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Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Extra Bloom Info: In small clusters, quartered
Rebloom: Excellent
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Dark red, with purple shading
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 2000
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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 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: Other: Australian National Rose Trials Bronze Medal 2003; New Zealand Rose - Hamilton - Most Fragrant Rose 2011
Parentage: Seedling x The Dark Lady

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'William Shakespeare 2000'
  • 'AUSromeo'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: In my garden. Poland.

Date: 2011-11-02
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 4000-12-26
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Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2023-05-24
Uploaded by AnnKNCalif
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: Switzerland, in my garden
Date: 2017-06-12
Uploaded by Mike
Location: Taastrup, Denmark
Date: 2017-06-14
Location: Vladimir Oblast, Russia
Date: July
credit: Dmitriy Konstantinov
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-04-30
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-07
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Date: 2019-11-18
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05

Date: 2019-11-13

Date: 2019-11-19
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-04-30
First William Shakespeare 2000 spray, Spring 2021
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-09-05
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-04-30

At Alnwick Garden

Date: 2019-11-24
Uploaded by Mike
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-07-08

Date: 2011-11-05
Huge fragrant blooms!
Location: Lockport, IL
Date: 2013-07-22
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

In my Mom's garden
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 6, 2014 8:23 PM concerning plant:
    William Shakespeare 2000 is such a lovely flower with that charming old rose look and color. Unfortunately, mine got really badly virused with RMV. I always mean to replace it and buy another, but I have not done so.

    Rita on the north shore of Long Island, New York zone 6/7, where it is humid during our Long Island summers.

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