Easy Going rose Rosa Easy Going™ 'HARflow'
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh
- Description
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The Easy Going rose is a hybrid rose in the Rosaceae family is a sport of Livin' Easy ™ discovered in 1996 by Harkness & Co. of the United Kingdom and introduced in 1998.
This shrub grows 3.5-6 feet tall with a 1.5 to 2 foot spread in a bushy upright habit. For best results, plant in full sun in amended well-drained moist soil. Deadhead to encourage additional blooms and prune in late winter to remove dead, diseased or crossed canes. Prune to 1/3 its size or more if needed. Protect new growth from spring frost.
The yellow-apricot blend flowers have 26-40 petals, are 4-5 inches across and have a moderately sweet scent. The flowers are cup-shaped and occur in small clusters in flushes throughout the season. The leaves are large and glossy green on canes armed with prickles.
Use this shrub in the back of the border, as a specimen, in groups as a hedge or for privacy in a cottage, English or cutting garden.
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
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Dimensions:
- Height: 3 ft. 6 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 6 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Rose
- Shrub
- 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:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Good Cut
- Long Bloom Season
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- Long pointed buds open to yellow-apricot blend flowers 4-5 inches across with 26-40 petals and a moderate sweet fragrance. Free flowering, blooms summer to fall in small clusters.
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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
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Green stems with many prickles
