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Rosa 'Ballerina'

Common Name

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Soil

Roses prefer acidic soil of pH 6.5 (sand) but will tolerate alkaline soils up to pH 7.5 (chalk). Mix 25 lts farmyard manure, or pulverized tree bark with bone meal, in soil before planting. Broadcast rose fertilizer in early Spring.

Tolerant of Poor Soils, so broadcast rose fertilizer in early summer as well.

Sun Aspect

Full Sun.

Soil Moisture

Moist.

Plant Type

Modern Roses: 10 Modern Shrub Non-Recurrent Cluster-Flowered in the Rosa glauca forms and hybrids section

Height x Spread in feet

5 x 3

Foliage

Mid-green

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Clusters of single, light pink blooms with white centres, followed by small orange hips.

Flowering is Continuous throughout the summer.

Comment

Upright with spreading shrub. Has received Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.

Good for bedding or planting in groups.

Available from Apuldram Roses, Coblands Nurseries Ltd , David Austin Rose Nursery Limited, Rumwood Nurseries , R.V. Roger Ltd and from Peter Beales Roses.

For further details on the cultivation of roses, consult the Royal National Rose Society.