Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Orange and orange blend
Extra Bloom Info: Medium to large, in clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Orange and apricot blend
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 2005
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Lady Emma Hamilton'
  • 'AUSbrother'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: 2023-06-11
Very reliable, strongly fruity scented, heahlty bush - I don't un
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-23

Date: 2021-06-30
Photo by AnnKNCalif

Date: 2019-10-14
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2016-05-02
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-30
1st bloom
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2019-05-08

Date: 2021-01-14
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-05-27
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-29
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-29

Date: 2019-10-14

Date: 2020-09-22
Location: Heighleygate garden centre, Northumberland UK
Date: 2017-07-14
Photo by DabeNori
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2015-08-28

Date: 2021-01-01
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: 2020-09-24
always so pretty and delicate, wonderful fruity fragrance

Date: 2021-01-10
Photo by WitchyWV

At Alnwick Garden
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2014-07-04
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-05-21
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2019-05-08
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-06-20

Date: 2021-12-28
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-29
Excited to see this beauty bloom
Location: Oceanside, California 
In my garden
Location: Oceanside, California 
In my garden
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Upstate New York

Date: 2021-12-26
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-04-15
At Tagawa's Gardens (local nursery) hothouse grown

Date: 2011-10-19

Date: 2020-05-10
Photo by SoCalGardenNut

Date: 2019-10-22
Photo by kbw664
Location: Oceanside, California 
In my garden
Location: Oceanside, California 
In my garden
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: In my garden
Date: 2011-10-19
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-25
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-07-27
Photo by kbw664
Photo by kbw664

Date: 2021-01-01
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-09-15
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: Oceanside, California 
In my garden
Location: Oceanside, California 
In my garden
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Calif_Sue

Date: 2011-10-19

Date: 2011-10-19
New attractive bronze leaves
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by kbw664
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-05-20
Photo by zuzu
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by emoryterri
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Photo by Calif_Sue
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Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Aug 30, 2015 11:09 AM concerning plant:
    I planted this in my herb garden, intending to use the petals for various lotions and potions. Very fragrant rose, with a nice bright color. Blooms and reblooms. So far, little insect or disease damage. Update: this was winter killed the first winter after planting, not sure why.
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carlysuko On January 22, 2019 Maintenance performed
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A birthday present from my mom! Been on my wish list for some time now. Got from Anderson's La Costa Nursery! 😊
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