J. H. Bruce rose
Rosa 'J. H. Bruce'
Gold Medal
USDA zones5 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'J. H. Bruce' rose (Rosa 'J. H. Bruce') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, cut flowers, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. It has a bushy habit and fragrant, medium red blooms from early to late summer. Bees visit the flowers. Machin bred it in 1937.
Pairs well with Purple Coneflower coneflower, Little bluestem, and Casa Blanca lily.