Bing Crosby rose
Rosa 'Bing Crosby'
AARS
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 4 feet tall
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange and orange blend
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Bing Crosby' rose (Rosa 'Bing Crosby') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. It grows upright with dark green leaves and fragrant orange blooms. Flowers open in late spring, early to late summer, and early autumn, and bees visit them. O. L. Weeks bred it in 1980.
Pairs well with Obedient plant, Spotted beebalm, and Queen of Night tulip.