Rosa 'Summer Sunset'

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Dense, compact rose about 60cm tall and spreading to 1.5m with glossy mid-green leaves. Very free-flowering, slightly scented, semi-double blooms of dark pink with occasional fine white streaking and prominent golden stamens, are produced repeatedly through summer to autumn followed by orange-red fruits (hips); can be trained as a short climber

Scientific classification

Species: Rosa 'Summer Sunset' (Rosa 'Summer Sunset')
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses
Plant type: 0.5-1 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of Rosa 'Summer Sunset'

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Culture

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Toxicity

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling

Quick identification of Rosa 'Summer Sunset'

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Rosa 'Summer Sunset' care guide

Water deeply and regularly, allowing the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
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Watering

Water deeply and regularly, allowing the soil to dry slightly between waterings.

Fertilizing

Apply a rose-specific fertilizer every 4-6 weeks during the growing season.

Pruning

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.

Propagation

Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, softwood cuttings (under glass) in spring or summer or by chip budding in summer

Growing

Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. 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

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Common pests and diseases

Diseases

May be susceptible to rose black spot, rose rust, replant disease, rose dieback, and rose powdery mildew and sometimes honey fungus. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose slugworm sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

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