Flowers in the summer, from new growth in the spring, produced from over wintered wood. Each year remove one or two old branches, tie in carefully chosen replacement, fast growing shoots at the end of the summer to renew the plant.
Paul's Scarlet likes a position of partial sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Paul's Scarlet is thought of as hardy, so this plant will survive close to or on freezing temperatures. Ideally plant in loamy soil and try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 4.5 and 8.0 as Paul's Scarlet likes to be in moderately acidic soil to weakly alkaline soil.Not normally grown from seed.
Try to aim for a seed spacing of at least 3.96 feet (1.22 metres) and sow at a depth of around 0.25 inches (0.64 cm).By our calculations, you should look at sowing Paul's Scarlet about 35 days before your last frost date.
Can be trained over a support or against a wall. Normally established from a pot grown plant or bear rooted stock. Prepare a hole deep enough to contain the root and cover the graft and wide enough to comfortably contain the lateral roots. add in come blood fish and bone meal, back fill and firm in.
Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Paul's Scarlet is a hardy plant.Very prolific, with a long season, can be used as cut flowers
This variety tends to be ready for harvesting by mid summer.From William Paul 1916