rose 'Ispahan'

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Robust, healthy old garden rose about 1.2m tall, with light green foliage, occasionally semi-evergreen. Very fragrant, large, full petalled, pale to mid-pink blooms to 8cm across, produced in large flower clusters, once-flowering in summer

Scientific classification

Species: rose 'Ispahan' (Rosa 'Ispahan')
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

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

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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 'Ispahan'

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rose 'Ispahan' care guide

Thorough root soaking after top growing soil becomes dry
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Thorough root soaking after top growing soil becomes dry

Fertilizing

Old garden rose liquid feed every two weeks all growing season long

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 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, mulch in late winter or early spring and apply a balanced fertiliser again in early summer. See rose cultivation. Tolerant of poor soil and 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 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 and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

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