City of Leeds rose
Rosa 'City of Leeds'
Gold Medal
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Size2.5 to 4.5 feet tall
- Habit
- Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange-pink and orange-pink blend
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'City of Leeds' rose (Rosa 'City of Leeds') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. Its fragrant orange-pink blooms appear in late spring, summer, and early autumn, and bees visit them. The bushy, upright plants have few or no thorns. Samuel Darragh bred it in 1966.
Pairs well with Blue fescue, Queen of Night tulip, and Flowering quince.