Plant Name

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Rosa 'Buff Beauty'

Common Name

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Soil

Roses prefer acidic soil of pH 6.5 (sand) but will tolerate alkaline soils up to pH 7.5 (chalk). Mix 25 lts farmyard manure, or pulverized tree bark with bone meal, in soil before planting. Broadcast rose fertilizer in early Spring.

Tolerant of Poor Soils, so broadcast rose fertilizer in early summer as well.

Sun Aspect

Full Sun.

Tolerant of shade.

Soil Moisture

Moist.

Plant Type

Modern Roses: 2 Modern Shrub Recurrent Cluster-Flowered from the Rosa multiflora species with the Hybrid Musks Classification

Height x Spread in feet

5 x 5

Foliage

Dark green

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Flowers fully double, opening flat from tight, cupped buds and produced in large trusses. Colour varies with weather and perhaps the soil it grows in, from buff-yellow to almost apricot, at times paling to primrose. Strongly scented.

Flowering is Continuous throughout the summer. Moderately fragrant.

Comment

One of the best in its group. A vigorous shrub with spreading growth.

Good for Hedging. Grow in pots.

Available from Apuldram Roses, Coblands Nurseries Ltd , David Austin Rose Nursery Limited, Rumwood Nurseries , R.V. Roger Ltd and from Peter Beales Roses.

For further details on the cultivation of roses, consult the Royal National Rose Society.