Rosa 'Golden Showers'
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh
- Description
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Golden Showers is a vigorous climbing rose which blooms continuously throughout the growing season with large yellow semi-double blooms. It is thornless to nearly thornless and can be pruned and grown as a shrub. Does best in full to part sun and moist, rich soil but adapts to poorer and clay soils. The blooms are followed by orange rose hips.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Stem Cutting
- Climbing Method:
- Scrambler
- Edibility:
- Rose hips can be used to make tea or jelly.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 6 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Rose
- Habit/Form:
- Climbing
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Available Space To Plant:
- 6-feet-12 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Fruit Type:
- Berry
- Fruit Description:
- Orange hips form after blooms
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Cream/Tan
- Gold/Yellow
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Head
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
- Flower Description:
- 5-6 inch double yellow flowers in clusters that fade to light yellow or cream and are followed by orange rose hips.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Glossy dark green foliage.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Rock Wall
- Vertical Spaces
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Design Feature:
- Specimen
- Attracts:
- Bees
