The Chief rose
Rosa 'The Chief'
AARS
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
- Habit
- Bushy
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange and orange blend
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'The Chief' rose (Rosa 'The Chief') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and loamy or clay soil. Its bushy form carries fragrant orange blooms in late spring, early to late summer, and early autumn. Bees visit the flowers. Dr. Walter E. Lammerts bred it in 1940.
Pairs well with Blue wild indigo, Bridal wreath spiraea, and Greig's tulip.