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Vanity Rose

Rosa 'Vanity'

 

Vanity Rose (Rosa 'Vanity') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Vanity Rose flowers

Vanity Rose flowers

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Vanity Rose (Rosa 'Vanity') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Vanity Rose in bloom

Vanity Rose in bloom

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Height:  10 feet

Spread:  4 feet

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  5b

Group/Class:  Hybrid Musk Rose

Description:

This variety is exceptional as a large cascading shrub but branches are long enough to train on a wall or trellis; beautiful and elegant clusters of red blooms that fade to pink with a lovely musk fragrance; tolearates some shade, but best in full sun

Ornamental Features

Vanity Rose features showy clusters of lightly-scented red flowers with pink overtones and white centers at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The serrated oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Vanity Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. 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

Vanity Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Planting & Growing

Vanity Rose will grow to be about 10 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 does best in full sun to partial shade. 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.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Accent  Massing  Screening  Garden 
Applications
Flowers 
Ornamental Features