Rosa 'AUSmerchant' PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT^®

Rosa 'AUSmerchant' PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT®
hybrid tea shrub rose / English rose (AUSTIN)

SIZE/TYPE	medium-sized shrub
USUAL HEIGHT	0.8-1m
USUAL WIDTH	0.6-0.8m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep pink
BLOOMING TIME	June - October
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Roses Summer blooms

PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT^® is a large-flowered English rose by David Austin from 2007. It is a tea-hybrid rose with fully double, rich pink flowers of strong, tea fragrance with hints of lemon and blackcurrants. It blooms repeatedly from June until October and forms a rounded shrub about 1m tall and 70-80 cm wide. Deciduous leaves are medium to dark green, partially glossy, and disease resistant. This rose is very hardy (down to abt. -32 °C – USDA zone 4b), suitable for pots, and withstands partially shaded locations. It was named after Princess Alexandra from Kent, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, a keen gardener and rose lover. US patent No. PP19828 was granted in 2009.

Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in the soil. Water well and cover new shoots with soil or bark mulch about 15 cm high. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun.

Pruning: English roses don’t require hard pruning like tea hybrids. Just cut last year’s growth by one third to maximum one half in the spring (after frosts) to achieve desired shape, and strong and reliable framework. Cutting it back to 3-5 live buds is possible for re-juvenating. To support extra flowering during the season remove twigs past blossom: cut them off the first leaf with 5 leaflets. Mulch well before winter, preferably with leaf-mould.

Last update: 23-09-2020

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