Rosa 'Empress Josephine'
rose 'Impératrice Joséphine'
A bushy, dense, spreading rose to 1.5m tall, with coarse, deeply-veined, greyish-green leaves and large, lightly-scented, loosely arranged, semi-double, deep pink blooms, with paler highlights and heavily veined, textured petals, appearing in summer, then orange fruits (hips) follow
Other common names
rose 'Empress Josephine'Synonyms
Rosa 'Belle Sans Flatterie'Rosa 'Empress Josephine'
see moreRosa × francofurtana 'Empress Josephine'
Rosa × francofurtana misapplied
Size
Ultimate height
1–1.5 metresTime to ultimate height
2–5 yearsUltimate spread
1–1.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drained, Well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
Spring | Grey Silver Green | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Summer | Pink Purple | Grey Silver Green | ||
Autumn | Grey Silver Green | Orange | ||
Winter |
Position
- Full sun
- Partial shade
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing or East–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H7Botanical details
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Spreading branched, Bushy
- Potentially harmful
- Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
- Genus
Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red or purple fruits in some varieties.
- Name status
Accepted
- Horticultural Group
- Garnette family of roses are small shrubs with strong, upright stems, developed principally for the cut-flower market, the cupped, double blooms in a range of flower colours but with little scent
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil; tolerant of shade and suitable for hedging. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in late winter or early spring, and for best flowering apply a general rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer. See rose cultivation
Propagation
For home use, propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, softwood cuttings (under glass) in spring or summer or by chip budding in summer
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Coastal
- Cottage and informal garden
- Cut flowers
- Flower borders and beds
- Hedging and screens
Pruning
See pruning group 20 (shrub roses). Don't deadhead flowers if fruits (hips) are required
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose slugworm sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage
Diseases
May be susceptible to rose black spot, rose rust, replant disease, rose dieback, and rose powdery mildew. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling and sometimes honey fungus
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