Frutteto

A peach-to-coral bicolor with a dense, ruffled, garden-style head — 65 petals packed into a bloom that opens like a cabbage rose. Where Salma keeps its peach quiet and uniform, Frutteto runs a gradient inside each flower, pale apricot at the base warming to coral at the petal edge. It is the rose designers spec when the brief says "garden look" but the budget says standard rose.

The grow story

Grown at 3,200 meters in our own production in Cayambe, Ecuador, in the high Andes. A 65-petal head is a structural gamble at low altitude — without thick petal walls it collapses or balls in transit. Our cold nights slow the bloom and thicken every layer, while the strong equatorial light keeps the coral edge saturated instead of bleaching it to pink. Cut, hydrated, graded, and cold-packed within 48 hours of harvest.

At a glance

Best for

Garden-style and organic designs, terracotta and sunset palettes, summer and early-fall weddings. Frutteto's ruffled open form means it carries the "expensive garden rose" role in a recipe at standard-rose economics. The 50 cm grade is efficient for compote and low centerpiece work; 60 cm for hand-tied designs. Round out the warm palette from our wholesale rose range.

Pairs beautifully with

• Salma (soft peach) for tonal peach layering
• Orange Crush (saturated orange) to push the palette hotter
• Quicksand (champagne taupe) to calm and modernize the mix
• Shimmer (peach garden spray) for matching ruffled texture
• Eucalyptus Silver Dollar for gray-green contrast

Care notes

Re-cut at 45° under running water; hydrate first in 95–100°F water with preservative, then hold at 34–38°F. Give the dense head time — Frutteto opens slower than low-petal varieties, so process it two days ahead of event work. Keep sleeves on until the first re-cut to support the heavy bloom. Moderately ethylene-sensitive.

What working pros say

"Frutteto is my garden-rose decoy. Once it opens, clients point at it over actual garden roses, and my cost per stem is a fraction of what they think it is."

— Wedding floral designer, Southern California (12 yrs experience)

"That coral edge photographs like a sunset. I plan it three days out so it hits full ruffle on event day, and it has never missed the window on me."

— Event florist, New England (8 yrs experience)