Rose Variety i2i – Intermediate Hybrid Tea Roses

What?

This time we are testing the rose ‘i2i’ in our flower test, this is a new variety of Bloomingdale Roses.

Information:

• Name: i2i
• Colour: Cerise / Purple
• Grower: Bloomingdale Roses
• Country: Kenya
• Length: 70cm 

First Impression:

This is a complete new variety, the colour is pink on the inside and a little bit more purple/cerise on the outside.

The bud feels hard and they have a lot of thorns.

At first sight it’s a beautiful rose but I would be surprised when they open up. 

After 7 days:

It’s a beautiful and strong rose but just a few opened up, the rest just stay the way I bought them as you can see in the picture. (The rose on the right stayed completely closed)

After 10 days:

They are still there but it doesn’t look like they’re going to change a lot more, I think they are asleep.

Conclusion:

It’s a beautiful rose and I would say they’re just ok.

It’s not really an eyecatcher, they won’t open up very easy and they have a lot of thorns.

But the colour is nice and althought there are just a few in a bunch which will change during the week they will last 7-10 days.

Positive Points:

• Beautiful bright colour
• Strong rose 
• Their vaselife is just fine with 7-10 days

Negative Points

•  Not a real special rose or an eyecatcher
• A lot of thorns
• 40% didn’t open up