Gipsy Boy
Bourbon rose (Rudolf Geschwind, R-4804)
Gipsy Boy
Growth height 1.8 m Width 1.2 m
Crimson Bourbon rose for the wall
- – Double flowers, flowering once in summer
- – Vigorous shrub, 1.8 m tall, can be trained as a climber
- – Also known as 'Zigeunerknabe', strongly scented
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- Name (bot.)
- Rosa 'Gipsy Boy'
- other names
- Zigeunerknabe
- Breeder / year
- Rudolf Geschwind / R-4804
- Height x width
- 1.8 m x 1.2 m
- Flower colour
- red
- Flowering habit
- Summer flowering (not repeat-flowering)
- Fragrance
- fragrant
- Location / use / care
- can be trained as a small climber
tolerates poor soil
shade-tolerant - Description of the flower
- Deep crimson, double blooms.
- Thorniness
- normally thorned / not specified
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