Group/Class:  Shrub Rose

Description:

Big rounded clusters of deep red to hot pink blooms resemble hydrangea blooms; flowers also have a dazzling yellow eye that makes the color display pop; lovely as an accent or massed along borders or walkways

Ornamental Features

Be Bop Rose features showy clusters of lightly-scented hot pink flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. 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

Be Bop 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. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Spiny

Be Bop Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Be Bop Rose will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 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.