DESCRIPTION: A Parkland series rose, featuring a profusion of double bright red flowers over the entire season; bushy, upright and spreading habit, hardy and resistant to disease, a good all-round garden shrub; all roses need full sun and well-drained soil

BOTANICAL NAME: Rosa x 'Adelaide Hoodless' (Parkland Series)
AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 1.5 Meters
AVERAGE MATURE SPREAD: 1.5 Meters
EXPOSURE: Full sun
FLOWER COLOUR: Bright red petals with yellow eyes
FLOWERING TIME: Early summer until late summer
FOLIAGE COLOUR: Dark green
COLD HARDINESS: Zone 3 ( Should survive up to -39.9° Celsius )
WATER NEEDS: Average to dry - Prefers well-drained soil
OTHER FEATURES: Attracts Butterflies, Cut Flower, Fragrant

Ornamental Features

Adelaide Hoodless Rose is smothered in stunning red flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green foliage throughout the season. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall. The fruits are showy orange hips displayed from mid to late fall. The spiny brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Adelaide Hoodless Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration:

• Spiny

Adelaide Hoodless Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications:

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Adelaide Hoodless Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.