Rosa, Shrub Rose 'Hope for Humanity'

Rosa, Shrub Rose 'Hope for Humanity'
Sun Preference
Full-Sun
Bloom or Harvest Time
June, July, August, September
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Description

This is one of the darkest roses you can find, bearing large clusters of velvety blood red flowers over the entire season; compact mounded habit, hardy and resistant to disease, a good garden detail shrub; needs full sun and well-drained soil

  • Zone: 3-7
  • H 2-4' x W 2-3'

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Details

Height: 3 feet

Spread: 4 feet

Sunlight:full sun

Hardiness Zone: 3a

Group/Class: Parkland Rose

Description:

This is one of the darkest roses you can find, bearing large clusters of velvety blood red flowers over the entire season; compact mounded habit, hardy and resistant to disease, a good garden detail shrub; needs full sun and well-drained soil

Ornamental Features

Hope for Humanity Rose features showy lightly-scented dark red flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green foliage throughout the season. The oval compound leaves turn yellow in fall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes

Hope for Humanity 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 is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

  • Disease
  • Spiny

Hope for Humanity Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Hope for Humanity Rose will grow to be about 3 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. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. 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 somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Hope for Humanity 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. 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. Be aware that in our climate, most plants cannot be expected to survive the winter if left in containers outdoors, and this plant is no exception. Contact our store for more information on how to protect it over the winter months.

SKU Container Size
RS1190 #2 Container (2 Gallon)

More Information

Bloom or Harvest Time June, July, August, September
Sun Preference Full-Sun
USDA Hardiness Zone 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Product Questions (15)

Tree roses are not hardy enough to stay outside in the winter. So ideally you have hopefully left them in some sort of pot. Continue to leave them outdoors, keep them well watered through the autumn. Come about Thanksgiving, they should be dormant- all...
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A rough estimate for the last frost date here in zone 4b is the first week of May. This is not exact, as Minnesota weather can be variable, but it does help for plantings.
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Root stimulators provide a hormone to the root system to recover faster from any damage done during the transplant process. This will also help the roots grow faster and stronger. To view Gertens recommended root stimulator, click ...
Full sun is six or more hours of direct sunlight (Note: afternoon sun is the hottest). West side: plants that like it hot and dry.  Part sun is four to six hours of sunlight including some afternoon...
Cut the dead flower off just above the first five leaflet junction on the stem. NOTE: The dead flower usually has 3 leaves just below the bloom. They will come off with the dead flower.
A fungicide with copper in it will take care of black spot. You must start spraying the fungicide before you start seeing it. Most of the time black spot will not hurt the plant, it just doesn’t look the best.
Root stimulator works to stimulate the roots for more rigorous growth, which in turn creates a healthy rose bush. Gertens’ expert Rosarian states, “Roses are really capable of coming back from extreme trauma if they have a fantastic root system underneath...
Rose hips are the fruiting body of the rose. After roses have done their job (been beautiful and brought in the bees), the plant will start to swell and create the fruiting body of the rose, called the rose hip.
It depends on the kind of damage the rabbits have done on your cane. Roses break dormancy from a set of dormant buds on the cane and if the rabbits have chewed all dormant buds off, then the rose must essentially use their backup set of dormant buds. ...
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