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Rosa 'Dorothy Perkins'

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: 16 Rambler Non-Recurrent from the species Rosa wichuraiana

Height x Spread in feet

10 x 8

Foliage

Foliage, when free of mildew early in the season is bright, glossy dark green.

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Colourful cascades of clear pink blooms with the occasional almost white bloom among the cluster, and well scented.

Flowering is in the Summer only. Very fragrant.

Comment

A very famous rose known, by name at least, to most gardeners. Growth is pliable and semi-vigorous.

Good for Procumbent or wide-growing Ground-cover.

Susceptible to Mildew.

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.