Roald Dahl Rose is a reblooming deciduous shrub with an upright mounded habit and glossy dark green foliage. The soft orange-red buds open to tea scented apricot double flowers that soften to yellow with an orange glow, and bloom in flushes from late spring well into fall.  Best grown with full sun in rich and moist well-drained, lightly acidic soils.  Roald Dahl is sparsely thorned and disease resistant.

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, Foundation Plantings, Trellises, Walls, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Yarrow, Lavender, Coneflower

IMAGES: Photoset by David Austin Roses, untitled (1)+(2), (2) Wagner's Rose Nursery, Roald Dahl, an excellent new release from David Austin.

* As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.