Francois Rabelais Rose Own Root Live Plant – Crimson Red Garden Rose

Francois Rabelais (大地主) is an own root garden rose known for its rich crimson-red blooms and classic old garden rose appearance. This live rose plant forms a compact, well-branched shrub with densely layered flowers featuring abundant ruffled inner petals, ideal for garden beds, patio containers, borders, and ornamental landscape planting.

The plant grows to approximately 100 cm tall and produces blooms around 8–10 cm across. Flowers are densely double with a refined old rose style and carry a light to moderate fragrance. This variety flowers nearly continuously through the season until late autumn and is valued for its strong disease resistance and reliable garden performance.

Important Note:
You will receive a live starter plant. Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Own root crimson-red garden rose
• Old garden rose style blooms
• Densely double ruffled petals
• Approximate bloom size: 8–10 cm
• Approximate mature height: 100 cm
• Compact well-branched shrub habit
• Light to moderate fragrance
• Nearly continuous flowering until late autumn
• Strong disease resistance
• Ornamental flowering rose variety

Plant Details:
Common Name: Francois Rabelais Rose
Scientific Name: Rosa hybrid
Plant Type: Shrub Rose Plant
Life Cycle: Perennial
Flower/Fruit Color: Crimson Red
Sunlight: Full Sun
Soil: Well-draining fertile soil
Water: Moderate watering
USDA Zone: 5–10

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.