CommunisCommunisSyn:
Old Pink, Common Moss
ARS
Rating:
8.3
Class: Moss
Date:
pre-1867
(Peter Beales, pre-1700)
Breeder:
?, France
Blooms:
Very double
Bloom Frequency:
Once blooming in spring.
Color:
Medium pink.
Fragrance:
Very Fragrant
Thorns
and Mossing:
Fairly thorny with a mixture of prickles.
Well mossed with green moss.
Approximate
Height:
4’ by 4’
Description
and Care:
Medium-green, plentiful foliage. Forms
a graceful shrub. Flexible canes,
very well suited to pegging or growing on a short pillar.
Needs some form of support.
I
have never sprayed this rose and it never has any disease problems.
It does not require pruning unless you need to do so to keep it within
bounds. If you must prune it, do so
right after flowering.
Comments:
This is an extremely easy rose to grow and well suited to organic
gardening methods.