Billie Teas rose
Rosa 'Billie Teas'
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USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 18 inches tall
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Dark red
- Foliage color
- Medium green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Billie Teas' rose (Rosa 'Billie Teas') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. Dark red blooms open in late spring, again in summer, and again in early autumn, and bees visit them. It stays upright and tops out near 18 inches. John C. Hooper bred it in 1992.
Pairs well with Shasta daisy, Fountain grass, and Lily.