Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Deep pink
Extra Bloom Info: Up to 80 petals, scalloped petals
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: John Clements, 2000
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 4-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Star of the Nile'
  • 'CLEegypt'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Photo by zuzu
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-08-19

My favorte fragrant of any rose I've owned.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-07-11
Location: Zone 7b, NC, my garden
Date: 2012-04-29

Zone 5, Colorado (new for 2011, own root)
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: September 2011
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-07-11
Pathetic tiny plant with a real bloom bud.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-07-11
2nd year in the ground own root
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-10
True-to-color
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-10
Full size plant I got as own-root this spring
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-05-06
Just received from Roses Unlimited
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-05-06
just received from Roses Unlimited.
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-05-06
Just got this in from Roses Unlimited.
Photo by Newyorkrita
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 10, 2014 2:00 PM concerning plant:
    One of the Clements introductions that I grow here in my front yard rose garden. Beautiful old garden rose form and scent. The pinkish color is quite beautiful also. Like most Clements roses, Star of the Nile, is very disease resistant even here in my hot humid summer. No faults at all, the perfect rose. A real winner in my garden. I just love this rose.

    I bought mine directly from Heirloom roses as a small band and simply planted it directly where I wanted it to grow.

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