Always A Lady Rose: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Miniature

Breeder

Cecilia L. D. Bennett

Listed for

United States

Overview

Always A Lady is a miniature rose by Cecilia L. D. Bennett, patented in the US in 1990 as PP7187. It produces mauve flowers with about 50 to 55 petals and a diameter of roughly 1.5 to 2 in (4 to 5 cm). The plant stays small at about 18 to 24 in (45.7 to 61 cm), so it works well in pots, window boxes and the edge of a bed where its fully double flowers can be seen up close.

Always A Lady traits

• Mauve flowers with about 50 to 55 petals
• Blooms roughly 1.5 to 2 in (4 to 5 cm) wide
• Compact height of about 18 to 24 in (45.7 to 61 cm)

Good for

• Container growing
• Edging
• Small gardens

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Always A Lady FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every rose variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Rose growing guide
• How to Prune Roses: When to Cut and How Hard
• Types of Roses: How the Group Decides the Pruning
• Rose Problems: Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and Aphids
• How to Care for Roses: Feeding, Watering and Deadheading
• Rose Growing Calendar: What to Do in Each Season
• Overwintering Roses: Protecting the Graft and the Canes
• All 309 rose varieties

Source

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.