Rose Easy Spirit #2

SKU: 38206 Category:

Botanical Name: Rosa 'WEKmereadoit'

Cultivar: WEKmereadoit

Brand: Weeks Roses

Large, classy white flowers with a creamy yellow base appear throughout the season on an upright bushy shrub, over clean, glossy green foliage, has a strong resistance to disease, well suited for landscaping, containers, or a flowering hedge

Plant Categories: Shrub, Hedge Shrub, Rose, Deciduous Shrub


Water Requirements
Average, Moist


Sunlight Requirements
Full Sun, Partial Shade


Plant Height
5 Feet


Plant Width/Spread
4 Feet

Advantages:

Flowering Plant

Attracts Bees

Out of stock

Description

Growth & Care

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone4a
Growth RateFast
Recommended Pruning MethodLate Winter Pruning

Foliage

Foliage TypeDeciduous
Plant FormUpright Spreading

Flowers

Flower PeriodSpring, Summer, Fall
Flower ColorWhite
Flower FragranceHigh
Suitable for Cut Flower ArrangementsYes

Additional Categories

Additional CategoryRose
Additional GroupFloribunda Rose
Landscape ApplicationMassing, Screening, Garden, Container

Details

Planting & Growing

Easy Spirit™ Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. 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.

Easy Spirit™ Rose makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when grown in a container, it may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag - this is to be expected. Also note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

Landscape Attributes

Easy Spirit™ 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 shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration:

Spiny

Easy Spirit™ Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications:

Mass Planting, Hedges/Screening, General Garden Use, Container Planting

Ornamental Features

Easy Spirit™ Rose features showy fragrant white flowers with creamy white overtones and buttery yellow centers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval compound leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.