Rosa Child's Play™ 'SAVachild'
Common Name(s):
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- RO-zuh
- Description
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Child's play is a hybrid miniature shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae) bred by F. Harmon Saville of the United States and introduced in 1991. Parentage is seed: Yellow Jewel x Tamango ® and pollen: Party Girl.
This upright bushy well-branched shrub grows 1-2 feet tall and wide. Plant in full sun in average well-drained garden soil. Deadhead to promote reblooming. Prune in late winter to remove dead, diseased or crossed canes.
Child's play has 1.5-inch wide white flowers with pink recurved petals, none to a mild spicy fragrance and will bloom nearly continuously through fall. The dark green leaves are semi-glossy on canes with prickles.
Use this rose in a container, in the border or in groups for a ground cover. It can be used in an English, cottage or cutting garden.
In 1993 it received both the All-American Rose Selection and the AEO Excellence Award.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease resistance but susceptible to blackspot . See pests of roses to the left. Deer will browse roses.
VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for "Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Dimensions:
- Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Rose
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
- 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)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- White
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Crown
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- The flowers are 1.5 inches wide with 18-24 petals and appear in clusters or singly. They are white with pink edges and recurved petals. Fragrance none to mild spicy. It will rebloom throughout the season.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Semi-glossy dark green compound leaves
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Green canes with prickles
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Patio
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- English Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Problems:
- Spines/Thorns
