Hannah Gordon is South Australian rose of the month
This rose is highly rated by rose lovers and gardeners around the world due to its attractive blooms, disease resistance and repeat flowering qualities.
The flowers are in shades of white with pink or light red edges. The blooms have a mild fragrance and 20 to 25 petals with multiple heads of up to 5 or 6 blooms on a sturdy stem, produced in flushes throughout the season.
‘Hannah Gordon’ has very strong growth with glossy deep green leaves. When planting allocate sufficient space from other roses due to its overall size when mature. This tough, healthy rose suits the warm South Australian climate and usually grows 1.3m tall with an average width of 1.5m and yields a large number of blooms during the growing season.
This rose does have some thorns which are easily removed when picking to place in vases for arrangements.
Source: Rose Society of South Australia
