Group/Class:  Hybrid Tea Rose

Description:

Blooming in flushes throughout the season, this variety produces dreamy near white double blooms with pale, shell pink centers; compact upright habit, great for garden beds, borders or freshly cut flower arrangements

Ornamental Features

Faith Whittlesey Rose features showy double white flowers with shell pink centers at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Faith Whittlesey Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Faith Whittlesey Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Faith Whittlesey Rose will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 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 30 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. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.