Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid perpetual
Other: Found rose
Growth Habit: Climbing to 8-12 feet
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Unknown, before 1980

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: 8-12 feet
Plant Spread: 6-8 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

Image
Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Surpassing Beauty'
  • 'Surpassing Beauty of Woolverstone'
  • 'Woolverstone Church Rose'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery

Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses
Comments:
  • Posted by harrybeadle on Sep 24, 2023 11:07 AM concerning plant:
    It was "discovered" in the 1800s growing in the yard of the church of St. Michael and All Angels in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England, where one of my ancestors was Rector from 1597 until his death in 1615.

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