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Dolly Parton
Rosa 'Dolly Parton'
Dolly Parton blooms from May through October.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Dolly Parton
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 6–10. Expect it to reach about 4.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Dolly Parton. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Dolly Parton
Plant Dolly Parton in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 6 to 10, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from May to October.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Dolly Parton get?
4.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwideSee Dolly Parton in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Dolly Parton
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Dolly Parton about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Dolly Parton to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Dolly Parton's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 17 published sources on August 2, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Heirloom Rosesown-root grower, sells the plantheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- Heirloom Rosesheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
- HelpMeFind Rosesheight, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- US plant patent (Google Patents)Joseph F. Winchel, assigned via Conard-Pyleheight, spread, bloom months and color and trait tags
- highcountryroses.comHigh Country Rosesheight, spread, hardiness zones and trait tags
- palatineroses.comPalatine Fruit and Rosesheight, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
- witherspoonrose.comWitherspoon Rose Cultureheight, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
- highcountryroses.comHigh Country Roses (nursery that sells the plant)height, spread and hardiness zones
- NC State ExtensionPlant Toolboxsun, soil and pests
- Clemson Home and Garden Information CenterClemson Cooperative Extension HGICwater and soil
- roguevalleyroses.comRogue Valley Rosesheight and hardiness zones
- University of Illinois Extensionsun and soil
- University of Illinois Extensiondiseases and pests
- ASPCAAnimal Poison Controltoxicity
- Clemson Home and Garden Information CenterClemson Cooperative Extension HGICdiseases
- Clemson Home and Garden Information CenterClemson Cooperative Extension HGICpests
- University of Illinois Extensionwater
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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