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Rosa 'Mother's Love' (Syn. Rosa 'TINlove')

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.

Soil Moisture

Moist.

Plant Type

Modern Roses: 8 Miniature Bush (Compact Floribundas)

Height x Spread in feet

34 x 34 inches

Foliage

Mid-Green

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Shell Pink, diameter 3 inches, blooms with fruity fragrance.

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

Comment

Bushy and upright. Excellent for edging borders. Justice Miniature Roses states "this rose is a shimmering pink beauty with sharply pointed centres and petals with a tight reflex ... it does well in cool climates."

Good for cutting. Exhibition variety.

There are:-
Mother's Love (Hybrid Tea, Meilland) and
this one Mother's Love (Miniature, Bennett, 1989).

Available from R.V. Roger Ltd.

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