Ferry Porsche rose
Rosa 'Ferry Porsche'
ADR
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Size2.5 to 5 feet tall
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Ferry Porsche' rose (Rosa 'Ferry Porsche') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen plantings. 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 and bears medium red blooms in late spring, early to late summer, and early autumn. Bees visit the flowers. Reimer Kordes bred it in 1976.
Pairs well with Swamp milkweed, Royal Purple smoketree, Sweet William, and Buffalo grass.