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Rosa 'Marguerite Hilling'

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.

Grow adjacent to water.

Plant Type

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

Height x Spread in feet

8 x 7

Foliage

Light Green

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

This is a splendid, pink sport of 'Nevada', which it fully resembles except for its soft rose-pink colour. In first flush, this rose is very showy and very floriferous from late May to Mid-June, with intermittent flowers throughout the remainder of summer, and well into autumn.

Flowering is Repeat or Recurrent throughout the summer. Moderately fragrant.

Comment

Good for Climber or Pillar rose. Hedging. Woodland and covert planting.

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

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