rose 'Geranium'

Also known as: Information to be completed

Large, vigorous shrub rose about 2.5m tall, often grown as a climber, with strong, arching growth bearing palish green foliage. Single, bright scarlet-orange, waxy-textured blooms to 6cm across, with a prominent ring of creamy stamens, once-flowering in summer followed by elongated red fruits (hips); raised at RHS Garden, Wisley 1938

Scientific classification

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

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Shrubs · Climber Wall Shrub · Roses
Plant type: 1.5-2.5 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Information to be completed
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
Sunlight: Information to be completed
Ideal temperature

rose 'Geranium' pictures

Distribution of rose 'Geranium'

Distribution map

Information to be completed

Culture

Information to be completed

Toxicity

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling

Quick identification of rose 'Geranium'

Information to be completed

rose 'Geranium' care guide

Regular deep irrigation, keep root zone slightly damp all growing season
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
Sunlight: Information to be completed
Ideal temperature

Watering

Regular deep irrigation, keep root zone slightly damp all growing season

Fertilizing

Rose balanced liquid feed applied biweekly from bud break to bloom end

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 or part shade, with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. For best flowering apply a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring - see rose cultivation. Tolerant of poor soil and shade. Can be trained as a climber or pillar rose

More growing and care information →

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

Explore the plant health library →