About AC™ Navy Lady Bare-Root Rose Bush

Rosa ‘AC Navy Lady’ — AC™ Navy Lady PP 23,288
🧬 Breeder: Claude Richer  (Canada)
🌹 A vibrant, longstanding shrub rose celebrated for its cheerful deep red blooms and reliable garden performance.

AC™ Navy Lady is a classic shrub that brings bright, deeply red flowers to the garden in generous clusters. With a continuous show of blooms in flushes throughout the season, this rose offers enduring color and charm without being fussy. Its versatile nature and steady performance make it a dependable choice for borders, beds, and mixed landscape plantings.

💐 Plant & Flower Traits

• 🌹 Rose Type: Shrub

• 🎨 Color: Deep red - buds almost black

• 🌸 Bloom Form: Double blooms borne in abundant clusters

• 📏 Bloom Size: Medium -2 to 3"

• 🔁 Flowering Habit: Repeat blooming throughout the season

• 🌼 Fragrance: Mild, rose fragrance

• 🌿 Foliage: Glossy medium-green leaves that beautifully frame the blooms

🏡 Growth & Garden Habits

• 🌱 Growth Habit: Rounded, well-branched shrub

• ↕️ Height: Approximately 2½–3½ ft

• ↔️ Width: Around 2½–3 ft

• ☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun encourages strongest bloom and color

• 🌡️ Hardiness: Zone 4-9 - very winter hardy

💛 Why Fast Growing Plant Loves It

AC Navy Lady™ delivers dependable brightness year after year. Its vibrant deep-red clusters provide cheerful color in any mixed border or garden bed, and its repeat blooming habit keeps that color coming from spring through fall. This is the kind of rose that feels steady, uncomplicated, and reliably beautiful — perfect for gardeners who want consistent bloom and joyful presence.

🌿 Growing & Care Recommendations

• Planting Site: Choose a sunny site with rich, well-draining soil

• Spacing: Allow about 2½–3 ft between plants for air circulation and fullness

• Watering: Keep moisture even during establishment; moderate thereafter

• Pruning: Light spring pruning to shape and remove weak wood

• Maintenance: Deadhead spent blooms to encourage additional flushes