Boy O Boy rose
Rosa 'Boy O Boy'
Gardener's Choice
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 2.5 feet tall
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Foliage color
- Medium green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Boy O Boy' rose (Rosa 'Boy O Boy') 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. It grows in a bushy shape up to 30 inches tall and has medium green leaves. The medium red flowers are fragrant and attract bees. Colin Dickson bred it in 1999.
Pairs well with Sarah Bernhardt peony, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Nelly Moser clematis.