Henry Hudson Rose

Group/Class: Explorer Rose

Description:

This exceptional shrub is covered in fragrant double white flowers in early summer, repeat-blooming; low growing and wide spreading, hardy and resistant to disease, makes a superb flowering groundcover; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features:

Henry Hudson Rose is smothered in stunning lightly-scented white flowers at the ends of the stems from late spring to late summer, which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green foliage throughout the season. The oval compound leaves turn an outstanding red in the fall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Henry Hudson 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 rose 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

Henry Hudson Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Plant Characteristics:

Henry Hudson Rose will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This rose 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.