Shrub Rose 'Morden Blush'

My daughter grows this beautiful rose on the North side of her house, but has had no trouble with black spot. Maybe it likes the shade. ...Read More It is the darker pink shown in the first picture on the website. Our Zone is 4b, but our soil ph is 7.0 to 7.5 overall. Have not tested hers specifically. She also has trouble with leafcutter bees and uses a rose powder frequently.

I have had 2 of these bushes in my east facing bed here in a 2b Zone! Both have survived the winter and are about to bloom again (mid Jun...Read Moree now) . I am in love with this hardy and proficient rose. It was blooming well into the fall, and even after the first snow fall a few more blooms opened at the end of October!

The color is soft and very Victorian creamy pink and ivory..a cluster of roses was bending over the stems even this last summer...a very nice shrubed sized rose in my garden, there was I must add only snow to protect it most of the winter, where it reached -45*C for 4 days solid this January..and these roses bounced back this spring ready to go :) I highly suggest this rose to anyone!!
Carmen in Grande Prairie AB Canada

Color: Ours are the classic white with pink center coloring, which is what most of the pictures here show. Some of the pics show an alm...Read Moreost solid pink color, which is not how ours flower. I fertilized with an all-purpose flower and rose hardware store fertilizer (not at home so I can't say what the ratio is), and they have now started flowering a much deeper pink in the centers but still white on the edges. The pink center is now also larger. It is a more attention-grabbing coloration now, but I think I prefer the more subdued look. The color will likely fade next spring as the fertilizer is used up.

Black spot: Ours do have some on leaves, appearing as the leaves mature. I have been spraying them with diluted neem oil, which seems to help but not entirely cure it. Not sure if this is sort of a chronic condition that the roses can live with, or if it will eventually do them in. Can anyone tell me if the roses will just live like this or if I should look for a different treatment?

I have 3 or these that I first planted 2 years ago. This is one of the hardiest roses I've found yet! It has survived our hot humid sum...Read Moremers, our rather sandy soil (yes - I did add a LOT of organic matter before planting them), and even with no protection made it through last winter's ice storm which took out several of my other plants.

This rose is not immune to black spot. The first year after planting I battled with that constantly. At that time they were planted in full sun with lots of room to breathe and they even had a nice clean mulch to keep the rain from splattering dirt all over them.

I was forced to transplant them in the middle of their growing season this year. The only spot I had for them is shady until late in the morning. I had no time to make soil amendments, and didn't mulch them after transplanting. In spite of this, they are now doing much better, have grown in leaps and bounds, and flowered nonstop. Best of all, the black spot completely disappeared. And the latter half of this summer was one of our wettest ever.

Mine always bloom a delicate shell pink which fades to an off-white color, but still very pretty.