Sunblaze® Yellow Mini Rose

Grow your own bouquet of mini roses through the summer with Sunblaze® Yellow Mini Rose. This diminutive shrub rose has the best attributes of a full-size plant while being the perfect choice to grow in a decorative pot. The perfectly shaped, sunny yellow flowers bloom for months, while the plant only reaches a maximum height and spread of 18 inches. The Sunblaze® series of miniature roses was bred in France and grows on its own rootstock, which makes these beauties far more cold hardy than they appear. 

The medium green foliage is clean and disease resistant, and less likely to drop prematurely like other varieties of miniature roses. The stems grow upright and strong but have few if any thorns. The flowers absolutely smother this tiny plant, making it a lovely ground cover in a sunny garden border or filler plant in a seasonal mixed container. It also grows well indoors as a houseplant. 

Sunblaze® Yellow Mini Rose Care

Miniature Roses require as much sun exposure as possible while receiving consistent moisture. Garden beds should have well-draining and moderately rich soil, while containers require an all-purpose potting mix that has plenty of perlite added for drainage and moisture retention. Fertilize with a diluted liquid seaweed or fish emulsion every 2-3 weeks and mulch plants with sieved compost or worm castings. 

Miniature roses require minimal pruning. A light cutback of spent flowers, or deadheading, will keep the plant neat and encourage more flowers to develop. Make sure to make cuts farther down the stem, just above a set of leaves to keep the rose compact and dense. 

Yellow Mini Rose can be brought indoors for the winter months to grow as a houseplant. While the plant is still blooming at the end of summer, begin to acclimate the plant to a semi-shaded spot outside for 1-2 weeks. Bring the plant inside, and place it near your brightest window. A south or southwest-facing exposure is ideal. Reduce watering to once a week, and stop fertilizing as the flower production declines. The plant should maintain foliage growth for most of the winter, developing flower buds as the days lengthen in the spring.  

Sunblaze® Yellow Mini Rose Spacing

The Sunblaze® Mini Rose matures to a compact 18 inches tall and wide. Spacing plants at 14 inches, center to center, will provide dense growth in a garden bed. Plant your Yellow Mini Rose in a 10-inch pot for growing on a deck, patio, or indoor windowsill.