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Rosa 'Handel'

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

Height x Spread in feet

12 x 8

Foliage

Glossy dark green almost purple foliage

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Large, semi-double blooms, cupped until fully open, silver-white with pink to red markings specially on the petal edges. These markings intensify with age.

Flowering is Continuous throughout the summer. Slightly fragrant.

Comment

A good variety with dark stems.

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.