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Other Names:  Ypsilanti Rose, Ypsilanty Rose

Group/Class:  Gallica Hybrid Rose

Description:

A lovely old rose variety, featuring large, flattened, luminous light pink blooms with a rich fragrance; bushy, upright habit; hardy and resistant to disease; a stunning all-purpose garden shrub; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features

Ipsilante Rose features showy fragrant pink flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer, which emerge from distinctive crimson flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The serrated oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall. The spiny brown bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Ipsilante 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;

• Disease
• Spiny

Ipsilante Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Ipsilante Rose will grow to be about 5 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, and is suitable for planting under power lines. 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 is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.