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Floribunda Rose Great Expectations in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rosa 'Great Expectations'

 

Floribunda Rose 'Great Expectations'

'Great Expectations' is a beautiful floribunda with well formed, full blooms throughout the spring into the autumn. The highly fragrant blooms are a blend of pink and apricot. A compact and bushy habit with coppery red maturing to olive green foliage. Good disease resistance.

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plant Features
  • Floribunda Rose Great Expectations likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Floribunda Rose Great Expectations likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Floribunda Rose Great Expectations is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Floribunda Rose Great Expectations likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Floribunda Rose 'Great Expectations'

Latin name

Rosa 'Great Expectations'

type

Deciduous Perennial

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Floribunda Rose Great Expectations likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Floribunda Rose Great Expectations is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Floribunda Rose Great Expectations likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

  • Water

    Floribunda Rose Great Expectations likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Floribunda Rose Great Expectations is 0.50meters x 1.00meters 0.50 M 1.00 M

Rosa 'Great Expectations'

'Great Expectations' is a beautiful floribunda with well formed, full blooms throughout the spring into the autumn. The highly fragrant blooms are a blend of pink and apricot. A compact and bushy habit with coppery red maturing to olive green foliage. Good disease resistance.


Planting

From Late Autumn TO Late Spring

Prepare the planting site by digging over the bed and incorporate liberal quantities of well rotted manure or compost; lighten heavy clay soil with half rotted straw. Dress the top soil with plenty of peat mixed with hop manure and chopped up turf. Fresh animal manure is harmful to the roots and should only be used in the bottom spit. Where possible, prepare the planting site a few weeks in advance. Do this in late summer for planting in autumn. Plant at any time between late autumn and late spring. Prepare a planting mixture of bone meal and moist peat. Spread out the roots in the planting hole and add the planting mixture until the roots are covered. Add soil and firm in the plant by treading.

 
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