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Rosa 'Gloire de Dijon'

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.

Sun Aspect

Full Sun.

Prefers a sunny position to thrive.

Soil Moisture

Moist.

Hates wet weather when in flower.

Plant Type

Old Garden Rose: 31 Tea (Shrub)

Height x Spread in feet

12 x 8

Foliage

Dark green.

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Large, perfumed blooms, full, opening flat and quartered, of buff-apricot to orange, often giving a second flush in the autumn.

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

Comment

This was the favourite rose of the first president of the National Rose Society. With all its rose faults, well worth living with.

Susceptible to Black Spot, especially after the first flush.

Good to grow in pots, or as a specimen shrub.

Available from 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.