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Rose Gemini™
Reaching 6 feet tall and nearly as wide, this is a great choice for a "living wall" in the garden!
Gemini (TM) is a double delight, with bicolor blooms in bright, complementary tones of cream and coral atop long, elegant stems. An All-America Rose Selection as valuable for large blooms and high petal count as for its delightful colors, it is a hybrid tea that looks dressy enough for the formal Rose garden, yet cheery enough for the mixed border!
You'll love these fully double 4 1/2-inch blooms, each packed with 25 to 30 petals held in perfectly symmetrical whorls. The flowers open from fat buds that arise on the end of long, strong stems clothed in dark green foliage. The buds themselves are so showy you may be tempted to cut them even before the blooms spiral open! But try to wait, for this soft-toned red and white combination of color is breathtaking!
Gemini is moderately fragrant, with a sweet scent that won't overwhelm you indoors and doesn't fight with that of other Roses in the garden. The plant is very vigorous and large, reaching 5 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide when mature. What an imposing presence it makes against the patio wall or planted in a long line as a living wall in the garden!
The blooms begin in late spring and continue into summer on this fine performer. Get your vases ready for the best indoor arrangements of their careers with these long-stemmed, double-colored beauties!
Plant Gemini in full sun and well-drained soil, organically enriched and kept evenly moist. It flowers best with a regular feeding throughout the growth season, and is hardy from zones 5-9.
| Genus | Rosa |
| Variety | Gemini™ |
| Bloom Season | Late Spring |
| Habit | Upright |
| Zone | 5 - 9 |
| Plant Height | 5 ft - 6 ft |
| Plant Width | 4 ft - 5 ft |
| Bloom Size | 5 in |
| Item Form | Bareroot |
| Additional Characteristics | Flower, Grafted |
| Bloom Color | Coral, Cream |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Light Requirements | Full Sun |
| Moisture Requirements | Moist, well-drained |
| Soil Tolerance | Normal, loamy |
| Uses | Border, Cut Flowers, Ornamental, Outdoor, Beds |
| Restrictions | CAN, PR |
Additional pruning tips for healthy, beautiful, productive roses:- Whether you’re deadheading, removing dead wood, or performing an annual pruning, make sure your cuts are no more than ¼ inch (5 mm) above a bud, and slope the cut away from the bud, to prevent water from collecting on it.
- Your cuts should always be clean, so keep your pruning shears sharp, and use pruning tools that are appropriately sized to whatever size stems you are cutting.
- To encourage an open-centered form, cut to an outward-facing bud. To encourage upright growth on roses with a spreading habit, prune a few of the stems to inward-facing buds.
- Prune any dieback to the healthy, white pith.
- Remove dead or diseased stems, as well as any that cross or are spindly.
- Your goal should be to have well-spaced stems that allow for a free flow of air.
- If pruning an established plant, remove any old wood that is flowering poorly, and use a saw to get rid of old stubs that are no longer producing new shoots.
- Other than climbing roses, you should prune newly planted roses hard, which encourages vigorous shoot production.
- When removing suckers, trace them back to the roots from which they are growing, and simply take them off.
