Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Pink blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Pink, with gold highlights
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1973
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: 4-5 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
Parentage: Aloha x The Yeoman
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Lilian Austin'
  • 'AUSli'

Common names
  • Rose

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Date: 2021-06-18
Location: Bristol, RI
Date: June 17, 2022
Taken at the Blithewold Manor Rose Garden
Photo by zuzu
Location: My garden - Arvada, Colorado zone 5
Date: june 18 2009
Photo by GardenGuyAZ
Photo by zuzu
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-04-27
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu

photo credit: Rosa Staropramen
Photo by zuzu
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2010-05-28

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