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Carefree Beauty Rose*
Rosa 'Carefree Beauty'
* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details
Height: 4 feet
Spread: 4 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 4a
Group/Class: Buck Rose
Description:
A popular shrub rose that features abundant semi-double pink flowers in early summer, repeat-blooming; compact, upright habit, quite adaptable and resistant to disease, a valuable garden shrub; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil
Ornamental Features
Carefree Beauty Rose is blanketed in stunning lightly-scented pink flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall. The fruits are showy orange hips displayed from mid to late fall. The spiny brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.
Landscape Attributes
Carefree Beauty Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. 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. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Spiny
Carefree Beauty Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Carefree Beauty 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 fast 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.
This plant may not be hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply. Please contact the store for further details.
* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details
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