Group/Class:  Easy Elegance Rose

Description:

A lovely and easy to grow multi coloured spectacle with tight coral buds opening to peachy-apricot blooms with luminous yellow centers; the blooms age to a lipstick pink before falling away clean; blooms steadily all season; very disease resistant

Ornamental Features

The All The Rage Rose features showy semi-double peach flowers with yellow eyes and yellow centers at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall, which emerge from distinctive coral-pink flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

The All The Rage 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. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Spiny

The All The Rage Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

The All The Rage Rose will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. 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.