Description

Highly fragrant and velvety plum-purple blooms crown this lovely hybrid tea rose shrub; it is very vigorous and cooler temperatures brings out even larger flowers; a rare color in roses indeed

Landscape Attributes

Royal Amethyst Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. 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.

Royal Amethyst Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Royal Amethyst Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 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 fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.