Description
Size (HxW): 3’ x 3’
Growth Habit: Upright, vase
Planting Location: Cozy
Zone 3a
- Cup-shaped, creamy white blooms with an apricot-yellow center & 40+ petals
- Flowers in clusters of 4-7 +
- One of the heaviest bloomers
- Flowers occasionally have pink/blush undertones
- Much like a tea rose but small
- Re-blooming from July – September
- Requires 6+ hours of sunlight for blooming
- Glossy green foliage
- Fast growth rate (12-24”/yr) if pruned annually
- Prune after blooms fade to encourage re-blooming
- Spring pruning ensures the flowers bloom and the shrub maintains a more dense, appealing form
- Showy, orange-red rosehips in mid July – fall
- Rosehips are edible with mild flavour (great for making tea), but are high in vitamin C
- Row Spacing: minimum 3’ apart
- Minimal suckering
- Susceptible to Fungal Black Spot in shady/humid locations