• Eventual Height: 1m
  • Eventual Spread: 1m
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Gallica Rose

Rosa Tuscany Superb

available to order from autumn 2008 size: 4 litre pot £9.99

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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil, including clay
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Flowering period: summer
  • Flower colour: deep crimson-maroon
  • Other features: excellent cut-flowers
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Deliciously, double, fragrant, deep crimson-maroon flowers with closely packed petals in summer and dark green leaves. This gorgeous Gallica rose is probably a sport of 'Tuscany', which it is very similar too but less bushy and a little taller. A superb rose for a shrub border where it will look lovely planted alongside deep purple flowering plants and foliage.

  • Garden care: Before planting shorten thick roots to 25cm (10in) and reduce top-growth to an outward-facing bud 8-15cm (3-6in) above ground-level. Plant during a frost-free spell, incorporating well-rotted organic matter and a balanced fertiliser into the planting hole. Ensure that the 'bud union' (the bulge at the base of the shoots) is 2.5cm (1in) below the soil.