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Rosa 'Mabel Morrison'

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Bushy upright rose, about 1.2m tall with thorny stems and dark grey-green foliage. Fully double, very fragrant, pure white blooms with flecks of pink in hot weather, flowering in summer with some autumn repeating, occasionally followed by orange-red fruits (hips)

Scientific classification

Species: Rosa 'Mabel Morrison' (Rosa 'Mabel Morrison')
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: 0.5-1 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of Rosa 'Mabel Morrison'

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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 'Mabel Morrison'

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Rosa 'Mabel Morrison' care guide

Deep soak when soil dries, avoid wetting rose leaf foliage
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Deep soak when soil dries, avoid wetting rose leaf foliage

Fertilizing

Rose specialized fertilizer every three weeks active growing time

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. 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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