Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Deep pink
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Deep pink, verging on red
Growth Habit: Tall, 4-8 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1986
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: 4-8 feet
Plant Spread: 4-5 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
Parentage: Lilian Austin x The Squire

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Othello'
  • 'AUSlo'
  • 'Macbeth'

Common names
  • English Shrub Rose
  • Rose

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Photo by tabby
Location: Cary, North Carolina private garden
Date: 5/25/23
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2022-06-22
Rose (Rosa 'Othello').
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Oceanside, California 
Date: 2020-04-25
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2018-06-18

photo credit: Ulf Eliasson
Photo by zuzu

Survived Zone 5, Colorado
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Rose Othello

Date: 2004-07-03
Photo by Skiekitty
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Denver CO Metro
Date: 7/15/2010
This year it seems to want to be a climber.  But blossomed like a

photo credit: MrPanyGoff
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-06-13

Survived Zone 5, Colorado
Photo by zuzu
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2007-09-26
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