Countess Clanwilliam rose
Rosa 'Countess Clanwilliam'
Gold Medal
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Countess Clanwilliam' rose (Rosa 'Countess Clanwilliam') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, cut flowers, 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 has a bushy habit and fragrant, medium red blooms in late spring, summer, and early autumn. Bees visit the flowers. Hugh Dickson bred it, and it won a Gold Medal.
Pairs well with Purple Pillar rose of sharon, Lily, and Johnny jump up.