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Rosa
'Strawberry'
Strawberry Rose
| Family |
| Rosaceae |
| Genus |
| Rosa |
| Cultivar |
| 'Strawberry' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 5 - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 - 9b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -20 - 5 |
| Height |
| 1 - 1.5 metres |
| Spread |
| 1 - 1.5 metres |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| A large shrub with usually a thorny stem bearing large leaves and fragrant blooms. |
| Landscape |
| Borders, hedges, flower beds, containers, and as a cut flower. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. For best flowering apply a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring and a balanced fertiliser again in early summer. |
| Pests |
| Aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose leaf-rolling sawfly, black spot, rose rust, rose powdery mildew and a downy mildew. |
| Habitat |
| An arching habit, reaching about 1.2 m in height. |
| Flower Description |
| Pink rosettes that become paler with age. It is deeply scented. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By hardwood cuttings in autumn or by chip budding in summer. |
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