Old English Shrub Rose Apricot
- Beautiful, old-fashioned style, ruffled centred classic roses which are much easier to grow and care for in all gardens than other varieties.
- Ideal for both beds and borders or in pots and containers, grow to the size you require.
- This variety has been bred for both good fragrance and disease resistance - not always possible with roses!
- Hardy, vigorous and repeat-flowering for at least 4-5 months of colour.
- Supplied as a bare root plant, trimmed back to 30-35cm, dormant without leaves, to plant November to April.
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- Beautiful, old-fashioned style, ruffled centred classic roses which are much easier to grow and care for in all gardens than other varieties.
- Ideal for both beds and borders or in pots and containers, grow to the size you require.
- This variety has been bred for both good fragrance and disease resistance - not always possible with roses!
- Hardy, vigorous and repeat-flowering for at least 4-5 months of colour.
- Supplied as a bare root plant, trimmed back to 30-35cm, dormant without leaves, to plant November to April.
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There really is something special and iconic about English Shrub Roses, which is the term for the old-fashioned type of classic rose with a very filled centre, their petals making the most remarkable patterns. New breeding over many years has made them much easier to grow in all gardens - big or small - either in larger pots or in borders and beds.
This variety has been bred to have both a good fragrance, and superb disease resistance - not always possible with roses, but our growers have managed it! Best of all it is a repeat flowerer, and will bloom for 4-5 months with little dead-heading, although you may wish to keep them tidy.
It’s a little more vigorous and less formal than Hybrid Tea Roses, so mix them in with other shrubs in borders too.
Supplied as 1 bare root plant, trimmed back to 30-35cm, dormant without leaves, to plant November to April.
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Plant Care Information
Top Tips
- When pruning, make sure that your secateurs are clean and sharp to prevent squashing stems and introducing disease.
- Add mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help the plant establish quicker.
Care Information
- Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, so add plenty of well-rotted manure into the hole if necessary and plant so that the graft union (the swollen area when the stems meet the roots) is around 3cm below soil level. Water well every other day - daily if the weather is hot and dry.
- Established roses can be watered around once a week through spring and summer - more if the weather is hot.
- For best results, feed roses in in late-March/April and again late July.
- Before planting, plunge bare root plants into a bucket of water for half an hour to rehydrate.
- To prune, just remove any dead, dying, damaged and diseased stems and also deadhead regularly.
- Traditionally, you would cut just above a leaf joint with a sloping cut away from the bud, however, this isn't necessary, and don’t worry about pruning too much - roses are very resilient and will grow back.
- When pruning, make sure that your secateurs are clean and sharp to prevent squashing stems and introducing disease.
- Add mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help the plant establish quicker.
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