Great Expectations rose
Rosa 'Great Expectations'
Rose of the Year
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 3 feet tall
- Habit
- Glossy, dark green foliage
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Apricot and apricot blend
- Foliage color
- Glossy, dark green foliage
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Great Expectations' rose (Rosa 'Great Expectations') 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. The fragrant apricot blooms open in late spring, early to late summer, and early autumn, and bees visit them. Darragh bred it in 2001.
Pairs well with Sweet pepperbush, Hollyhock, and Nelly Moser clematis.