Kaleidoscope rose Rosa Kaleidoscope™ 'JACbow'
- Phonetic Spelling
- RO-zuh
- Description
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Kaleidoscope is a hybrid rose whose parents are Pink Polyanna™ x Rainbow's End ™. Bear Creek Gardens introduced this rose to the United States in 1999.
This upright vigorous rose is pH adaptable and tolerates most well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. It will usually grow to 2-4 feet tall and wide.
The semi-double fragrant flowers are an unusual mauve-to-purple blend in color. It flowers in flushes throughout the season. The dark green foliage has good disease resistance. Prickles are present.
This rose can be grown in the ground or a container. Use as a specimen, in a cutting garden, or the shrub border.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: This rose is fairly resistant to diseases. See pests of roses to the right.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Stem Cutting
- Wildlife Value:
- Birds will eat the fruits
- Dimensions:
- Height: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 4 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Rose
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
- Rounded
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- High
- Texture:
- Medium
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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
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- 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:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Rose hips are orangeish-red
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Cream/Tan
- Purple/Lavender
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Head
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Saucer
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- Pointed, ovoid buds and medium double blooms in clusters with mauve and russet blend fading to peach and gold and finally russet tan. There will be flowers of various colors on the shrub at one time. Flowers all summer, 26-40 petals and has a light damask fragrance.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Glossy dark green compound leaves with toothed margins and pointed tips
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
- Stem Description:
- Stems have prickles
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
- Specimen
- Attracts:
- Songbirds
