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Group/Class:  Shrub Rose

Description:

The clusters of small, vivid pink ruffled blooms are produced continuously on a low mounded shrub with glossy green healthy foliage; these fragrant blooms make great cut flowers; excellent for mass planting or borders

Ornamental Features

Lovely Fairy Rose is bathed in stunning fragrant pink flowers along the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage which emerges burgundy in spring. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Lovely Fairy Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Spiny

Lovely Fairy Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Lovely Fairy Rose will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

 

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