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Rosa 'Birthday Girl'

Bush Rose 'Birthday Girl'

Filled with soft pink blooms and classic rose charm, Rose 'Birthday Girl' offers months of repeat flowering, gentle fragrance and reliable colour, making it a beautiful choice for borders, patio pots and thoughtful garden gifts.

Supplied as an established plant in a 3 litre pot

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Aspect

Moist but well-drained

Hardiness

Fully hardy

Flowers

June - October

Soil

Rich, well-drained soil with good organic content

About this plant

Cream, yellow and pink, all summer long

  • Description

    Rosa 'Birthday Girl' is a small, spreading floribunda rose bearing cheerful clusters of lightly scented, semi-double blooms. Each flower has a creamy-yellow centre edged with a pretty pink to red blush, opening flatter and more open with age to show off its stamens, so a single cluster carries a warm blend of cream, yellow and pink. Set against glossy mid-green foliage, the flowers appear from late spring right through to autumn on a healthy, well-behaved plant. Compact and disease-resistant, it suits borders, low hedging and containers, and makes a popular birthday gift.

  • Why we like it

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    'Birthday Girl' is a bright, generous little rose that has stayed popular for decades. Its bicolour blooms shift through cream, yellow and pink, giving a warm, ever-changing display from late spring to the first frosts, and the plant stays small, spreading and healthy with excellent disease resistance. Lovely as a low hedge around a patio or veg plot, weaving through a cottage border, or in a roomy pot by the front door. A deservedly popular birthday gift, too.

Key features

What makes it special

Long-lasting blooms that persist for months

Good for cutting

Loved by bees & pollinators

Fully hardy — comes back every year

Specs & details

The particulars

Botanical name
Rosa 'Birthday Girl'
Common name
Bush Rose 'Birthday Girl'
Supplied as
3 litre pot
Flower colour
Yellow
Eventual height
60-75cm
Eventual spread
60-75cm
Flowering period
June - October
Habit
Small, spreading deciduous shrub
Life cycle
Deciduous shrub
Hardiness
Fully hardy
Aspect
Moist but well-drained
Soil type
Rich, well-drained soil with good organic content
Moisture
Moist but well-drained
Position
Perfect for centre-stage in a sunny border, or in a decorative patio pot where it can be appreciated up close.
Plant spacing
Space around 50 to 60cm apart, or a little closer for a low hedge.
Growing skill
Easy to grow

Plant calendar

When to plant, when it performs

 
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Planting
Flowering

Plant bare-root roses from late autumn to early spring, and container-grown roses at any time the ground is workable. Flowers repeatedly from late spring into autumn.

Planting & care

Help it thrive

Planting guide

Plant in an open, sunny position in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, improved with plenty of well-rotted organic matter. Avoid ground where roses have grown in recent years, to reduce the risk of rose replant problems. Set the graft union at soil level, water in well, and keep watered through the first season. It tolerates poorer soils and does well in containers.

Care tips

Water deeply at the base once or twice a week in dry spells, keeping water off the foliage to limit disease, and paying special attention to plants in pots. Feed with a rose or general fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer for the best flowering. Deadhead spent blooms through the season to encourage more, and remove any suckers arising from below the graft union.

Winter care

Mulch around the base in late autumn to protect roots and prune in early spring to shape and encourage healthy new growth.