PL#3627
David Austin The Poet's Wife Potted Tree Rose
Rosa 'Auswhirl'
About David Austin® The Poet's Wife Potted Tree Rose Rosa 'Auswhirl' - The Poet's Wife Rose PP 27,364 The Poet's Wife Rose is a rounded deciduous shrub with glossy rich green foliage. The unfading rich yellow double flowers have a lemon fragrance that becomes stronger with age, and bloom continuously throughout summer until frost. Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils. The Poet's Wife has good disease resistance. Type: Shrub Height: 3 3' - 4' Spread: 3’ - 4' Spacing: 3.5' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 11 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: Yellow Season of Interest: Summer, Fall MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall. Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers. LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, Trellises, Walls, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Catmint , Lilac , Coneflower IMAGES: Prides Corner , Rosa The Poet's Wife ('Auswhirl') * As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
Public reference
- Genus
- Rosa
- Species
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- Cultivar
- Auswhirl
- Trade name
- David Austin The Poet's Wife Potted Tree Rose
- Hardiness zones
- 5–11 (USDA)
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Mature width
- 4 ft
- Description
- About David Austin® The Poet's Wife Potted Tree Rose Rosa 'Auswhirl' - The Poet's Wife Rose PP 27,364 The Poet's Wife Rose is a rounded deciduous shrub with glossy rich green foliage. The unfading rich yellow double flowers have a lemon fragrance that becomes stronger with age, and bloom continuously throughout summer until frost. Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils. The Poet's Wife has good disease resistance. Type: Shrub Height: 3 3' - 4' Spread: 3’ - 4' Spacing: 3.5' USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 - 11 Culture: Full Sun Bloom Color: Yellow Season of Interest: Summer, Fall MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall. Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers. LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, Trellises, Walls, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Catmint , Lilac , Coneflower IMAGES: Prides Corner , Rosa The Poet's Wife ('Auswhirl') * As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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- Thornless
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- Asexual propagation forbidden
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