Crop 047 Red Leaved Rose, Rosa glauca, Rosa rubrifolia, species rose introduced before 1830, Zones 2 thru 9, 8 feet x 5 feet, blooms for several weeks late spring to early summer.
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Crop #047 'Red leaved Rose', Rosa glauca (picture of), Species Rose, (zones 2-8, McKeon, 154), (zones 4-10, Wilde, 171), 8'x5', non-recurrent, shade tolerant, grown primarilly for its silvery-red foliage, small, single pink flowers introduced before 1830 (grown in Albany County, NY).
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Last edited Sunday, June 08, 2008
Pictures that you can find in books that might be available at your local library (they were in mine), and what climatic zone the author thought this rose fell into.
("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 154, zones 2-8), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 171, zones 4-10, DR-0/0), ("Designing With Roses" Lord, 124), ("Classic Roses" Beales, fllf:208),
Crops (the crop number is painted on the side of the pot so as to show up well in pictures)
47-1) Potted 5 grafted on virus free multiflora in 7 gallon pots for sale after June 1, 2006
Most often pruned into shrubs that show off its ornamental foliage irrespective of the flowers.
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