Love Bug rose
Rosa 'Love Bug'
Gold Star of the South Pacific
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Love Bug' rose (Rosa 'Love Bug') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, 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. The bushy plant has dark green leaves and fragrant, medium red blooms. Flowers appear in late spring, summer, and early autumn, and bees visit them. Rob Somerfield bred it in 2019.
Pairs well with Spotted beebalm, Bobo hydrangea, Niobe clematis, and Cornflower.