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Rosa 'Golden Showers'

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.

Plant Type

Modern Roses: 17 Large-Flowered Climber Non-Recurrent from the Modern Climbing Roses classification.

Height x Spread in feet

10 x 6

Foliage

Rich dark green and glossy

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Large loosely formed, rather raggedly formed blooms, of deep golden-yellow fading quickly to cream.

Flowering is Continuous throughout from June to October. Slightly fragrant.

Comment

Also capable of making a good free-standing shrub.

Climber or Pillar rose.

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.