Skip to content
Where Beautiful Rose Gardens Begin My Rose Tracker
Log In Create Account

Rose Profile

Marilyn Monroe

Color: Apricot, Peach, or Salmon Class: Hybrid Tea Introduced: 2003 Best Zones: 5-10 Bloom Form: High-Centered

HYBRID TEA - MARILYN MONROE It's not just gentlemen that prefer blondes, everyone loves this shapely Hybrid Tea. Large flowers. Mild fragrance. Suitable for zones 5 to 9 DETAILED DESCRIPTION The extraordinarily feminine creamy apricot color…

Add to My Garden Add to Wishlist See Sellers Add to Compare
Log In to Rate Comments (0)

Photo courtesy of Wildwood Nurseries Photo source

-- Overall Rank
-- Member Avg
0 Gardens
0 Wishlists

At-a-Glance Profile

Garden Personality

A quick portrait of how this rose grows, blooms, and earns its place in a home garden.

Hybrid Tea Apricot, Peach, or Salmon
Also Known As
WEKsunspat
Breeder
Tom Carruth
Seller
Flourish, Heirloom Roses, High Country Roses, Lakeview Roses, Sweet Hilltop Farm and Nursery, Wildwood Nurseries, Witherspoon Rose Culture
Introduced
2003
Best Zones
5-10
4-5 ft Height
2-3 ft Width
3.8-4.9 in Bloom Size
23-35 Petals

Bloom Style

How It Shows Up in the Garden

Bloom Form
High-Centered

Garden Fit

Where It Is Most Comfortable

Rose Class
Hybrid Tea
Color Family
Apricot, Peach, or Salmon

Background

Breeding and Source Notes

Seller Signals
Wildwood Nurseries, Witherspoon Rose Culture, Heirloom Roses

Where to Look Next

See Sellers

Start here if you are trying to buy this rose. This table is set up for quick scanning so you can compare seller listings, sizes, pricing, and current offers in one place.

Seller Listing Price Offers Link
Wildwood Nurseries Size: Bare Root / Grafted Bare Root / Grafted In stock $69.99 — Visit Seller
Flourish Marilyn Monroe™ | Flourish Roses LLC — — Visit Seller
Heirloom Roses Marilyn Monroe In stock $53.00
Discount Code 20% • ROSEGEEK
Discount Code 20% • Roselady26
ARS Offer 15% • ARS member offer.
Visit Seller
High Country Roses Marilyn Monroe In stock $27.95
Discount Code 20% • ROSEGEEK
ARS Offer 15% • Online code is in your membership book.
Visit Seller
Lakeview Roses Marilyn Monroe Out of stock $54.95 — Visit Seller
Sweet Hilltop Farm and Nursery Size: Carruth Rose “” Grade 1 Bare Root On Multiflora Rootstock p701295991 Carruth Rose “Marilyn Monroe” Grade 1 Bare Root On Multiflora Rootstock p701295991 —
Discount Code 10% • ROSEGEEK10
Visit Seller
Sweet Hilltop Farm and Nursery Size: In Stock Rose “” 3 Gallon Potted Rose On Multiflora Rootstock p782879331 In Stock Rose “Marilyn Monroe” 3 Gallon Potted Rose On Multiflora Rootstock p782879331 —
Discount Code 10% • ROSEGEEK10
Visit Seller
Sweet Hilltop Farm and Nursery Size: In Stock Rose “” 5 Gallon Potted Rose On Multiflora Rootstock p782879400 In Stock Rose “Marilyn Monroe” 5 Gallon Potted Rose On Multiflora Rootstock p782879400 —
Discount Code 10% • ROSEGEEK10
Visit Seller
Witherspoon Rose Culture Size: Apr 27) Bareroot (Ship or Pickup Feb 2 - Apr 27) Out of stock $38.99
ARS Offer 10% • Only available with phone orders.
Visit Seller
Witherspoon Rose Culture Size: Potted (Pickup in store only starting Apr 2026) Potted (Pickup in store only starting Apr 2026) In stock $44.99
ARS Offer 10% • Only available with phone orders.
Visit Seller

Members can follow preferred sellers and get stock alerts.

What Growers Notice

Notes, Photos, and Shared Experience

Read the overview first, then look through shared photos and real grower notes to get a better feel for how this rose behaves.

Overview

HYBRID TEA - MARILYN MONROE

It's not just gentlemen that prefer blondes, everyone loves this shapely Hybrid Tea.

  • Large flowers.
  • Mild fragrance.
  • Suitable for zones 5 to 9

The extraordinarily feminine creamy apricot color holds through from the long pointed buds to the big buxom open blooms. A gown of deep green leaves graces the cutting length stems. Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but the super vase life and perfect flower form on this gem-of-a-rose will demand the devotion of every exhibitor. 

GROWTH HABIT

Breeding from Sunset Celebration and St. Patrick, two perfectly formed roses, created a selection with steel-like substance that holds in hot, muggy summers or in your favorite vase. The plant is strong, vigorous and sneers at disease. Some like it hot! The best apricot for hot weather.

ORIGINS

Named to honour an American actress, Marilyn Monroe.

ROSE CHARACTERISTICS

 Rose Type Hyrbid Tea
 Growth Type Upright to somewhat rounded, bushy
 Color Apricot on the outermost petals to pure creamy apricot
 Fragrance Strength Mild citrus
 Flowering Repeat Flowering
 Disease Resistance Very good
 Height 4 - 6ft
 Width 3 - 4ft
 Hybridizer Tom Carruth
 Year of Introduction 2003
 Introduced By Weeks Roses
 Suitable for zones Zones 5 - 9 
 Petal Count 30 to 35 
 Patent 14398

Member Submitted Photos

Join to Upload Photos
No member-shared photos yet
Upload one from My Garden

Rose Comments

0 comments from growers

No comments yet. Be the first grower to add one.

Log in to comment on this rose