Oso Easy Italian Ice Rose is a self-cleaning dwarf deciduous shrub with a mounding habit and dark green foliage. Large clusters of orange buds open to lightly fragrant semi-double flowers with pastel yellow centers and pink blushed pink with prominent yellow centers bloom continuously throughout summer into fall. Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils. Oso Easy Italian Ice has excellent disease resistance.
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Type:
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Shrub
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Height:
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1.5' - 2.5'
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Spread:
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1.5’ - 2.5'
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Spacing:
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2.5'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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5 - 9
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Culture:
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Full Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Yellow+Pink
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Season of Interest:
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Summer, Fall
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall. Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Rock Garden, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Phlox, Hyssop, Tickseed
IMAGE: Photos by Proven Winners, Oso Easy Italian Ice® Rose
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
