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Incense Rose in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rosa Primula

 

Incense Rose

'Primula' is one of the first roses to flower in spring, bearing small, lightly fragrant, primrose-yellow flowers. It is also known as the ‘Incense Rose’, for the fragrance of its fern-like foliage. The growth is graceful and arching.

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plant Features
  • Incense Rose likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Incense Rose likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Incense Rose is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Incense Rose likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Incense Rose

Latin name

Rosa Primula

type

Deciduous Perennial

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Incense Rose likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Incense Rose is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Incense Rose likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

  • Water

    Incense Rose likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Incense Rose is 5.00meters x 3.00meters 5.00 M 3.00 M

Rosa Primula

'Primula' is one of the first roses to flower in spring, bearing small, lightly fragrant, primrose-yellow flowers. It is also known as the ‘Incense Rose’, for the fragrance of its fern-like foliage. The growth is graceful and arching.


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.

 
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