Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Other: Lightly cupped
Petal count: Single: 1-7 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium red
Extra Bloom Info: Large flask-shaped, bright red hips
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Hybrid moyesii
Growth Habit: Tall, 6-8 feet, with arching canes
Fragrance: Mild
Misc: Shade tolerant
Thornless or almost thornless
Hybridizer & year: Unknown, before 1938
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 3 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 5-8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Parentage: Seedling of: Rosa moyesii

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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2023-12-02
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 4000-01-15
Rosa moyesii 'Geranium'
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 4000-01-15
Rosa moyesii 'Geranium'
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 2020-07-06
Rosa moyesii 'Geranium'
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-09-16
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-14

Growing in Lincolnshire UK - photo taken 1 June 2010
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England
Date: 2006-08-29

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