Rose (Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll') in the Roses Database

Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size:	Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape:	Other: Quartered
Petal count:	full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color:	Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info:	In small clusters
Rebloom:	Good
Class:	Shrub
Growth Habit:	Tall, typically 6-8 feet, bushy
Fragrance:	Strong
Hybridizer & year:	David Austin, 1986
Optimal growing zones:	USDA zone 4 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:	6-8 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:	Wife of Bath x Comte de Chambord

Alternative cultivar names:

'Gertrude Jekyll'
'AUSbord'

Common names

Rose

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Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: 2021-06-17
Looking good after a hot day.

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Location: Smith-Gilbert Gardens, Kennesaw GA
Date: 2022-05-07

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Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-07-20

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-06-05
2:22 pm. The 'Old Rose' look.

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2019-06-19
- Here she is - with formidable thorns.

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Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24

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Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-07-31

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Location: Helmsley Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
In a memorial garden for Linda Weyer

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24

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Date: 2013-04-23

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Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-04-06

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Date: 2010-04-29

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-17

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Location: West Covina, CA
Date: 2015-01-08
Gertrude Jekyll

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Location: Bochum, Germany
Date: 2022-06-01

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Location: My Property Sunset Zone 23 Fallbrook California
Date: 2013-04-15

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-05-21
1:19 pm. She has an elegant 'Old Rose' fragrance.

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Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-06-21
Rosa ‘Gertrude Jekyll’.

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Location: The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-21

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Date: 2010-06-19
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Date: 2013-06-11

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30

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Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-03-31

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Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-04-05

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Date: 2006-06-24
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Date: 2009-11-23
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Date: 2010-06-13
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Date: 2014-07-12
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Comments:

Posted by Mike (Lower Hudson Valley, New York - Zone 6b) on Aug 24, 2014 8:32 AM concerning plant:

If you value fragrance from your roses, you need look no further (I grow it for that reason). David Austin describes it thus: "The most outstanding characteristic of this lovely rose is its beautiful and perfectly-balanced Old Rose scent. This is often described as being the quintessential old rose fragrance." But be prepared for a vigorous, "robust and free flowering" habit. I have to cut mine back periodically to keep it in bounds.

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Posted by kniphofia (Northumberland, UK) on Jul 3, 2010 10:17 AM concerning plant:

One of the most perfectly fragrant roses!

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