USDA Zones: 4- 10
Light: sun in Zones 4 - 6; light afternoon shade helpful in Zones 7 - 10

Height:  2 to 3 feet
Width:  2 to 3 feet
Flower Colors: orange-tinged pink
Bloom Time: late spring; reblooms later in the season

Special Features:
CutFlowers
Easy to Grow
Flowers

Companion Plants
Catmint (nepeta), lavender (lavandula), and bellflower (campanula).

Margo Koster' offers rounded, almost ball-shaped pink flowers that burst from dark red buds. The flowers, which repeat their show later in the season, have a very mild fragrance. The stems of this polyanthus variety are thornless.

Polyanthus roses are low growing, typically 2 to 3 feet tall, and generous with their (often) scentless 1-inch-diameter flowers. Many will rebloom a second time each season. They are hardy and heat tolerant, and easy to grow.

These roses are excellent for landscape use as low hedges, groundcovers, edging for flower borders, or as foundation plants

Care
Need rich, well-drained soil and full sun. In late winter or early spring, just as roses are starting to send out bright red leaf buds, prune the rose. In mild climates, prune polyanthus roses in winter, cutting back about one third of the year's new growth. Leaving a large number of canes increases flower production. In the cold North, winter dieback is common. In spring, after the danger of severe weather, remove all diseased and dead or blackened canes until you see white pith. Also remove any weak growth or crossed canes.

Make your cuts above an outward-facing bud, that is, a bud on the outside of the stem that will grow away from the center.Roses are hungry plants. Starting at spring pruning time, feed them steadily by working a slow-release fertilizer formulated for roses a few times a year as the package directs. Slow-release fertilizers with built-in pesticides are available. Or feed with a liquid fertilizer once a month. Stop feeding one month before your region's first frost date in fall to prevent tender growth being damaged by cold weather.