Description
Growth Habit: Climbing Vine
Spacing: 5-6’ apart
Planting Location: Cozy
Zone 3b
- Ruby red roses with pink undertones & a yellow center
- Double (17-25 petals), lightly scented roses
- Glossy, dark green foliage
- Requires a trellis to wrap itself around for support; not a self-clinging vine
- Re-blooming from July – September
- Showy, orange-red rosehips in mid July – fall
- Rosehips are edible with little flavour (great for making tea), but are high in vitamin C
- Requires 6+ hours of sunlight for blooming
- Prune after blooms fade to encourage re-blooming
- Spring pruning ensures the flowers bloom and the vine maintains a more dense, appealing form
- Disease tolerant
- Caution: thorny branches
- Fast Growth Rate: 2-4’/year (if pruned annually)
- Growth Dimensions (HxW): max 6-8’ x 5-6’; will grow to cover climbing surface provided
- Can also be planted as a free-standing shrub if desired