Rosa Apricot Nectar

Rosa Apricot Nectar is a floribunda has beautiful yellow/pink clusters on bushy shrubs with clean, glossy leaves. It grows to be three feet tall and two feet wide. It is an excellent choice for mass or foundation planting and in mixed borders, its pastel flowers mingle perfectly with perennials and other shrubs.

You'll need a sunny location with lots of well-drained, amended soil for Apricot Nectar and you'll need to hard prune in late winter/early spring to rid plants of overwintering disease spores and to encourage new, vigorous growth. Don't be afraid to cut canes back by about 2/3, because it helps. So does fertilizing after pruning and again after first bloom. Apply compost yearly, deadhead spent blossoms, and for those of you in Zone 5, apply a mound of mulch to cover the graft union bud to protect it from winter injury. It grows well in all regions.

Apricot Nectar is moderately disease-resistant, but use fungicidal soap in spring as soon as leaves emerge to prevent black spot. Monitor insects and apply insecticide as needed.

• Class: Floribunda, Yellow-pink blend
• Origin:Boerner; Jackson and Perkins, United States; 1965
1966 All-America Rose Selection
• Bloom: Medium red blooms. Mild, Fruity fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season
• Habit: Climbing growth habit. Height of 8' to 12' (245 to 365 cm)
• Disease susceptibility: moderately disease resistant
• Parentage: Seedling x 'Spartan'