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Group/Class:  Hybrid Tea Rose

Description:

A must-have for the true rose lover, this is one of the best apricot-orange roses available, with enormous fully double flowers that come and come again until fall; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features

Medallion Rose is blanketed in stunning lightly-scented peach flowers at the ends of the branches from early summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive orange flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has emerald green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Medallion 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

Medallion Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Planting & Growing

Medallion 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 highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

 

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