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John Davis

John Davis rose

Blossom color: Light pink
Fragrance: Slight fragrance
Bloom time: Repeats June - frost
Height: 6-7'
Hardiness: Zones 3-9

John Davis rose on trellis

John Davis blossom

Sorry, sold out for 2010.

When this rose is in peak full bloom in late June, it is literally smothered in flowers. Standing next to a fully blooming John Davis rose gives you a sense of being in a cloud of blossoms. The flowers on this rose closely resemble that of an Old Garden Rose. The 3 1/2" blossoms are very double, somewhat quartered and a light pink color. Blossoms are produced in clusters of up to 17 blossoms and repeat throughout the summer until frost. It is very winter hardy to Zone 3 with no winter cane dieback. It also has very few thorns and has healthy foliage. John Davis grows 6 to 8-feet tall if given support and makes a great pillar or low-climbing rose. It can also be allowed to ramble, but it will benefit from a little pruning to help control its shape a bit.

What you'll receive: Grade #1 own-root plants, shipped bareroot (no soil or pot) and dormant (no foliage). Learn more about our plants.

Shipping: $0-$75=$12.00, $75.01-$125=$15, $125.01-$200=$20, >$200=10% of total. Shipped UPS Ground in spring from early April through mid May.

[Catalog #CR05 - Introduced in 1986 - a Canadian Explorer Series rose]

How to Grow

Roses need sun (at least 6 hours daily); well-drained, fertile soil; and consistent and adequate soil moisture to thrive and produce the most blossoms.

Learn more about growing roses:

What's a "bareroot" plant?

Photo of bareroot plant"Bareroot" is a term that describes how a plant is shipped to you. A bareroot plant is not in a pot, and is usually dormant (not actively growing). See the photo to the right that shows what a bareroot rose looks like. The bareroot plants that we ship to you were harvested in the fall and placed in cold storage over the winter to keep them dormant. In the spring, we ship the bareroot plants to our customers, from early April through mid May.

Bareroot plants are easy to grow. We include planting instructions with your order. When you receive your plant, take it out of the packing material and place it in a bucket of water so that the roots are completely covered. Let the roots soak for 4 to 24 hours, then plant it in your garden. Full planting instructions with photos are available on our Planting Roses page.

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