This is a very hardy plant and looks fantastic when it's in full bloom, covered with generous sprays of the small flowers.
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A few caveats: this is a thorny rose and can easily become a tangle of thin thorny branches. Like another grower posted, it can get eight feet tall and six feet or more wide. The thorns are small but sharp.
Between the thorniness and the sprawl it can be a real chore to deadhead, and since the blooms decay after a few days of glory, it requires constant deadheading to keep it looking its best. And once it gets dense with branches, it's a chore to prune as well, due to the thorns.
That said, when I was pruning it back recently a neighbor begged me not to cut it back too much because she loves it. And as long as you keep deadheading, it will produce fresh sprays of flowers.
If you don't mind the work and have the time for it, it can be very nice.
I've had this shrub in my garden for 16 years, and it is still very healthy and blooms profusely. It is at least 7' tall and probably 8'...Read More wide. My only non-positive comment is that the lower/interior limbs die and getting in there to prune out the deadwood can be a bit of a chore. I've done only limited pruning of living branches - mostly to keep clear a path next to it, but also some removal of spent blossom clusters and occasionally some light shaping. I am extremely happy with this plant!
This is a great rose for the "natural" or woodland garden. It has the look of a wild rose, but will bloom continuously from June till fro...Read Morest if deadheaded. Single pale pink 2" blooms with darker edges, produced in large trusses, will quickly bleach to white in full sun---shade will help preserve the color. Fragrant. Flowers are self-cleaning, but deadheading will increase bloom production.
A superb performer, it will tolerate considerable shade. Highly resistant to black spot.
It can be trained as a shrub, or trained to climb. Few prickles.
I've had this wonderful rose in my garden for three summers. It bloooms from late spring until frost and has never had blackspot or any ...Read Moreother problems.
It is not a white rose, as stated in the information, but a clear pink single.
Bred by Kleine Lettunich from Francis E Lester, and named for her daughter -- Lyda Rose. Thrives in considerable shade, a very healthy. ...Read Morefloriferous and highly fragrant rose. The sprays of bloom are large and lovely, but the individual flowers are exquisite in their own right as well.
This single rose is self-cleaning and resembles apple blossoms. The roses grow in large clusters and one shrub will fill 25 vases! Lyda...Read More blooms all summer if deadheaded and ARS rates this rose 8.9! I grow Lyda as a superb 4' hedge.
This is a very hardy plant and looks fantastic when it's in full bloom, covered with generous sprays of the small flowers.
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I've had this shrub in my garden for 16 years, and it is still very healthy and blooms profusely. It is at least 7' tall and probably 8'...Read More
I love the look of this rose. What kind a scent does it have and is it strong or very light fragrance.
This is a great rose for the "natural" or woodland garden. It has the look of a wild rose, but will bloom continuously from June till fro...Read More
I've had this wonderful rose in my garden for three summers. It bloooms from late spring until frost and has never had blackspot or any ...Read More
Bred by Kleine Lettunich from Francis E Lester, and named for her daughter -- Lyda Rose. Thrives in considerable shade, a very healthy. ...Read More
This single rose is self-cleaning and resembles apple blossoms. The roses grow in large clusters and one shrub will fill 25 vases! Lyda...Read More