Rosa Cupcake™ 'SPIcup'
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh
- Description
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Cupcake is a miniature hybrid shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae) bred by Mark Spies in 1981. Parentage is seed: Gene Boerner and pollen: Gay Princess (floribunda, Boerner before 1966) × Yellow Jewel
Cupcake will grow 1-1.5 feet tall with a similar spread. Plant in fertile moist well-drained garden soil in full sun for best results, Avoid crowding and overhead watering to help reduce diseases. Prune in late winter to remove dead or diseased canes and prune to 1/3 of its size or more if needed.
The 1.5 inch delicate pink double flowers have a mild fragrance and will bloom from spring through fall. The foliage is glossy gray-green on canes with prickles.
Cupcake won an American Rose Society Award of Excellence in 1983.
Use this shrub in a container, in small places as a patio, in the border front or mass-planted.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease resistance. 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
- Wildlife Value:
- Butterflies
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Rose
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Rounded
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- Medium
- Texture:
- Medium
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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:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Description:
- The fruit is insignificant.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Solitary
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Good Cut
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- 1.5-inch wide soft pink blooms with deeper pink centers have a mild fragrance. Up to 40 petals. Blooms singly or in small clusters. Blooms continuously
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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:
- Glossy gray-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:
- Patio
- Slope/Bank
- Walkways
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- English Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
- Problems:
- Spines/Thorns
