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Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rosa 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' syn. Rosa 'Irene Watts'

 

Rose 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' (Floribunda)

The modern Floribunda roses are a cross between the dwarf polyantha rose and the early hybrid tea roses. Hardy deciduous shrubs with stems more branched than those of the hybrid teas and variably prickly with hooked thorns. Flowers may be single, double or semi-double and are borne in large terminal clusters during mid-summer and usually again in late summer. A few are fragrant. 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' is a floribunda rose with orange salmon pink double flowers and a mild fragrance. It is often mis-sold as a cultivar called 'Irene Watts', which is in fact an old China Rose but the latter is thought to now be lost and extinct in cultivation. All commercially labelled plants called 'Irene Watts' and most likely to be 'Pink Gruss an Aachen'.

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plant Features
  • Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Rose 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' (Floribunda)

Latin name

Rosa 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' syn. Rosa 'Irene Watts'

type

Deciduous Perennial

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

  • Water

    Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) 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 Rose Pink Gruss an Aachen (Floribunda) is 0.50meters x 0.90meters 0.50 M 0.90 M

Rosa 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' syn. Rosa 'Irene Watts'

The modern Floribunda roses are a cross between the dwarf polyantha rose and the early hybrid tea roses. Hardy deciduous shrubs with stems more branched than those of the hybrid teas and variably prickly with hooked thorns. Flowers may be single, double or semi-double and are borne in large terminal clusters during mid-summer and usually again in late summer. A few are fragrant. 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' is a floribunda rose with orange salmon pink double flowers and a mild fragrance. It is often mis-sold as a cultivar called 'Irene Watts', which is in fact an old China Rose but the latter is thought to now be lost and extinct in cultivation. All commercially labelled plants called 'Irene Watts' and most likely to be 'Pink Gruss an Aachen'.


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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