Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: |
Medium: 2-3"
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Bloom shape: |
Globular
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Petal count: |
double: 16-25 petals
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Rose bloom color: |
Medium red
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Extra Bloom Info: |
Semi-double to double, in clusters |
Rebloom: |
Excellent
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Class: |
Shrub
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Growth Habit: |
Medium, 2-4 feet, bushy |
Fragrance: |
None
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Hybridizer & year: |
W. Kordes & Sons, 2001 |
Optimal growing zones: |
USDA zone 4 and warmer |
General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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Life cycle: |
Perennial
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Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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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)
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Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
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Plant Height: |
2-4 feet |
Plant Spread: |
2-3 feet |
Leaves: |
Deciduous
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Flowers: |
Showy
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Flower Color: |
Red
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Bloom Size: |
2"-3"
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Flower Time: |
Spring
Summer
Fall
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Uses: |
Cut Flower
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Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
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Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
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Miscellaneous: |
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
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Parentage: |
Unknown |
- 'Milano'
- 'Milano Kolorscape'
- 'KORjuwko'
Posted by
GardenQuilts (Delray Beach, FL - Zone 10b) on May 19, 2015 4:21 PM concerning plant:
A good alternative to red Knock Out roses.
I wanted to buy my neighbor his first ever rose. It had to be a no-fuss manly rose!!!
I was looking for a hardy, disease resistant, reblooming, colorful (but not pink) shrub or floribunda rose on its own roots and already blooming. I was thinking of a red double Knock Out rose, but didn't see a healthy specimen in the stores. I saw this rose in Lowe's next to the Knock Out roses. It has pristine, shiny, dark green leaves and deep red blooms.
One advantage of buying roses in big box stores is that you can see how the blooms age. (They don't deadhead the roses. I suspect they may not even water the poor things.) Milano's blooms stay red as they age, while the red Knock Out roses fade to a garish reddish-pink color. I saw very slight bluing on a couple of blooms: just a fine line around the outer petals, much less than on many very dark red roses.
The blooms aren't fragrant, unfortunately.
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