Chalky / Alkaline / Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
Rosa 'The Generous Gardener' is a robust shrub rose with arching stems and glossy, dark green foliage. In summer it bears beautiful fully double, soft pink to pale white-pink flowers a traditional musky old-rose fragrance.
Rosa 'The Generous Gardener' is the ideal rose for growing at the back of a border, where it can be grown as a shrub or trained against a trellis as a short climber. It has excellent disease resistance.
For best results, prepare the soil well and mulch yearly with well-rotted manure or garden compost. deadhead spent blooms to prolong flowering.
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Rosa ‘The generous gardener’ and wildlife
Rosa ‘The generous gardener’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Rosa ‘The generous gardener’ poisonous?
Rosa ‘The generous gardener’ has no toxic effects reported.
No reported toxicity to:
Is not known to attract Birds
Birds
Is not known to attract Cats
Cats
Is not known to attract Dogs
Dogs
Is not known to attract Horses
Horses
Is not known to attract Livestock
Livestock
Is not known to attract People
People
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