of their stores. You know Knockout are fine but give a person a choice.

Did fined Flower Carpet at Home Depot. Rural King has Kordes roses the Kolorscape series but so far the same ones as last year. Obviously already bought those.

Patty they had knockouts and a bunch of the Easy Elegance roses. They had them inside still, so if you don't see them outside, go in and look! EE were like $17 I think. They had Music Box, Champagne wishes, Pinktopia, Superhero?, one with an elf name - sorry can't remember!, All the Rage , and maybe 1 or 2 more. I have Music Box now and really like it, and it did ok over the winter - died back pretty far but it's up and growing now. Seem to recall someone on here recommending Champagne Wishes, may go back for that one. Was at Menards, they have some of the same varieties potted and blooming as they had as bare roots. Looked healthy, $10? No Kordes that I've seen so far.

Just managed to find one at my Lowes.... for $2.00!!!!!!! Granted it is not in the best shape but I couldn't believe it. Had to try and rescue her.

My question: one of the canes has a black streak in it. Should the whole thing be pruned off? The whole cane isn't dead so I didn't know what I should do.

Could you please give update? How big is this rose, how it repeats, how long flowers last on shrub and in vase?

I got one on Fortuniana from K&M about 6 months ago and I can not tell you how amazing this rose is. It has become one of my favorites very quickly. I bought it as an alternative to Beverly because they were all out of Beverly, but I am so glad I did! It has amazing disease resistance, fast re-bloom and I think it forms the largest flowers in my entire rose collection including Peace. It also has a great compact form so far. But if it tried to take over my yard, I wouldn't mind!

They are also very slow to open so they last and last on the bush well before you get to cut them and bring them inside for more enjoyment. I was wondering why this rose wasn't more widely grown and I just realized its relatively new. This one is a real winner. It has done incredibly well during my hot humid summer here in South Florida.

SoFL, thank you. I am thinking to plant 4 of them along our pathway to front door. So compact form perfectly fits my needs. I want some kind of decorative hedge. How thorny is it?

It has thorns, but nothing out of the ordinary. I'd say normal amount of thorns. Its not one of those super thorny ones with hundreds of little needle thorns.

Chris says the fragrance is very good. I had the chance to get Wedding Bells, but I passed because I didn't think the fragrance would be very good. Darn. I'll try and get this rose next year!!

Carol

Could you please give an update on this rose? Could it be grown in 15 gallon pot? I have two such pots. One is ocupated by Plum Perfect and another one is empty. So am thinking about planting Wedding bells. Or maybe I should choose another rose? I live in central Texas.

I have one on order this year!! I'd love to hear an update too!

Carol

I highly recommend wedding bells, but not for fragrance. If you want fragrance go for Beverly. If you want more of a hybrid tea form and longer lasting blooms Wedding bell's your girl.

I have Beverly (this summer will be it's 3rd year here) - and so far no fragrance. But that happens a lot to my roses. Sometimes fragrance doesn't come until the 4th year. I'm underwhelmed by this rose - hasn't done much. Maybe the 3rd year's the charm. Or else it looooves warmer weather. :)

Well, as long as Wedding Bells has some fragrance eventually I'll be happy. Doesn't have to be tons if it's a great rose - but a little fragrance would be nice. Wedding Bells sounds like a great rose!

Carol

I had that rose and love it but after 4 months it got RRV. I want to get it again next spring but not sure if I want to put it in the same spot.

My bareroot is the only new rose I got this year that didn't bloom all summer. Even my bands bloomed.

Would the RRV be in the soil?

Carol

RRV won't keep a rose from blooming. It will just have distorted blooms.

Maybe your rose will bloom next year

I highly recommend Wedding Bells too. Mines grafted about 3 years old now, and the one of the most disease resistant roses I have. Seems to take the heat pretty well; a bit of a late starter to bloom, but once it gets going, doesn't want to stop- a bit of a pity as because the blooms are so full, the last flush sometimes doesnt have time to open properly. No fragrance that I get, but then my nose isnt that good.

Good information! ;)

Carol

Kurdle and SoFL, you made my day! Have been admiring Wedding Bells but was hesitant to try it in our hot climate. But hey, we're only Z8A here in SE Virginia so what am I waiting for??

I got this hybrid tea last year on the Lowe's clearance rack, and I am very glad I did.

The blooms are beautiful, large, and long lasting. The fragrance, while very pleasant, is not as strong as described on the Star website (www.kordes.us). I'd describe it as moderate.

I agree with others that the foliage is very clean. It should be happy in both spray and no-spray gardens (although perhaps there might be strains that would prey more successfully on this plant in other areas). The plant didn't drop any leaves whatsoever during winter here (by contrast, most of my other roses lost all their leaves or at least some), which suggests that it would likely be hardy in colder climates.

Here is the very good summary of Wedding Bells in the 'Roses Without Chemicals' book: https://books.google.com/books?id=HLiNBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=roses+without+chemicals+wedding+bells&source=bl&ots=YJdV-8Fk0L&sig=vaul7e7yJGUFHBWdhGOnjBqUwbY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiilMzv3b3bAhVLwVQKHYBbA9QQ6AEITTAJ#v.

I highly recommend this rose.

I feel like this rose should be in their sunbelt collection. It does so well here. I purchased two more since my original one. Now I have three :)

I am anxious to get this one. Pretty sure I’m going to get it next year.

SoFl, is your wedding bells grafted or own roots. ? Which want do you recommend ?

Jin

On a side note for cold zoners, Wedding Bells survived with a good amount of cane this past winter, with many days at -30c. Its not in a micro climate, or protected. Had a replacement ready for it this spring, and there she was, growing away beautifully :)

I love this rose. I got it from Heirloom. My first one got the RRV but got another one this spring

My wedding bells are all grafted on fortuniana. I got all 3 from k&m