Roter Drache rose
Rosa 'Roter Drache'
Gold Medal,Most Beautiful Rose
USDA zones5 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Sizeup to 2.5 feet tallup to 20 inches wide
- Habit
- Upright
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium red
- Foliage color
- Medium green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Roter Drache' rose (Rosa 'Roter Drache') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. It grows upright to about 31 inches tall and 20 inches wide. Medium red blooms appear in late spring, summer, and early autumn, and bees visit them. Kordes bred it in 2012.
Pairs well with Coralbells, Creeping thyme, and Stargazer lily.