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Height: 6 feet
Spread: 3 feet
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: 4a
Group/Class: Shrub Rose
Brand: First Editions
Description:
A new development in tree-form roses, this stunning pink beauty is grown on its own stem and roots and is one of the hardiest of all tree roses; best used as a solitary or feature accent in a garden composition, needs full sun and well-drained soil
Ornamental Features
Polar Joy® Rose is smothered in stunning pink flowers with lemon yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall.
Landscape Attributes
Polar Joy® Rose is a deciduous shrub, selected and trained to grow in a small tree-like form with the primary plant grafted high atop a standard. 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 shrub will require occasional maintenance 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;
- Spiny
Polar Joy® Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- Hedges/Screening
- General Garden Use
Planting & Growing
Polar Joy® Rose will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, 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.
* This is a "special order" plant - contact store for details
