Rosa 'Francesca'

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Bushy shrub rose up to 2m in height, with glossy dark green leaves and few thorns. Large clusters of slightly scented, semi-double, apricot-yellow blooms that fade to cream, with prominent yellow anthers, are borne on strong stems, almost continuously in flower from summer to autumn

Scientific classification

Species: Rosa 'Francesca' (Rosa 'Francesca')
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses
Plant type: 1.5-2.5 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy · Climbing
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of Rosa 'Francesca'

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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 'Francesca'

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Rosa 'Francesca' care guide

Deep soak roots when top soil dries, drain excess water from planting bed
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Deep soak roots when top soil dries, drain excess water from planting bed

Fertilizing

Specialized rose feeding solution applied biweekly spring and summer

Pruning

Keep single-flowering shrub roses lightly pruned, removing dead, diseased, crossing and weak growth. Thin a few old unproductive stems if crowded. Prune in late summer after flowering.

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 or part shade. 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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