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Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose

Rosa 'KORpucoblu'

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Arborose Quicksilver  Rose (Rosa 'KORpucoblu') at Wannemaker's Home & Garden

Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose flowers

Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose flowers

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Height:  7 feet

Spread:  3 feet

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  5a

Group/Class:  Climbing Rose

Brand:  Kordes Roses

Description:

A striking climber that continuously produces beautiful cupped lavender blooms with silver highlights; a stunning moderately fragrant addition to the garden; perfect for garden walls and trellises; prune this variety after blooming

Ornamental Features

Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose features showy lightly-scented lavender flowers with silver overtones along the branches from mid spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Landscape Attributes

Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous woody vine with a twining and trailing 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 woody vine will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Spiny

Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Hedges/Screening
  • General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Arborose® Quicksilver™ Rose will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. As a climbing rose, it can be leggy near the base and may be concealed by underplanting with lower-growing facer plants. It should be planted near a fence, trellis or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards on it, or allowed to trail off a retaining wall or slope. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This woody vine 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 highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

 
 
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Characteristics
Massing  Screening  Garden 
Applications
Flowers  Attracts Wildlife 
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 the 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.