Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
Patio Roses have a compact habit and are ideal for growing in borders on the patio or in containers. Plant tend to flower continuously throughout summer, and flowers are borne in clusters, similar to floribunda roses.
Rosa 'Flirt' is a bushy patio rose, bearing a profusion of double, soft-pink flowers in contrast with glossy, dark green leaves. Grow it in loam-based compost in a patio pot, or at the front of a border. Feed fortnightly with high potash fertiliser and mulch annually with well-rotted manure or compost. Deadhead spent blooms and remove dead, diseased and crossing branches in spring.
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Rosa ‘Flirt’ and wildlife
Rosa ‘Flirt’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
