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Height: 3 feet
Spread: 4 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 4a
Other Names: Syn. Intrigue Rose, Lava Glow Rose
Group/Class: Floribunda Rose
Description:
Bushy and spreading in form, this floribunda rose produces velvety red blooms with plum highlights, creating tremendous visual impact when massed in the garden; blooms repeat all season long; requires spring freeze protection
Ornamental Features
Lavaglut Rose features showy red flowers at the ends of the branches from mid spring to mid fall, which emerge from distinctive plum purple flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.
Landscape Attributes
Lavaglut 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 is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care 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;
- Insects
- Disease
Lavaglut Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Lavaglut Rose will grow to be about 3 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 30 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 highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
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