Rosa 'Little Gem'
Old Rose 'Little Gem'
'Little Gem' is a lovely moss rose with small highly scented flowers, can repeat flower, but only sporadically. This group of roses includes those deciduous shrubs that arose as sports or hybrids of the rose species and where much cultivated before the introduction of hybrid tea roses. While the flowering season is generally shorter than that of modern shrub roses, the flowers are outstanding for their rich fragrance. The grouping of Old Roses includes the following sub-sections: Alba, Bourbon, Cabbage, Damask, Dwarf Polyantha, Gallica, Hybrid Musk, Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Rugosa, Hybrid Sweetbriar, Moss, Portland and Scotch.
Contributed by @thomasdstone
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Rich and free draining
Common name
Old Rose 'Little Gem'
Latin name
Rosa 'Little Gem'
type
Deciduous Perennial
family
Rosaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Rich and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
3.00 M
4.00 M
Rosa 'Little Gem'
'Little Gem' is a lovely moss rose with small highly scented flowers, can repeat flower, but only sporadically. This group of roses includes those deciduous shrubs that arose as sports or hybrids of the rose species and where much cultivated before the introduction of hybrid tea roses. While the flowering season is generally shorter than that of modern shrub roses, the flowers are outstanding for their rich fragrance. The grouping of Old Roses includes the following sub-sections: Alba, Bourbon, Cabbage, Damask, Dwarf Polyantha, Gallica, Hybrid Musk, Hybrid Perpetual, Hybrid Rugosa, Hybrid Sweetbriar, Moss, Portland and Scotch.
Planting
From Late Autumn TO Late Spring
Prepare the planting site by digging over the bed and incorporate liberal quantities of well rotted manure or compost; lighten heavy clay soil with half rotted straw. Dress the top soil with plenty of peat mixed with hop manure and chopped up turf. Fresh animal manure is harmful to the roots and should only be used in the bottom spit. Where possible, prepare the planting site a few weeks in advance. Do this in late summer for planting in autumn. Plant at any time between late autumn and late spring. Prepare a planting mixture of bone meal and moist peat. Spread out the roots in the planting hole and add the planting mixture until the roots are covered. Add soil and firm in the plant by treading.
thomasdstone