Midnight Fire Rose STD

Orange-toned fully double blooms with a purple overlay bring a smoky and intriguing look to small spaces and containers; deep green glossy foliage create a nice backdrop, emphasizing the flowers; mild tea fragrance; excellent disease resistance

Height: 20 inches. Spread: 24 inches. Sun: full sun. Hardiness zone: 5b.

Ornamental features

Midnight Fire™ Rose features showy lightly-scented double salmon flowers with violet overtones at the ends of the branches from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape

Midnight Fire™ 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 shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Recommended for: Mass Planting, Border Edging, General Garden Use, Groundcover, Container Planting.

Planting and growing

Midnight Fire™ Rose will grow to be about 20 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 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. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder.