Other Names:  Scotch Rose, Burnet Rose, Damask Perpetual

Group/Class:  Hybrid Spinosissima

Description:

A charming, extremely hardy variety presenting attractive, blush pink blooms with a mild, delicious fragrance; repeat flowering after spring flush; a perfect addition to shrub borders

Ornamental Features

Stanwell Perpetual Rose features showy clusters of lightly-scented shell pink flowers with white overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has emerald green deciduous foliage. The serrated oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Stanwell Perpetual Rose is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded form. 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;

• Suckering
• Disease
• Spiny

Stanwell Perpetual Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Stanwell Perpetual Rose will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 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 medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 25 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist growing conditions, but will not tolerate any standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for xeriscaping or the moisture-conserving landscape. 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.