Description

A popular flowering shrub that bears uniquely distinctive single copper-scarlet flowers with yellow centers in early summer; wide, rounded habit, resistant to disease, considered one of the most beautiful of all roses; needs full sun and well-drained soil

Landscape Attributes

Austrian Copper Rose is an open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. 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.

Austrian Copper Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Austrian Copper Rose will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 25 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 is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.