Rockin Robin Rose: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Shrub

Flowering

Repeat-flowering

Breeder

Tom Carruth

Listed for

United States

Overview

Rockin Robin is a striped red shrub rose bred by Tom Carruth, patented in 1997 (PP10070, code name 'Wekboroco') for Weeks. Flowers carry 33 to 37 petals with a mild, apple-like scent. Plants grow to about 5 ft (1.6 m). It is reported to resist powdery mildew and downy mildew. Use it in informal hedges or as a striped accent in shrub borders.

Rockin Robin traits

• Red striped flowers with 33 to 37 petals
• Mild, apple-like scent
• Height about 5 ft (1.6 m)
• Reported resistance to powdery and downy mildew

Good for

• Informal hedges
• Shrub borders

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Rockin Robin 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.