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Pink Rose Plant - Description
- Pottde Pink Rose Plant
- Single Rose Plant
- Award Winning Rose
- Floribunda Rose
- Rosa 'Heidetraum'
- Flowering: Repeat Bloomer
- Flowers: Quartered, Full Petalled Blooms From June to November
- Excellent Scent
- Bare Root Plant
- Current Size: 20cm in Height
Rosa Centifolia Muscosa - Characteristics
- Light magenta / pink petals with ruffled margins
- Mature Height: 80cm
- Habit: Strong, upright shrub
- Thorny stems
- Good, dense leaf coverage
- Growth rate: Moderate
- Fragrance: Strong
- Good disease resistance
Pink Rose Plant - Uses
- Excellent pink rose
- Compact size makes rose plant very versatile
- Suited to rose beds & herbaceous borders
- Award winning rose - Garden Merit Award
- Plant with other roses for best effect
- Under-plant with lavenders & geraniums
- Suited to cut flowers
- Suited to a sunny spot on well drained soils
Pink Rose Plant - Planting Instructions
Sowing Time
- Sow on arrival
- Bare root roses are on sale from October to March
- Do not plant in frosty conditions
Hole Preparation
- Dig a big planting hole. 1½ x 1½ ft
- Mix in well rotted manure
- Also mix in a small handful of fertiliser
Handling the Plants
- Take care not to damage plant's roots
- Keep covered until time of planting
- Do not expose the roots to light or allow to dry out
- Ensure roots are always protected from frost prior to planting
- Water plants before & after planting
- Feed plants over the Summer months
- Use a fertiliser high in potassium
- Apply rose clear to foliage to prevent mildew, rust & greenfly aphids
Pruning Roses
- Roses need to be pruned back each year
- They will grow fast & develop several flowering stems each year
- Late Winter to early Spring, once worst frost has past, prune the roses
- Cut out all dead, dying & diseased branches
- Remove any crossing over or rubbing stems
- Prune back remaining stems to approx. 30cm above ground level
Rosa Floribunda - Quick Facts
- Floribunda are a modern group of roses
- Created by crossing hybrid teas & polyantha roses
- They are repeat bloomers with clusters of flowers on each stem
- Floribundas are shrub forming roses, staying compact & upright
- They are a very popular rose hybrid
