Ma Perkins rose
Rosa 'Ma Perkins'
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SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 3 feet tall
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink blend
- Foliage color
- Glossy foliage
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Ma Perkins' rose (Rosa 'Ma Perkins') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, 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 pink blend blooms open in late spring, again in summer, and once more in early autumn. Bees visit the flowers. Eugene S. Boerner bred it in 1952.
Pairs well with David garden phlox, Red Charm peony, Lily, and Johnny jump up.