Size: 3-4′ tall by 3-4′ wide
USDA hardiness zones: 5(4)-9
Sun/shade: full sun
Soil: average garden soil
Moisture: moist, but well drained
Diseases and pests: none known
Landscape use: foundations, cutting gardens, wildlife gardens, borders, foundations, small urban gardens
Market appeal/Uniqueness: Miracle rose combines clean, shiny foliage with a delicious fragrance, making it ideal for a worry-free landscape plant or flowers in a vase. Each fall, it produces copious amounts of orange-red hips, making it the perfect addition to your fall/winter garden and a nice plant for cutting and bringing indoors for the holidays.
Propagation methods: vegetative cuttings
Date of introduction: 2010
Bloom time: June-September
Usually tough guys don’t smell sweet—at least we know that’s not the case when it comes to roses. However, The fuchsia pink, single, cupped flowers bloom like a bouquet atop each stem from spring until frost. Cut these clusters to take indoors, and the plant will have new ones in three weeks. Miracle rose is a powerhouse of flowers, and it smells good, too. Wait till fall and you;ll have bouquets of rose hips to bring indoors for your autumnal arrangements. This truly is a three season rose!