Rosa 'The Poet's Wife' (The Poet's Wife Rose)
Rosa 'The Poet's Wife' (The Poet's Wife Rose)
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Rosa 'The Poet's Wife' is a striking English shrub rose featuring vibrant, rich yellow blooms that gradually soften to a lighter shade as they mature. The fully cupped flowers are packed with petals and produce a strong, pleasant fragrance with refreshing lemon notes. Its glossy green foliage and naturally bushy, upright growth habit create an attractive display throughout the garden, making it an excellent choice for adding bright colour and fragrance to garden beds and borders.
With its vigorous growth and excellent repeat-flowering habit, The Poet's Wife is a rewarding choice for gardeners seeking long-lasting seasonal colour and fragrance. It works beautifully as a feature shrub, in mixed borders, rose gardens or informal hedging, and its fragrant blooms are also well suited to cutting. With regular watering, feeding and annual pruning, this rose can provide a dependable succession of flowers and become a standout feature in the landscape.

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Mature height
1.1–1.4 m
Mature width
1.1 m
Spacing
1–1.2 m
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Foliage
Rich yellow, fading to pale yellow
Flowering Period & Fruit Development/Harvest
Spring through to autumn; repeat flowering
Sun tolerance
Full sun to partial shade
Maintenance
Moderate; prune annually and feed regularly during the growing season
Root System
Fibrous, spreading root system; prefers well-drained soil