Height: 3 feet
Spread: 4 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 3b
Group/Class: Rugosa Rose
Description:
This Pavement series rose has fragrant semi-double 2.5-3" white flowers blushed pink in early summer; compact, mounded habit, tough and disease-resistant, ideal for lining a driveway or sidewalk; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil; recurrent
Ornamental Features
Snow Pavement Rose is covered in stunning fragrant white flowers with shell pink overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer, which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall. The fruits are showy red hips displayed from mid to late fall.
Landscape Attributes
Snow Pavement 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.
This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
- Disease
- Spiny
Snow Pavement Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Snow Pavement Rose will grow to be about 3 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. 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, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Sizes Available:
18" $26.99
