Mme. Zöetmans

Rosa damescena cultivars or ‘Damask Roses’ have two distinct sections: the Summer Damasks – such as Mme. Zöetmans – and the Autumn Damasks. The former flower only once and are large, thorny, quite open growing shrubs with intensely fragrant pink to white flowers. The latter, and their allies the Portland roses, are shorter, more compact shrubs with the ability to repeat flower in the autumn. Their colour range also includes red varieties and they share the same deep perfume.

Mme. Zöetmans (a.k.a. Mme. Zoutman) has clusters of very full milky-white blooms with a button of in-curved petals. Wonderfully fragrant, and summer flowering, it has thorny but tidy growth, with abundant mid-green foliage.

Pruning Guide: Prune summer flowering Damask varieties, once established, by a removal of one or two very old stems after flowering.

Read our blog on how to prepare the ground for your bareroot Mme. Zöetmans rose. Or for more information on caring for shrub roses visit the RHS website here.

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