Rosa 'America'
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Rosa 'JACclam'
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh
- Description
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America is a climbing rose with dark green leathery leaves lovely salmon-pink with lighter reverse fully double blooms. It blooms reliably from late spring to early fall singly or in small clusters and has a spicy clove fragrance. It is a vigorous climber with strong stems and nice green foliage. Plant in average to rich soil in a moist well-drained area with full sun. To ensure good flowering use a balanced fertilizer in the winter and early summer and use an organic mulch to protect and keep the roots moist. Plant it in vertical spaces along arbors or trellis, in borders, along walls or fences.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Has shown good resistance to powdery mildew, rust, and blackspot.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Stem Cutting
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- More resistant to disease that other roses
- Dimensions:
- Height: 10 ft. 0 in. - 14 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 4 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Rose
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Maintenance:
- High
- Appendage:
- Prickles
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 6-feet-12 feet
- 12-24 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Achene
- Aggregate
- Fruit Description:
- A rose hip, which is an aggregate of achenes enclosed in a fleshy receptacle.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Orange
- Pink
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Solitary
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Good Cut
- Long Bloom Season
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Coral pink 3"-5" across appear solitary or in small clusters late spring to fall. Double bloom borne singly and in clusters of 5 to 10; 30 to 43 petals; repeat blooms late in the season; tight, ovoid, pointed buds open as high centered 4 to 5 inch bloom; becomes open with age. Clove fragrance.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Feel:
- Leathery
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- The thick leathery dark green foliage has 5 ovate leaflets. New foliage is dark reddish-brown.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Covered in pointy prickles
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Vertical Spaces
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- English Garden
- Design Feature:
- Accent
- Border
- Screen/Privacy
- Specimen
- Problems:
- Spines/Thorns
