Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, before 2005
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer
Awards: Biltmore Trials Award: Chauncey Beadle Award for Best Shrub, 2013

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: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Red
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
Other: Gifu Bronze Medal 2010
Parentage: sdlg x sdlg

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Darcey Bussell'
  • 'AUSdecorum'
  • 'Monferatto'

Common names
  • English Shrub Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21

Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego 
Date: 2018-08-05
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego 
Date: 2018-08-05
Location: Deer Park,TX Zone 9
Date: June 2023
First bloom from this plant

Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2022-07-01

Date: 2021-05-20
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2011-06-29
Location: At Regan's Nursery
Date: 2014-05-08
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Kent, UK
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-06-29
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-06-29
Location: Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
Date: August
credit: Kelvinsong
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2014-04-18
At the Night of Wine & Roses, Tagawa Gardens

Date: 2015-05-21

Date: 2015-05-21
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