Flavorette Honey-Apricot Rose is an upright deciduous shrub with glossy foliage, and edible flowers that have a light and sweet fruity taste. Lightly fragrant clusters of soft apricot double flowers soften with age and blooms continuously through summer until frost. Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils. Flavorette Honey-Apricot is self cleaning and is is disease resistant.
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Type:
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Shrub
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Height:
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5' - 8'
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Spread:
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3’ - 4'
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Spacing:
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4'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Orange
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Season of Interest:
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Summer, Fall
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall. Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Rock Garden, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Phlox, Hyssop, Tickseed
IMAGE: Prides Corner, Rosa x Flavorette® Honey-Apricot ('Boznatafra')
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
