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Electric Balconia Rose

Rosa 'Electric Balconia'

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Electric Balconia Rose (Rosa 'Electric Balconia') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Electric Balconia Rose flowers

Electric Balconia Rose flowers

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Height:  18 inches

Spread:  20 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4b

Other Names:  syn. Electric Blanket

Group/Class:  Shrub Rose

Description:

A brilliantly colored, heavy blooming variety producing salmon pink tones in flushes throughout the season; very disease resistant; remove spent blooms to encourage re-blooming

Ornamental Features

Electric Balconia Rose is bathed in stunning lightly-scented salmon flowers with pink overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Electric Balconia 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

Electric Balconia Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Electric Balconia Rose will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. 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.

Electric Balconia Rose makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Edging  Garden  Groundcover  Container 
Applications
Flowers 
Ornamental Features