Arctic Blue rose
Rosa 'Arctic Blue'
No Current Award Data
USDA zones5 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterNeeds dry soil
Size4 to 5 feet tall3 to 4 feet wide
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Mauve & mauve blend
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Arctic Blue' rose (Rosa 'Arctic Blue') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, cut flowers, and specimen plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry, loamy or clay soil. The mauve blooms age to lavender blue with cream reverses and open in clusters with a fruity to citrusy fragrance. It reblooms and is drought tolerant. Christian Bedard bred it, and bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Six Hills Giant nepeta, Heavy Metal switchgrass, Millenium ornamental onion, and Elfin mother of thyme.