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Rosa Oso Easy® Italian Ice®

Unusual Coloring and Nonstop Flowers!

Genus: Rosa
Species: hybrid
Variety: 'Chewnicebell'
ppaf: PP#26,532
Item Form: 1-Quart
Zone: 4 - 9
Bloom Start To End: Early Summer - Late Summer
Habit: Compact
Plant Height: 18 in - 2 ft 6 in
Plant Width: 18 in - 2 ft 6 in
Bloom Size: 2 in
Additional Characteristics: Bird Lovers, Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Double Bloom, Easy Care Plants, Ever Blooming, Flower, Free Bloomer, Repeat Bloomer, Rose Hips
Bloom Color: Light Orange, Light Pink, Light Yellow, Multi-Color, White
Bud Shape: Ovoid
Flower Shape: Rosette, Rounded, Ruffled, Semi-double
Foliage Color: Medium Green
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Black Spot, Cold Hardy, Disease Resistant, Downy Mildew, Heat Tolerant, Powdery Mildew
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Border, Cut Flowers, Landscapes, Outdoor
Restrictions:
*Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:
Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
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Genus: Rosa
Species: hybrid
Variety: 'Chewnicebell'
ppaf: PP#26,532
Item Form: 1-Quart
Zone: 4 - 9
Bloom Start To End: Early Summer - Late Summer
Habit: Compact
Plant Height: 18 in - 2 ft 6 in
Plant Width: 18 in - 2 ft 6 in
Bloom Size: 2 in
Additional Characteristics: Bird Lovers, Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Double Bloom, Easy Care Plants, Ever Blooming, Flower, Free Bloomer, Repeat Bloomer, Rose Hips
Bloom Color: Light Orange, Light Pink, Light Yellow, Multi-Color, White
Bud Shape: Ovoid
Flower Shape: Rosette, Rounded, Ruffled, Semi-double
Foliage Color: Medium Green
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Black Spot, Cold Hardy, Disease Resistant, Downy Mildew, Heat Tolerant, Powdery Mildew
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Border, Cut Flowers, Landscapes, Outdoor
Restrictions:
*Due to state restrictions we cannot ship to the following:
Canada, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
show more

Extremely hardy and disease resistant!

One of the easiest roses to grow successfully, Oso Easy® offers a compact size, soft pastel-toned blooms that repeat all summer, and healthy disease-free foliage. Find a place for this unusual and very lovely rose!

Just 18 to 30 inches high and wide, Italian Ice® regales you with semi-double (24 to 30 petals on average) blooms that open duckling yellow, then acquire pink edges and often shades of white and palest orange as they mature. The first blooms arise in early summer, and then the shrub repeats until fall. Magnificent!

Use Italian Ice® to edge pathways, dot the sunny border, and grace beautiful containers. Butterflies flock to its blooms, which make nice cuts for informal arrangements.

Hardy through zone 4 in the north, 9 in the south, this shrub rose is long-lived and very vigorous. Consider landscaping with this dynamite shrub rose for years of long-season color! Zones 4-9.

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Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

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An excellent choice for a no-spray, low-growing shrub

Marty Nemko from CA wrote on October 28, 2018:

In California, I get no disease on this rose, and I never spray. A colleague in Texas says that, there, it gets cyclospor under no-spray conditions. Italian Ice produces unique little pinky-yellow roses on a vigorous plant with glossy foliage. The plant, alas, sends out anomolous long shoots, which hurts its otherwise nice rounded habit. That all said, it's a superior rose. Worth a try.

Lovely color and great value

Yonna from OR wrote on August 10, 2018:

This rose is wonderful. Its leaves are a dark green and very shiny. The roses, which are many, are beautiful. Nothing is bothering this rose. I have it growing in a big pot on my deck here on the Oregon Coast. So many compliments on it.

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.

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Butterflies like a lot of sunlight, so locate your garden in a sunny area.
If you live in a windy location, plant your butterfly-attracting plants near a building, fence, or hedge to protect them.
Plant a variety of nectar-rich plants, as well as shrubs and evergreens for shelter.
Since many butterflies and native flowering plants have co-evolved, try to put in some that are native to your area. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center provides lists of plants native to states and regions.
Certain colors are particularly attracting to butterflies – red, yellow, pink, purple, or orange blooms that are clustered or flat-topped, with a short flower tubes are especially attractive to adult butterflies.
Avoid using pesticides, especially around nectar-producing plants.
Provide a shallow source of water – try a birdbath with pebbles lining the bowl.
Place a rock in a sunny spot for butterfly basking and resting.
Create a "puddling area" by digging a shallow hole filled with compost or manure where rainwater will collect and release essential salts and minerals.
If you want butterflies to breed in your garden, put in some caterpillar food plants, such as parsley, milkweeds, asters, thistles, violets, clover, grasses, and Queen Anne’s Lace.
Since butterflies need nectar throughout the entire adult phase of their lives, try to create a design that will allow for a continuous bloom – when one stops blooming, another starts.

Tips for gardening in particularly hot, dry climates:

1. Water with a drip system whenever possible – soak the bed slowly and thoroughly to a depth of 10" to 12".

2. Watering deeply every 3 to 5 days is preferable to a shallow daily watering.

3. Water in the early morning, so foliage has time to dry.

4. Add a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch or similar material to aid in water retention and help keep the roots cool during hot weather.

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Overall Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

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An excellent choice for a no-spray, low-growing shrub

Marty Nemko from CA wrote on October 28, 2018:

Lovely color and great value

Yonna from OR wrote on August 10, 2018:

Rosa Oso Easy® Italian Ice®

Unusual Coloring and Nonstop Flowers!

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Extremely hardy and disease resistant!

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Rosa Oso Easy® Italian Ice®

Unusual Coloring and Nonstop Flowers!

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Extremely hardy and disease resistant!

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About this Product

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