Gruss an Teplitz rose
Rosa 'Gruss an Teplitz'
WFRS Old Rose Hall of Fame
USDA zones6 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Size5 to 6.5 feet tall
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Gruss an Teplitz' rose (Rosa 'Gruss an Teplitz') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, specimens, 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 into a bushy shrub with dark green leaves and fragrant, medium red blooms. Flowers come in late spring, again in early to late summer, and again in early autumn. Bees visit the blooms, and Rudolf Geschwind bred it in 1894.
Pairs well with Lanceleaf coreopsis, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, and Obedient plant.