Rose Bush 'It’s a Wonderful Life' - 4L Plant

Marshalls Garden

Catalogue Code: 51401389

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A free-flowering floribunda rose with long lasting, lightly scented flowers that are a delectable blend of peach, apricot and orange shades. The spectacular blooms look stunning in the border and are excellent as cut flowers.

Key Features

Perfect for pots and containers
Good for cutting
Loved by pollinators
Hardy perennial
Prefers full sun

Pack Contents: 1 x 4ltr Plant

Size: Fully established spread: 75cm

Height: Fully established: 90cm

Description

Long-lasting flowers in summer
Lightly scented
Repeat-flowering
Excellent cut flowers

Rose 'It’s a Wonderful Life' is a free-flowering floribunda rose with long lasting, lightly scented flowers that are a delectable blend of peach, apricot and orange shades. The spectacular blooms look stunning in the border and are excellent as cut flowers.

Your rose plant on arrival:

You receive your rose, delivered to your door in a 4 litre pot filled with rich moist compost. The rose itself is pruned to three or four main stems which form an open and attractive framework once the bud come into leaf and produce attractive young red-tinged leaves. Each stem is expertly pruned to just above a bud for healthy plant growth.

Your 4 litre pot is wrapped in polythene to encourage humidity and maintain moist soil. You can keep your plant in its pot until you have time to plant it in a larger container or a flower bed. Plant on a clear, dry day. We recommend that you give your plant a thorough water after planting.

Feeding and aftercare:

Prune bush roses to shape in early spring.

Feed with a high potash feed such as Sulphate of Potash in late spring.

Deadhead spent flowers as they fade to prolong the display.

Tie climbing roses in to strong supports as they grow.

Click here to view our full rose growing guide.

When to plant and what to expect at different times of the year

You can plant hardy shrubs, trees and perennials at any time of the year avoiding the two extremes of heat and cold. During the summer months when it is hot and dry the need for watering becomes crucial to aid successful establishment and in the winter when the soil is frozen the plants will not be in active growth either above or below ground and risk getting cold damage. The same is true on the stage or growth you can expect your plants to be delivered in and this will be directly related to the time of year and the season.

When ordering through the year, here’s a summary of what to expect when receiving your plants:

Spring Months: Plants supplied in spring will be starting to show signs of active growth above and below ground.

Summer Months: Plants supplied in the late summer will be more advanced in size and flower stage

Autumn Months: In the autumn plants will be changing colour, showing signs of leaf colour breakdown and be preparing to shut down for winter.

Winter Months: Plants ordered and supplied during the winter months will be dormant and therefore may not be showing growth above the soil level or consist of bare branches with no leaves or bare roots with no soil.

These are all perfectly normal and natural for these types of plants growing in the northern hemisphere. All will still have a very healthy root system that can be planted when the weather is favourable by keeping the new soil level equal to the pot level and therefore not covering the crown of the plant at all. Planting during the autumn and winter months will allow for early establishment in the season and a bigger and better display throughout the main growing season. For more information on our plant sizes click here.

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Delivery

We know how important your garden is to you. We've listened to our customers and introduced a new improved speedy delivery service, meaning Express delivery comes as standard.

*Orders to Northern Ireland have an automatic additional £3.00 delivery surcharge applied at checkout.

Order Type	Delivery Charge	Delivery Charge
Seed only order	£2.99	If you purchase any other items you'll be charged the standard delivery rate of £5.99
Plants, bulbs & gardening accessories	£4.95	If we need to split your order into separate deliveries we'll only charge one delivery fee
Extra large or long plants & heavy items	£9.99	These are clearly displayed at check-out
Compost (and any other large or heavy items)	£4.95	These items are subject to a delivery multiplier where orders containing 3 or 4 items will be subject to an additional £4.95 for every further 2 items added. This is automatically applied at check-out: 1 - 2 bags £4.95 3 - 4 bags £9.90 5 - 6 bags £14.85 7 - 8 bags £19.80 9 - 10 bags £24.75 If you'd like more than 10 bags of compost please call our Customer Service team who can arrange for a bespoke competitive quote on 01480 774555 (standard network charges apply)

For more detail on specific delivery queries and compost delivery please click here

Delivery to outside of Great Britain

We regret we are unable to deliver any items outside of some Great Britain delivery addresses. This includes Europe, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland, USA and Rest of World. We will update our website if this changes.

We now deliver to Northern Ireland, additional delivery surcharges automatically apply at checkout.

For more information about our deliveries please click here.