Julia’s Rose is a truly distinctive floribunda rose, highly prized for its unusual and highly sought-after colouring. Its blooms open to a captivating blend of smoky grey-brown, coffee, and sepia, often with hints of lavender and creamy apricot, a colour palette that is unique in the world of roses. It has a mild, pleasant fragrance and a compact, bushy growth habit.
- Sunlight Requirement: This rose, like most varieties, requires a position in full sun. To achieve its best colour and health, ensure it receives at least six hours of direct sunlight per day. The colour of the flowers can be influenced by light and temperature.
- Usage: Due to its one-of-a-kind colour, ‘Julia’s Rose’ is an excellent focal point in a garden bed or a wonderful complement to plants in pastel or cream shades. It is most famous and popular as a cut flower, perfect for adding a vintage or sophisticated touch to bouquets and floral arrangements.
- Care Tips:
- Watering: Provide consistent, regular watering, especially during dry periods and its first year of establishment. Deep watering is more effective than frequent shallow watering.
- Soil: ‘Julia’s Rose’ prefers rich, fertile, and well-draining soil. To give it the best start, enrich the soil with plenty of well-rotted compost or manure before planting.
- Pruning: Prune in late winter to maintain a tidy shape and remove any dead or weak stems. Regular deadheading of spent blooms will encourage new flowers to form.
- Fertiliser: Feed the plant with a quality rose fertiliser in early spring and again after the first major flush of flowers to support its ongoing health and blooming.
