Plant Encyclopedia

Group/Class:  Shrub Rose

Brand:  Monrovia

Description:

A vigorous, fuss-free shrub clothed with stunning pink and white bicolor blooms all season, even in the heat of summer; self cleaning and resistant to disease; ideal as a low flowering hedge; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features

Grace N' Grit™ Pink Bicolor Rose is blanketed in stunning fragrant creamy white flowers with hot pink tips at the ends of the branches from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn an outstanding red in the fall. The spiny brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Grace N' Grit™ Pink Bicolor Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Disease
• Spiny

Grace N' Grit™ Pink Bicolor Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Grace N' Grit™ Pink Bicolor Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.