Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1999
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5b 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: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-4 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

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Falstaff'
  • 'AUSverse'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: At a Washington nursery 
Date: 2019-06-20
Uploaded by DianeSeeds

At Alnwick Garden
Uploaded by Steve812
Location: Bordeaux France
Date: 2015-09-27
Uploaded by Goldenscaler

Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses

At Alnwick Garden
Location: Rose garden trellis
Date: 2013-1105
Location: Rose garden trellis
Date: 2013-0626
Location: Obelisk garden, full sun
Date: 2013-0428
Location: Obelisk garden, full sun
Date: 2013-0428
Location: Rose garden trellis
Date: 2012-0108
Location: Rose garden trellis
Date: 2008-0628
Location: Rose garden trellis
Date: 2008-0628
Uploaded by Goldenscaler
Uploaded by Goldenscaler
Uploaded by Steve812
Uploaded by Steve812
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Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Feb 7, 2014 3:39 PM concerning plant:
    This is a rose I used to grow. I got very tired of the fact that Falstaff wanted to grow into a monster shrub that only bloomed once in spring for me and did not want to repeat. I was really lucky to see even a bloom or two after the spring flush. I just got tired of struggling with it. I dug it out and tossed it and planted the Romantica rose Traviata in its place instead.

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