Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Apricot and apricot blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 2001
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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Other: Apricot blend
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: RHS AGM
Other: Australian National Rose Trials Bronze Medal 2004
Parentage: AUSleap x Seedling

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Grace'
  • 'AUSkeppy'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-23
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Date: 2023-05-24
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Date: 2023-06-05
Location: Coastal WA 9A
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-04-26
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-08-08
Photo by zuzu
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-23

Date: 2018-07-26
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-29
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-04-25
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2017-05-06

Date: 2018-07-26

Date: 2020-06-19
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-20

Date: 2017-05-29
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2022-07-01

Date: 2015-05-12
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Photo by zuzu
Photo by Calif_Sue

Date: 2012-05-25
Photo by MargieNY
Location: West Covina, CA

Date: 2017-09-09

Date: July
credit: Dmitriy Konstantinov
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-08-04
Photo by MargieNY
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-12
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-12
Location: West Covina, CA
Photo by zuzu

in Zuzu's garden
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-09-05
Location: West Covina, CA
Location: My garden
Date: 2009-06-20
Location: In my garden
Date: 2013-05-14

Date: 2013-05-14
Location: West Covina, CA
Date: 2015-04-01

Date: 2016-06-11
Photo by emoryterri
Photo by Beth_NorCal
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2019-06-14
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-09-05

Date: 2012-05-21
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-30
Photo by kniphofia

Date: 2016-06-11

Date: 2016-06-11

Date: 2016-06-11

Date: 2016-06-11
Photo by zuzu

At Vintage Gardens

in Zuzu's garden
Location: In my garden
Date: 2014-08-04
Location: West Covina, CA
Photo by emoryterri
Location: My garden
Date: 2009-06-16
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