I have a standard rose

traderken, Nov 22, 7:34am
That is rather a pretty shade of orange but it looks rather insipid. Is there any type of fertiliser or food that will strengthen the colour

piquant, Nov 22, 7:56am
You are not really giving much information as to why you think it may be faded. The short answer is no - roses are bred to be a certain colour in optimum conditions. However, it may be that if you are not feeding your roses properly (they are gross feeders and need 3-4 feeds during the flower producing season) in which case, give it a feed of rose fertiliser (only as stipulated on the packet though - more is not better!) It may be that it is in a shaded area or it may, in fact be full blown and fading as it ages. Any of this helpful!

wessex, Nov 22, 9:56am
Maybe its apricot

traderken, Nov 14, 1:42am
Thanks for that. Yes it maybe that it is an Apricot rose. It is one I had given to me a couple of years ago and transplanted. It looks healthy enough.