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'Rock Creek' rose Description
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Photo courtesy of Michael Garhart
ARS:
Red blend Shrub. Registration name: GardortyExhibition name: Rock Creek
Bloom:
Red and white, white center. None to mild fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 2". Small, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact. Small, glossy, dark green foliage.
Height: 2' (60cm). Width: 2' (60cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden, landscape, rock garden or shrub. Very hardy. very vigorous. produces decorative hips. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very rust resistant. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..
Breeder's notes:
Foliage is holly-like and feels like plastic. It is very similar to Dortmund's foliage but smaller, more dense and more disease resistant. It blooms in clusters of 3-30.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Named for the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College, as well as the Rock Creek area of the Portland Metro of Oregon, USA.
the ploidy is unknown. Even though it sets masses of bright orange hips (hundreds per year) with 20-30 healthy seeds per hip, it is virtually sterile as a pollen or seed donor. I have yet to have anything germinate from it.
Extinct. Did not choose to carry it forward.
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