Plant Name

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Rosa 'Roseraie de l'Hay'

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 rugosa species

Height x Spread in feet

6 x 5

Foliage

Dark Green.

Good Autumn Foliage.

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Splendid, semi-double blooms of crimson-purple, large and opening loosely flat. Strongly scented.

Flowering is Continuous throughout the summer. Very fragrant.

Comment

One of the best loved of all Rugosa hybrids. Makes a dense, vigorous, bushy shrub, and is almost constantly in flower. Sadly, only occasionally has any hips, but compensates with very good autumn foliage.

Good for Hedging. Woodland and covert planting.

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.