rose [Eyeopener]

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Low-growing, spreading rose about 45cm tall and up to 1.2m wide, with glossy mid-green foliage. Clusters of small, single, bright red blooms with prominent yellow stamens, open flat and flower through summer with occasional repeat-flowering later in summer into autumn

Scientific classification

Species: rose [Eyeopener] (Rosa Eyeopener ('Interop'))
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
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Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of rose [Eyeopener]

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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 [Eyeopener]

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rose [Eyeopener] care guide

Deep watering at root base, surface soil dries between sessions
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Deep watering at root base, surface soil dries between sessions

Fertilizing

Rose blooming feed biweekly through all warm summer months

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

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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