A drought tolerant plant often subject to over watering. This is a popular cut flower and feature bush. Renowned for its beautiful flowers and scent most roses are pruned annually to promote new growth and flowers. Prone to diseases in the northern climes it is still widely grown across Australia.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Root size
- Less than 2.5m (safe)
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Zones
- Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Arid interior, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2011
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Colours
- Green, Red
- Gardens
- Cottage