If ever a rose in a collection was appropriately named it is Maurice Utrillo, from Delbards ‘Painters Collection’. Yellow, white and pink to red all splashed in stripes over a voluptuous double flower.
The flowers are large with a light fragrance and appear in small clusters on each stem. Foliage is a good deep green and this is another disease resistant variety.
Landscaping Uses
Maurice Utrillo is a reasonably compact grower, reaching around 1 metre in height. Grow it in the garden border, or try it in a container on a patio.
Care and Planting yourMaurice Utrillo rose
Best grown in a position in full sun or at least 6 hours of good sun a day and a well drained soil, water your new plant well the day before planting and you are ready to plant.
- Weed the area well and dig the soil over.
- Dig in some well rotted compost and aged cow manure.
- Prepare a planting hole the same depth that the rose was in the container.
- Gently remove the plant from the container.
- Place in the planting hole and backfill.
- Water in well with a liquid seaweed fertiliser.
- Lightly mulch around the plant.
- Water deeply as the soil dries over the first spring and summer.
We suggest using a general purpose rose food such as Sudden Impact for roses with an application every 8 weeks from early spring through summer. Regular seaweed fertiliser application will also help keep your Maurice Utrillo Rose Bush flowering freely.
Maurice Utrillo Roses are available for sale online from the following participating nurseries
Bare rooted and potted. Old World, David Austin, Bush & Standard Roses. Over 400 varieties available by Mail Order.
www.magicgardenroses.com.au
Australia's leading rose supplier. Large range of all types, including new releases. Bare-root plants by mail order Australia wide, June - August. Visit our informative website. 100 page colour catalogue available.
www.treloarroses.com.au
400 Galston Road, Galston NSW 2159
Huge range of potted roses available all year - weeping, standards, climbing, groundcover, bush, David Austin, Smooth Touch, Old World, New Releases. Rose Garden Design Service.
www.greeneroses.com.au