Plant of Interest - Lady Banks Rose

 

Lady Banks Rose - Rehabbed

Winter is an opportune time, as a homeowner, to consider new or different plants to install on your property in the coming season.

The following, in a series of articles, is to introduce you to a few plants of interest, perhaps ones for which you are unfamiliar.

The Lady Banks Rose (Rosa banksiae 'Lutea') is a vigorous, thornless, climbing rose plant with deep green foliage on slender branches.

Its miniature yellow double blooms have a slight fragrance offered through spring, summer and perhaps early fall here in the Midlands of South Carolina, where it also tends to be an evergreen.

I have installed, pruned and even rehabbed many Lady Banks Roses. Examples are provided below.

Parameters:

Sunlight: 6+ Hours

Size: 15 to 20  feet tall; width will vary based on support and training (see below) and pruning

Growth Rate: Fast

The Lady Banks will require support such as a trellis, an arbor or other structure.

Applications: Screen, specimen plant, espalier, exterior wall cover.

If you are considering creating a new plant bed, restoring an existing one or simply placing a few new plants on your property, please contact me, Doug, at 803-553-5757. 

We can begin planning and/or establishing new plant beds now to get a jump on the Spring rush.

Lady Banks Rose - Rehabbed

The following images, as well as the one above, are of Lady Banks Roses, at my church, whereas the philosophy (not mine) was to flat-top most every shrub, regardless of species, to a certain height. One will not recognize a Lady Banks Rose, of any maturity, at three feet tall.

I demanded no further trimming of the Lady Banks Roses and installed trellises to train them to.

You may notice the dense lower growth as this is what they were subjected to for many years. In a few seasons, along with my pruning, they will be more gorgeous (more natural) than they are right now.

A properly trained and pruned Lady Banks Rose should possess a vase shape with cascading branches of many wonderfully yellow petite flowers.

Lady Banks Rose - Rehabbed

Lady Banks Rose - Rehabbed