Baby Dainty Bess rose
Rosa 'Baby Dainty Bess'
ARS Award of Excellence - 2023
USDA zones5 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
- Habit
- Medium, bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink with dark red stamens
- Foliage color
- Glossy, medium green foliage
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Baby Dainty Bess' rose (Rosa 'Baby Dainty Bess') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and cut flowers. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. Pink blooms with dark red stamens open in late spring, early to late summer, and early autumn, and bees visit them. James A. Sproul bred it.
Pairs well with False indigo, Red twig dogwood, and Lily.