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Best English Roses for Hedges

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Rose hedges are a stunning landscape feature. In addition to providing color, hedge roses also offer fragrance, add privacy to your property and contribute to beautifully define your borders. Here is a selection of ravishingly beautiful English roses which produce abundant blossoms throughout the growing season and create outstanding hedges. Their reliable garden performance, vigorous growth, disease resistance, and prolific season-long blooms will help you create a spectacular flowering hedge requiring minimal maintenance. 

Guide Information

Hardiness 4 - 10
Plant Type Roses
Genus Rosa - English Rose, Rosa
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Late)
Summer (Early, Mid, Late)
Fall
Height
Spread
Maintenance Average
Water Needs Average
Soil Type Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy
Attracts Butterflies
Landscaping Ideas Hedges And Screens
Garden Styles City and Courtyard, Formal Garden, Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden

Best English Roses for Short Hedges - 2 to 3.5 ft (60 cm to 1 m)

Best English Roses for Medium Hedges - 3.5 to 5 ft (1 m to 1. 50 m)

Planting Rose Hedges

Carefully select the planting site for your rose hedge.

  • It should be in full sun as roses prefer planting sites that receive at least six hours of direct sunlight daily.
  • Your rose hedge should also be planted in an open area, where air can circulate around the front and back of the plants to prevent foliar diseases from attacking your roses.
  • Hedging roses should be planted from 18" to 3 feet apart, depending on the variety chosen. The closer the roses are planted, the more quickly your hedge will fill out.
  • In order to grow a thick rose hedge, you may plant rose bushes in two rows.

Prunning Rose Hedges

  • Pruning hedge roses is fairly easy. English Roses and other repeat flowering shrub roses should be cut down by between 1/3 and 2/3 with pruners or hedge trimmers. Simply shear the roses down at the top and on the sides.
  • Prune hard (2/3) in the first year to promote bushy growth at the base of your hedge.
  • David Austin recommends late December to early February as best pruning times in mild winters areas. In regions with cold winters, pruning should be delayed until spring growth is just starting.
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Rosa (English Roses) Rosa (Rose)
While every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources.

Guide Information

Hardiness 4 - 10
Plant Type Roses
Genus Rosa - English Rose, Rosa
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Late)
Summer (Early, Mid, Late)
Fall
Height
Spread
Maintenance Average
Water Needs Average
Soil Type Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Plant of Merit, Showy
Attracts Butterflies
Landscaping Ideas Hedges And Screens
Garden Styles City and Courtyard, Formal Garden, Informal and Cottage, Traditional Garden
Explore Great Plant Combination Ideas
Rosa (English Roses) Rosa (Rose)

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