Rosa 'BONICA'® polyantha rose
size/type
low or groundcovering,low or groundcovering
usual height
0,6-0,8m
usual width
0,4-0,6m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
June-October
location
full sun
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Bonica® is a polyantha rose of upright growth from French breeder Marie L. Meilland, and was born already in 1982. It produces numerous, double, soft pink flowers from June until frost. It bears healthy foliage and is exceptionally hardy.Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in the soil. Water well and cover new shoots with soil or bark mulch about 15 cm high. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun.
Pruning: These roses needn’t be pruned, yet they can be trimmed lightly in spring to encourage new growths and more compact bush. Deadheading spent flowers above the first leaf with 5 leaflets is recommended.
Last update: 03-11-2013
