Rosa x damascena 'Kazanlik'
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Rosa damascena 'Trigintipetala'
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh dah-mah-SEE-nuh try-JIN-tee-PEH-tah-lah
- Description
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The Summer Damask rose is a hybrid shrub rose in the Roseacae family by an unknown breeder in the 1600s. It was introduced in Germany in 1889 as 'Rosa damascena var. trigintipetala' and in France in 1930 as 'Professeur Émile Perrot'. Damask roses are divided into two types, the Summer Damask and the Autumn Damask. The difference is the length of bloom time with the Autumn Damask blooming into autumn.
This vigorous shrub will grow 5-8 feet tall and 4-6 feet wide in an upright, bushy well-branched form. Plant in full sun to partial shade in amended well-drained moist soil protected from the wind. It will tolerate poorer soils. Prune once flowering is completed as it blooms on old wood.
The pink flowers open in a flat form, are 2-3 inches across with 16-25 petals and a very strong Damask fragrance. They bloom once per season in spring or summer. The rose hips that follow are red and showy. The foliage is medium to dark green on stems with many prickles.
The Summer Damask rose is grown in Bolivia commercially for making rose water.
Use this shrub in the shrub border to help protect it from wind damage or in the back of the border. Use in the pollinator, cutting or cottage gardens. The petals work well for potpourri.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease resistance. See pests of roses to the left. Deer will browse roses.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Species:
- damascena
- Family:
- Roseacae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Dimensions:
- Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 4 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Rose
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Dense
- Erect
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- High
- Texture:
- Coarse
- Appendage:
- Prickles
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- 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:
- 6-feet-12 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Type:
- Pome
- Fruit Description:
- Large rose hips formed if flowers not pruned off
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Saucer
- Flower Petals:
- 7 - 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- Medium pink flowers with yellow stamens. Double, loose, blooms open cupped to flat in summer only. They are 2-3 inches across with 16-25 petals and a very strong Damask fragrance
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Medium to dark green compound leaves with 5-7 leaflets
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Stems with many prickles
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- Pollinator Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Hedge
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Diseases
- Problems:
- Spines/Thorns
