Height: 30 inches
Spread: 30 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 4a
Group/Class: Shrub Rose
Description:
One beautiful, tough rose; dark green foliage with a touch of red stays clean all season; compact rounded form covered with red double blooms; excellent massed in groupings; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil
Ornamental Features
Como Park Rose is blanketed in stunning lightly-scented red flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall.
Landscape Attributes
Como Park Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.
This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;
Como Park Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Como Park Rose will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 30 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.
This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
