Hot Cocoa rose
Rosa 'Hot Cocoa'
AARS,Certificate of Merit,Rose of the Year,ARS Members' Choice Award
USDA zones5 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
Size3 to 6 feet tall
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Russet
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Hot Cocoa' rose (Rosa 'Hot Cocoa') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, containers, and cut flowers. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and loamy or clay soil. The russet blooms have a fruity, spicy scent and can look orange red or smoky chocolate depending on weather and age. Bees visit the flowers. It grows 3 to 4 feet high and 5 feet wide, and yearly pruning keeps it narrower.
Pairs well with Sarah Bernhardt peony, The President clematis, and Garlic chives.