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Yellow Brick Road Rose

Rosa 'Yellow Brick Road'

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Yellow Brick Road Rose (Rosa 'Yellow Brick Road') at Platt Hill Nursery

Yellow Brick Road Rose flowers

Yellow Brick Road Rose flowers

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Height:  3 feet

Spread:  3 feet

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  4

Group/Class:  Easy Elegance Rose

Description:

A truly captivating compact shrub rose constantly covered with lemon yellow blooms; a stunning splash of color in a low hedge, ground cover or border application; highly disease resistant, truly a low care plant

Ornamental Features

Yellow Brick Road Rose is bathed in stunning lightly-scented lemon yellow flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to late fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall. The fruits are showy red hips displayed from early to late fall.

Landscape Attributes

Yellow Brick Road 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 is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Disease
  • Spiny

Yellow Brick Road Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Hedges/Screening
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Yellow Brick Road Rose will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. 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 20 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. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Screening  Garden 
Applications
Flowers  Fruit 
Ornamental Features

This Plant Finder tool is an online catalog representing many of the varieties that we carry over the course of the season, and is intended for informational purposes only. Inventory varies seasonally, so we cannot guarantee that every plant will be in stock at all times - please contact your nearest Platt Hill Nursery store for current availability. It does not include our entire inventory of plants, so be sure to visit us to see varieties that may not be represented on this list.