Harkness Rose 'Chelsea Pensioner'

Rich and softly scented red roses with too many petals to count

Just £24.99
1 x Bare Root - SKU: 540271 - *Despatched from 16/12/2024
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  • A vibrant and thought-provoking bush rose with rich red Hybrid Tea flowers, named after the Chelsea Pensioners
  • Immensely beautiful blooms each boast up to 50 petals, opening from pointy centered buds
  • The fragrant flowers erupt from a plant of mid to dark green foliage, thriving in pots, beds, or borders
  • With the purchase of each ‘Chelsea Pensioner’ rose, a £2.50 donation will be made to the vital work of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
  • Supplied as a bare root rose, ready to plant
Description

Grow immensely beautiful red roses with resilience and real depth of character. The red petals of these blooms mirror the iconic scarlet coats of the nation’s beloved army veterans that call the Royal Hospital Chelsea home.

Radiant Hybrid Tea flowers, each with up to 50 red petals, coat the plant of mid to dark green foliage, with glossy leaves across summer. Pointy buds scatter across the bushy plant, before gently opening to reveal fragrant flowers that can stretch up to 10cm across, packed full of petals that are soft to touch, yet resilient in wet and windy conditions.

The ‘Chelsea Pensioner’ was proudly launched at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

We are delighted to donate £2.50 from the sale of each rose to the Royal Hospital Chelsea (registered charity no. 1076414). This is a charity-run home for retired veterans of the British Army, offering care and comradeship to around 300 former servicemen and women, based in London.

Supplied as a bare root rose, ready to plant.

Top Tips

Roses can be kept in their pots throughout the winter provided they are kept well fed and watered, however ideally, they should planted out as soon as possible.

Care Information
  • Grow in fertile, moist, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade.
  • Roses can be planted at any time of the year, as long as the soil is not frozen, waterlogged or drought-dry.
  • Plant your rose where it can get plenty of sun for at least half of the day, and where it will be sheltered from the wind.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Provide good air circulation and remove fallen leaves and faded flowers to keep plants in tip-top condition.
  • In late winter or early spring, prune hard (back to 10 -18 inches) and reduce sideshoots to 2 or 3 buds.
  • To renovate out of condition plants, or to add renewed vigour, prune one in three stems close to the base.
  • To prune, you would traditionally 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.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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