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Group/Class:  English Shrub Rose

Brand:  David Austin Roses

Description:

A beautiful English shrub rose, featuring lightly fragrant, pale pink double blooms; vigorous bushy habit with graceful arching stems; repeat bloomer, excellent for garden beds, borders, hedges and freshly cut flower displays

Ornamental Features

Wisely 2008™ Rose is blanketed in stunning lightly-scented double shell pink flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves turn an outstanding red in the fall. The spiny brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Wisely 2008™ 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;

• Spiny

Wisely 2008™ Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Planting & Growing

Wisely 2008™ Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 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. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.