Responds well to pruning, makes good hedge rose. Prune in the dormant season.
Grows well in northern climates. and under difficult conditions, even when exposed to salt winds and spray. Hansa likes to grow in moist, well drained soil. In full sun.
Good on clay
Feed twice a year with blood fish and bone in early spring and mid summer
Leave spent flowers to grow into decorative hips in the late summer and autumn
Not normally grown from seed but easily strike from semi ripe cuttings taken with a heel in the summer
Hansa will also strike from hard wood cuttings taken in late autumn. Root in a prepared trench in a shady part of the garden. This will take about a year, pot up individually
Bare root roses are established in the dormant season. Dig a hole large enough to take the roots and deep enough to cover the graft by about 5cm. Back fill with the dug out soil mixed with well rotted manure or blood fish and bone. Firm in and water well
Good as a hedge
Leave the rose to grow decorative hips. These can be used to make rose hip jelly
This variety tends to mature and be ready for harvest in early autumn.Holland 1905
Schaum and Van Tol
Old Fashioned Shrub Rose