Rosa 'AUSboard' ~ Gertrude Jekyll® Rose size-6in-pot Crassula arborescens

Crassula arborescens

These fine soft needles emerge light green and become an attractive russet maroon in winter

Removing stems after flowering may encourage another bloom in fall

IMAGE: Jennifer Anderson

pyramidal growth habit and its attractive foliage

Rosa 'AUSboard' ~ Gertrude Jekyll® Rose size-6in-pot Crassula arborescensGertrude Jekyll Rose is a reblooming deciduous shrub with an upright mounded habit and glossy dark green foliage. A strong old rose fragrance is paired with the well formed bright pink double flowers that have a richer pink center that bloom in flushes from late spring until frost. In warm sun the flowers may fade to a pale pink. Best grown with full sun in rich and moist well drained, lightly acidic soils. Type: Shrub Height: 3' 5' Spread: 2 3'