Rosa 'KUPFERKÖNIGIN'­® KORDES shrub rose

Kupferkönigin® means Copper Queen and is a true jewel bred by Kordes. It is a tea hybrid rose producing large, fragrant flowers of coppery orange colour which doesn’t get pale as the flowers mature. Leaves are very dark green with purple red hues. This rose is very healthy and resistant against common rose diseases. Introduced in 1996.

Planting instructions: Prepare a hole of size 30x30 cm. Put your rose in the way that the grafting point is 3 cm deep in the soil. Water well and cover new shoots with soil or bark mulch about 15 cm high. Roses tolerate wide range of soils but thrive in deep, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun.

Pruning: Cut the branches in half in autumn and prune hard to 3-5 live buds in spring after danger of frosts. During the flowering season prune flowered stems regularly.

Last update: 19-06-2015