Free Spirit rose
Rosa 'Free Spirit'
No Current Award Data
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Size2 to 2.5 feet tall
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Apricot and apricot blend
- Foliage color
- Medium green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Free Spirit' rose (Rosa 'Free Spirit') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, containers, and cut flowers. 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 to about 24 to 28 inches tall and bears fragrant apricot blooms. Bees visit the flowers from late spring into early autumn. Leslie E. Strawn bred it in 1985.
Pairs well with Clary sage, Little bluestem, Ornamental onion, and Jackmanii clematis.