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Rosa 'Madame Legras de Saint Germain' (A× N) | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Rosa 'Madame Legras de Saint Germain' (A× N)

Rosa 'Madame Legras de Saint Germain' (A× N)

Fragrant

Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

About this plant

Large rose to 2m tall that can be grown as a climber to 5m, with pale to mid-green, almost thornless branches and soft, downy pale grey-green foliage. Bears highly fragrant, very-double, rosette-shaped, creamy-white blooms to 5cm across with a button eye, in large clusters in midsummer

Growing Information

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

Acid

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth FacingNorth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. Tolerant of shade and poor soils. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in late winter or early spring, and for best flowering apply a general rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer. See rose cultivation

Pruning

Pruning group 20 (shrub roses) or if grown as a climber Pruning group 17 (climbing roses)

Propagation

For home use, propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, softwood cuttings (under glass) in spring or summer or by chip budding in summer

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose slugworm sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

Diseases

May be susceptible to rose black spot, rose rust, replant disease, rose dieback, and rose powdery mildew. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground Cover

Planting Places

PrairieIndoorBorders

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

BushyColumnar Upright

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years