Santa Barbara rose
Rosa 'Santa Barbara'
Certificate of Merit
USDA zones5 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Size2 to 2.5 feet tall
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Medium pink
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Santa Barbara' rose (Rosa 'Santa Barbara') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and containers. 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 as a bushy mound with dark green leaves and fragrant, medium pink blooms. Bees visit the flowers from late spring into early autumn. Olesen and Olesen bred it in 1998.
Pairs well with Blue star, Blue fescue, and Blue-eyed grass.