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rose [Super Excelsa]

Rosa Super Excelsa ('Helexa') (Ra)

★ RHS AGM

Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

About this plant

A prickly, repeat-flowering rose with glossy, toothed dark green leaves and long, arching stems. Produces clusters of cupped, double, deep pink flowers with white streaks, from summer to early autumn

Growing Information

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

AcidAlkaline

Not Currently Available

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

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

ShelteredExposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in full sun in moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, and deadhead to encourage repeat flowering; for more advice, see rose cultivation

Pruning

Pruning group 18 (rambling roses)

Propagation

Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, by softwood cuttings under glass in spring and summer, or by T-budding in summer. Note that roses are usually grafted, so plants grown from cuttings may vary

Pests

May be susceptible to rose aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars and large rose sawfly and rose slug sawfly larvae; leaf-cutting bees may use rose leaves to make nests for their larvae

Diseases

May be susceptible to rose black spot, rose rust and rose powdery mildew, canker, crown gall, honey fungus, downy mildews, and virus diseases, and to replant disease and rose dieback

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalGround Cover

Planting Places

PrairieWall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

1.5-2.5 Metres

Habit

Columnar Upright

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years