rose Avon

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A spreading rose with neat, dark foliage and clusters of semi-double, pale pink to near-white flowers 4cm across in summer and autumn

Scientific classification

Species: rose Avon (Rosa Avon ('Poulmulti'))
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

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

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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 Avon

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rose Avon care guide

Deep root watering, allow slight surface drying before watering again
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Deep root watering, allow slight surface drying before watering again

Fertilizing

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

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 or by chip budding in summer

Growing

Grow in full sun with moderately 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. Good for groundcover

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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, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Rabbits and deer can cause damage

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