General Description | A hybrid tea/romantica shrub rose. |
Shape | Compact. |
Landscape | Beds and borders, cut flowers, rose gardens, informal gardens, city and courtyard gardens or as a specimen. |
Cultivation | Plant in full to partial sun in moist but well-drained soil. Apply a slow release fertilizer in early spring just as leaves emerge. Prune old flowers to encourage re-blooming. |
Pests | Can be affected by diseases such as black spot, rose rust, or powdery mildew but each are highly unlikely. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Bark/Stem Description | Robust, upright-growing, slightly woody, glaborous medium green to reddish-green stems that don characteristic reddish-green thorns. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Simple, pinnate deep pinkish-red flower buds appearing terminally as solitary buds, or in bunches of 2 - 3 or 4 - 8. |
Leaf Description | Finely-serrated, simple-pinnate medium to deep green leaves. |
Flower Description | Slightly fragrant showy blooms, composed of 100 tightly-arranged whorls of delicate, broad heart-shaped reddish-pink to scarlet petals. When fully mature the blooms almost resemble peonies in the way they 'explode' outward with an abundance of petals. |