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Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk'

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.

Tolerant of shade.

Soil Moisture

Moist.

Grow adjacent to water.

Plant Type

Modern Roses: 12 Rambler Recurrent from the Rosa bracteatae species

Height x Spread in feet

20 x 12

Foliage

Drooping leaves are slightly glossy and darkish green, with hints of copper when young.

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Blooms are small, double, pinkish-lavender and produced in drooping clusters.

Flowering is in the Summer only. Slightly fragrant.

Comment

Broad, hooked thorns on long, pliable wood. Very profuse when blooming in July. Quite hardy, an outstandingly useful climbing rose.

Climber or Pillar rose.

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

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