| Description | Redleaf Rose (Rosa glauca) A large gangly shrub rose grown for its foliage and flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Shrubs Rose |
| Hardiness Zone | 2-8 |
| Sunlight | in full sun the foliage will be more purple, in shade a grayish-mauve |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | very hardy |
| Flowers | pinkish, fragrant, single flowers, easily shatter |
| Fruit | 1/2 inch ovoid red hips with small bristles |
| Leaves | compound, alternate with purplish red to grayish-mauve leaf color |
| Stems | arching almost thornless canes, suckers |
| Dimensions | 7 plus feet tall, 5-8 feet spread, open vase shaped |
| Maintenance | I like to keep my plants on the compact side. To do this, cut the new branches back 33-50% every 1-3 years in the spring. If you want a larger plant just let them grow more and prune less, but a good hard pruning every once in a while is good for the plant. Each spring there will be old dead stems to remove from the center and dead tips of branched to cut off. This plant is very thorny and a long sleeve shirt and a good pair of gloves are essential. I have found the long-reach rose pruners make this pruning job much easier. Deadheading helps to promote quicker flushes of flowers. But by deadheading you will lose the rose hips. This is a matter of choice. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to central and southern Europe. |
| Cultivar Origin | Cultivated before 1830. (SYN. Rosa rubrifolia) |
| Misc Facts | Can have problems with mildew AKA: Rosa Glauca, Redleaf Rose, Red-Leaved rose, Rosa ferruginea, Rosa rubrifolia, Shrub Roses, pink roses, fragrant roses |
| Author's Notes | The pink flowers combined nicely with the bluish foliage. |
| Notes & Reference | #112-Taylor’s Guide to Roses (Nancy Ondra) |
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