Pink Grootendorst Rose
Description
An old-fashioned hardy shrub rose, featuring unusual frilly double pink flowers all season long; bushy, upright habit, hardy and resistant to disease, a stunning all-purpose garden shrub; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil
Landscape Attributes
Pink Grootendorst 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.
Pink Grootendorst Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Pink Grootendorst Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 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.