Lenten or Christmas Roses are hardy and one of the first to bloom in the spring. Champion is a hybrid selection with matching vigor, beauty, and ease of maintenance. It forms wide clumps of dark green foliage topped with stalks of buds that begin rosy pink and open to a creamy white with pink backs. The perfect plant for naturalizing in moist, woodland areas where its extensive root system will spread as far as it is allowed. Deer resistant.