Brindabella Purple Prince™

Rosa hybrid ‘GRAppl’ PP26,364

Brindabella Roses… Time to Smell the Roses!

Brindabella Roses™, a collection of tough shrub roses selected for superior garden performance and show stopping flowers: bushy growth habits, excellent disease resistance, and fragrant doubled flowers in an array of traditional and modern colors. These low maintenance roses are very vigorous yet grow to only 4 feet tall and wide in 2 years’ time. Very well suited to home gardens and commercial landscapes alike, the foliage is among the cleanest to be found in any shrub rose and the fragrance will stop any passerby in their tracks.

Densely foliaged, bushy growth habit
Excellent resistance to black spot and powdery mildew
Large, double, fragrant flowers

Brindabella Purple Prince: Upright habit that is somewhat reminiscent of a hybrid tea rose, only more freely branched and more densely foliaged; quickly growing to 3 ft and making approx. 4 ft in 2 years time. High-centered, doubled flowers that are dark red-purple with a very strong traditional rose perfume.

Plant Data Sheet

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Life Cycle: Perennial

Hardiness Zones: 5 to 11

H x W (approx): 4′ H x 4′ W (+/-)

Spacing: 4 to 6 feet, on center, for groupings/mass planting

Bloom Time: Season-long; light, continuous flowering with heavy recurrent flushes every 4 to 6 weeks.

Flower: High-centered, well-formed double flowers of a dark red-purple color. The purple color deepens in cooler climates or cooler weather in more temperate climates. Very strong traditional rose fragrance. Flowers are typically solitary but may also be borne in small clusters.

Foliage: Compound leaves with large rounded leaflets; medium green mature foliage, juvenile foliage is nearly void of any anthocyanin suffusion but may or may not be lightly margined with greyed-red.

Habit: Upright; the habit of Purple Prince is somewhat reminiscent of a hybrid tea, only more freely branched and more densely foliaged.

Containers? No. These are landscape roses.

Light Requirement: Best in full to filtered sunlight.

Water Requirement: Regular irrigation, but plant in a free draining soil.

Maintenance Category: Like all roses, Brindabella varieties are relatively low maintenance but they will definitely benefit from regular feeding and watering.

Uses: All Brindabella Roses varieties are very resistant to black spot and powdery mildew which, when combined with the beautiful flower forms, colors and fragrance, make them excellent options for landscape roses in all climates.

Maintenance Notes:

Like all roses, the bloom set and individual flower color/size/health is optimal when there is adequate water and nutrients available to the plant.
For best results, fertilize once or twice a season with a with a complete slow-release fertilizer that contains minor and micro-nutrients.
Prune as needed to shape the bush, ideally after a bloom cycle.
Keep a watchful eye for typical rose insect pests and treat as needed. Detrimental roses diseases that are typically seen in the garden – namely black spot and powdery mildew – are not a major concern with Brindabella varieties, but gardeners should still keep a watchful eye for these and other rose diseases.