Top picks at low prices Burnet rose (Hedging)Rosa pimpinellifolia

A low-growing, compact, thorny variety of hedging which won’t block the light but makes an excellent deterrent as well as providing colour and interest from spring to autumn. Burnet rose produces fragrant white blooms at the end of spring and beginning of summer and these will develop into glossy deep purple hips in autumn, attracting plenty of wildlife to your garden.Supplied as 50 – 80cm bareroots (20 – 31″)Height: 100cm (39″). Spread: 120cm (47″).Planting Distance: 50cm (20″).(3 plants per metre for a single line hedge)Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. At a height of just 1 metre the Burnet Rose will provide a boundary without blocking the view. The natural habit of Rosa pimpinellifolia is as a dense, thorny thicket with the added interest of creamy white flowers with a very pleasing sweet scent to give colour and interest through May and June. During autumn the many flowers turn into shiny berry-like hips that are a deep purple/black which will be an attraction to wildlife. Height: 100cm (39″). Spread: 120cm (47″). Planting Distance: 60cm (24″) Plant bareroot roses at the earliest opportunity following delivery. To avoid the risk from the build-up of harmful soil organisms and disease, choose an open position in full sun that has not been planted with roses in recent years. Roses enjoy a rich, fertile, well drained soil. Dig in plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost to the soil prior to planting roses and add a small handful of granular fertiliser to the planting hole.

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