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rose 'Constance Spry'

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Constance Spry' is a strong-growing, medium-to large shrub with generous foliage and rounded, fully double, pink flowers 12cm in width, with a strong myrrh scent in midsummer

Scientific classification

Species: rose 'Constance Spry' (Rosa 'Constance Spry')
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses · Climber Wall Shrub
Plant type: 1.5-2.5 metres
Height: 1.5-2.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Climbing
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of rose 'Constance Spry'

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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 rose 'Constance Spry'

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rose 'Constance Spry' care guide

Deep root watering, allow slight topsoil drying before repeat irrigation
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Deep root watering, allow slight topsoil drying before repeat irrigation

Fertilizing

Rose bloom fertilizer every two to four weeks spring through late summer

Pruning

Remove dead or diseased branches, secure useful new stems to supports, and shorten flowered sideshoots by about two-thirds. Carry out routine pruning in winter after flowering has finished.

Propagation

Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn or by chip budding in summer

Growing

Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. For best flowering apply a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring and a balanced fertiliser again in early summer - see rose cultivation. Tolerant of shade. Useful as a pillar rose and for training on a frame or obelisk, suitable for hedging

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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 mildews. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling and sometimes honey fungus

Pests

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

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