Height: 4 feet Spread: 3 feet
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Hardiness Zone: 5b Group/Class: Hybrid Tea Rose Brand: Bailey Nurseries Description: Vigorous with repeat blooming throughout the season, this selection features vibrant, deep salmon-orange blooms over lush, dark green foliage; pleasant, fruity fragrance, great for beds or low hedges, an excellent cut flower Ornamental Features First Editions® Patriot Dream Rose features showy fragrant double salmon flowers with orange overtones at the ends of the branches from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. Landscape Attributes First Editions® Patriot Dream Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics. First Editions® Patriot Dream Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications; Planting & Growing First Editions® Patriot Dream Rose will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years. This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
