| Description | A very hardy rose with medium red flowers. Can be used as a shrub Rose or trained as a medium climber. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Rose |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | start as a medium red aging to rose red, has a sharp spicey scent, borne in large clusters of flowers, a repeat bloomer, semi double |
| Leaves | glossy foliage resistant to mildew |
| Dimensions | up to 13 feet, arching |
| 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. Dead heading helps to promote quicker flushes of flowers. But by dead heading you will lose the rose hips. This is a matter of choice. |
| Cultivar Origin | Henry Kelsey explored inland Canada for the Hudson Bay Company. A Kordesii hybrid from Svejda, Canada 1984 |
| Notes & Reference | #107-American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses (Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson), #111-Botanica’s Roses |
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