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.
Contributed by @helmside
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Rich and free draining
Common name
Floribunda Rose 'Great Expectations'
Latin name
Rosa 'Great Expectations'
type
Deciduous Perennial
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Rich and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
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.
helmside