rose [Rushing Stream]

rose [Rushing Stream] · Pruning

rose [Rushing Stream] · Rosa Rushing Stream ('Austream')

Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or part shade. Tolerant of north-facing positions. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in late winter or early spring, and for best flowering apply a general rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer. See rose cultivation

Watering: Deep root watering, allow slight topsoil drying before repeat irrigationSunlight: Full sun · Partial shadeFruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling

How to Prune rose [Rushing Stream]?

Most groundcover roses need only light pruning. Remove dead, diseased and weak shoots; trim excessive growth according to the shrub or spreading type. Shrub types may be pruned as growth resumes in late winter; shorten spreading types after flowering in summer.