Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1994
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
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
Parentage: sdlg x Mary Rose

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Eglantyne'
  • 'AUSmak'
  • 'Eglantyne Jebb'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-05-07
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2006-08-23
my garden, zone 4b New Hampshire
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-06-29
my garden, zone 4b New Hampshire

Date: 2019-04-21

Date: 2020-05-21
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2006-08-23
my garden, zone 4b New Hampshire
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24

Date: 2019-08-29
Photo by Mike

Date: 2010-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2020-05-18
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-09-30
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2023-04-27
Eglantyne
Photo by Mossy44

Date: 2020-06-05

Date: 2019-11-18
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-04-30
First Eglantyne bloom, Spring 2021

At Alnwick Garden
Photo by zuzu
Location: friend's garden, MI
Date: 2004-10-02
Rose Hips
Photo by zuzu
Photo by AnnKNCalif
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-26

Date: 2014-05-05
Location: At a local nursery display garden
Date: 2018-04-28
Photo by Hemophobic

At Alnwick Garden

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.

Date: 2010-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2014-05-05
Photo by Mike
Location: friend's garden, MI
Date: 2004-10-02
Rose Hips
Photo by Mike

Date: 2014-07-11
Photo by Mike

Date: 2013-08-08

Date: 2013-08-08

Date: 2014-05-05
Photo by DianeSeeds

Date: 2014-05-05
Location: At a local nursery display garden
Date: 2018-04-28

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-13
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-07
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2014-05-05

Date: 2010-06-19
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-07
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-07
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-07
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-05-22
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 7, 2014 2:04 PM concerning plant:
    Such a charming old-rose lookalike. Both the color and the blooms remind me of an old English garden. Not that I have ever visited an old English garden, but Eglantyne should certain be grown in one. Mine grows in my Long Island, NY, garden instead.
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