University of
Vermont ExtensionDepartment of Plant and Soil Science
University of
Vermont Extension
Common name: David Thompson shrub rose
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Height x width: 4’ x 4’
Growth rate: moderate
Foliage: alternate, odd-pinnate, 5-9 roughly elliptic leaflets 1-2" long, serrate, dark green, yellowish in fall
Flowers: dark pink, occasionally with a white stripe, to 2.5" across, yellow stamens, semi-double, fragrant, flushes of rebloom throughout summer
Hardiness: USDA zones (2)3-7(8)
Soil: most
Light: sun
Pests and problems: flowers slightly susceptible to Japanese beetles; disease resistant
Landscape habit, uses: upright habit; specimen, massed, hedges, low maintenance and tough situations
Other interest: excellent for low maintenance, disease resistant, repeat bloom; one of the Canadian Explorer series (named after famous Canadian explorers), bred by Svejda in Ottawa in 1979
Other culture: none needed
Propagation: cuttings, offshoots if from own rootstock
Sources: many, Roseraie at Bayfields (ME)