Rosa 'New Dawn'
Common Name(s):
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- RO-zuh
- Description
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New Dawn is a light pink climbing rose cultivar created in 1930 by Somerset Rose Nursery, NJ. It is a vigorous climber with good disease resistance and has earned several awards including being named the most popular climbing rose in the world.
New Dawn is easy to grow and will do best in fertile moist average garden loams in full sun to light shade. It will grow 10-15 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide. Remove any crossed, diseased or dead canes anytime to help increase air circulation and decrease disease susceptibility. Clean up any dropped leaves and flowers in the fall and prune in late winter to early spring as needed. Apply mulch to help maintain moisture.
The soft pink flowers are sweetly fragrant and semi-double to double occurring heavily in June and then repeat blooming through fall. The leaves are glossy green, the stems have prickles and abundant rose hips are produced in the fall for additional interest.
It can be grown on a trellis, fence, pergola or other verticle surfaces. Use as screening, a specimen or a barrier.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Good disease resistance with good cultural practices. See pests of roses to the left.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Rosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- More disease resistant than other roses.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 10 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Rose
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Climbing
- 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:
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- 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:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Fruit Type:
- Drupe
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Width:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- Large numbers of rose hips produced in fall
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Solitary
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Good Cut
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Cup
- Flower Petals:
- more than 20 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- 3-inch wide soft shell-pink semi-double to double flowers with yellow stamens on long stems and up to 40 petals. Blooms heaviest in June then repeat blooms through fall. Mild sweet fruity fragrance.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Gray/Silver
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Serrate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- gray green semi-glossy foliage
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
- Stem Description:
- Smooth green stems with prickles. Older stems are woody and brown
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Vertical Spaces
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Cutting Garden
- English Garden
- Design Feature:
- Accent
- Screen/Privacy
- Specimen
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Diseases
- Problems:
- Spines/Thorns
