• Rhapsody in Blue
  • Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

Shrub Rose
Colour: Purple-magenta
Flowering: Repeat Flowering
Fragrance: Medium, Sweet
Size: Medium Shrub 140cm 90cm
Bloom Size: Medium

Sweetly fragrant, semi-double flowers of deep purple-magenta fading to slate mauve - almost certainly the closest yet to a blue rose. It will grow into a tall, bushy shrub. Cowlishaw, 2003. Read more

Mixed Border

Rose Hedges

Rose Border

Attracting Bees

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Description

Sweetly fragrant, semi-double flowers of deep purple-magenta fading to slate mauve - almost certainly the closest yet to a blue rose. It will grow into a tall, bushy shrub. Cowlishaw, 2003.

Characteristics

Colour: Purple-magenta BLOOM COLOUR Colour may vary depending on growing conditions. Colour fade is a characteristic of some varieties.
Flowering: Repeat Flowering REPEAT or ONCE FLOWERING? REPEAT FLOWERING roses flower in flushes from late spring through to early winter. ONCE FLOWERING roses only produce a single flush of blooms lasting 3 to 4 weeks in mid summer
Fragrance: Medium, Sweet
Bloom Size: Medium BLOOM SIZE GUIDE Bloom size varies over the life cycle of each bloom. Measurements refer to the average diameter of a bloom at its prime. LARGE BLOOM: 3.5-5" MEDIUM BLOOM: 2-3.5" SMALL BLOOM 1-2"
Family: Shrub Rose
Size: Medium Shrub SIZE GUIDE All measurements are approximate 'height x width' and refer to a 3 year old established rose, pruned once annually, measured during the first flush of flowers in June. 140cm 90cm
Breeder: Cowlishaw
Year of Introduction: 2003

Ideal For

Mixed Border
Rose Hedges
Rose Border
Attracting Bees

Growing Conditions

East, South, West Facing
All soil types
Full Sunlight

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Shrub Roses

The Shrub Rose group consists of Rugosa Roses, Hybrid Musks, the so-called Modern Roses and Ground Cover Roses. They generally form large, tough shrubs and many varieties are repeat-flowering. With their graceful, natural growth they are particularly suited to combining with other plants and shrubs in mixed cottage garden style borders. Our English Roses also sit in the Shrub Rose class and we encourage you to consider these too before making your final selection.

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