Rosa 'Arthur Bell' ☼full sun ❅hardy ★award

• 14 Feb, 2013
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Preferred common namerose 'Arthur Bell'
FamilyRosaceae

Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered, 5-petalled flowers followed by showy red or purple fruits

Floribunda or Cluster-flowered bush roses are bushy, upright shrubs with dark, glossy, foliage and single or double, sometimes fragrant flowers in small or large clusters from summer to autumn

'Arthur Bell' is a small shrub of upright, bushy growth, with glossy bright green foliage and clusters of fragrant, cupped, double flowers 8cm in width, opening bright yellow, ageing to creamy-yellow

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How to growSunlight
Full sun Aspect
East-facing, South-facing or West-facing
Sheltered or Exposed
Cultivation
Easy to grow neat and upright bush rose; prefers full sun
Soil
Well-drained or Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Clay, Loam, Sand or Chalk
Propagation
Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn or by budding in summer

Suggested planting locations and garden types
City/Courtyard Gardens, Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower borders and beds or Cut Flowers

How to carePruning
Pruning group 16 (roses)

Pests
Aphids, leafhoppers, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars and rose leaf-rolling sawfly may be a problem. Rabbits and deer can cause damage
Diseases
May be affected by black spot, rose rust and powdery mildews
CharacteristicsPlant type
Rose or Shrub

Habit
Bushy

Fragrance
Flower

ResilienceHardiness
H4 (hardy)
ColourFlower
Cream and Yellow in Autumn and Summer

Foliage
Green in Autumn, Spring and Summer

SizeUltimate height
0.5-1 metres

Ultimate spread
0.5-1 metres

Time to ultimate height
5-10 years