From the Parkland Series, the Morden Blush Rose...with delicate pinkish white blooms...

The Morden Blush from my garden July 8, 2009

About The Morden Blush Rose

The Morden Blush Rose hails from the Parkland Series and the Morden Research Station in Morden, Manitoba Canada.

Cold hardy for my zone 3 climate, this shrub rose performs year after year. I have never not had a Morden Blush Shrub rose in my garden. The bloom coloring is amazing, very subtle, light pinkish white

This low growing, ever blooming shrub rose tolerates high temperatures and blooms continuously from June until frost with up to five flowers per cluster. At times the canes can actually bend when the flowers all open at once! The double, softly scented ivory flowers open with a blush center which gradually fades to a soft ivory-pink.

The dark green leaves have good resistance to both powdery mildew and blackspot. However, like all rose shrubs, keep a watch out for the tiny rose worm. They hide on the underside of the leaves and slowly eat away the leaves to a skeleton.

And remember to deadhead the spent blooms, at least until September depending on your climate. Stop deadheading at that time and allow the rose shrub to re-generate for the next year.

With great heat and drought tolerance once established, it survives the toughest locations.

Grows to about 2-3ft tall, but mine grow to 4 ft high and about 3 feet across.

Great companion plants are: White Swan Coneflower, Double Pink Coneflower, Purple Coneflower and the Shasta Daisy Becky.

For an front edger annual plant, why not try planting the Dusty Miller or the Ageratum Blue Hawaii.

Check out my Site Index Page for a listing of additional annuals and perennials to plant in your flower garden design.

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