Roots and Routes

Rosa ‘Color Splash’

• Introduced by W. Kordes Sohne in 2016
• Introduced in the United States by Star Roses in 2020
• Bred by Tim-Hermann Kordes in 2007
• Class: Shrub
• Vibrant red, coral-pink, or orange-shaded outer petals that transition into a creamy white or pale yellow center
• Faint traditional floral scent
• Parentage: Black Forest Rose x Crazy Spire

The Color Splash rose produces an abundance of striking bicolor flowers, with creamy white petals dramatically splashed, striped, and edged in shades of vivid red and coral.

The name Color Splash could hardly be more appropriate. Rather than displaying a single uniform shade, each flower looks as though red paint has been splashed and brushed across a creamy white canvas, with the pattern varying from petal to petal and bloom to bloom. The result gives the rose a lively, almost hand-painted appearance—making Color Splash a fitting name for a variety whose greatest attraction is its unpredictable and exuberant display of color.