Rosa 'Complicata'
(Rose 'Complicata')
Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Hybrid Parents - Rosa gallica x Rosa canina
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 3m
Width - 1.5m
Location - The Walled Garden
Description: A Gallica rose with a spreading habit and long, arching branches. Grey-green to bright green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets and toothed margins. Large, single, bowl-shaped flowers are bright hot pink with white at the centre and a crown of golden stamens. The flowers are produced singly or in clusters in early summer and are followed by red hips. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Synonym - R. gallica 'Complicata'
Flower:
Large, single, bowl-shaped flowers are bright hot pink, each flower with a white centre and a cluster of glowing, golden stamens. The flowers are produced singly or in clusters in June and are followed by red hips. Once flowering.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Single, bowl-shaped flowers
Flowering time: June
Foliage:
Grey-green to bright green, pinnate leaves have ovate to Elliptic leaflets with Dentate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on long, arching stems that are prickly.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to elliptic leaflets.
Propagation:
Cuttings, grafting.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive, but well drained-soil.