Sympathie rose
Rosa 'Sympathie'
ADR
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
Size9 to 12 feet tall
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Dark red
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
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Notes
'Sympathie' rose (Rosa 'Sympathie') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. It grows tall and bushy, with dark green leaves and fragrant dark red blooms. Bees visit the flowers from late spring into early autumn. Reimer Kordes bred it in 1964.
Pairs well with Obedient plant, Big bluestem, Niobe clematis, and Ornamental onion.