Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Other: Quartered
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Dark red
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Dark red
Growth Habit: Tall, typically 6-8 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1993
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: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 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
Parentage: Prospero x (Charles Austin x Gloire de Ducher)

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Tradescant'
  • 'AUSdir'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-04-16
Tradescant's first spring bloom in 2020 showing a quartered form.
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-04-30
Location: My garden
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: My garden
Date: 2023-05-24
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2018-12-12
Tradescant is the darkest of my red David Austin roses.
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-05
Photo by zuzu
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-05
Photo by zuzu

Date: 2012-05-21
Photo by zuzu
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2017-04-12
First bloom this year, just starting to open, but, oh, the fragra
Location: in my garden
Date: 2014-04-22

In Zuzu's garden
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Date: 2012-04-20
My favorite rose!  Perfume is intoxicating and rich.
Photo by Calif_Sue
Photo by Hemophobic
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Date: 2012-04-20
Cascading through a nearby ligustrum

photo credit: Anna reg
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: In my garden
Date: 2012-07-24
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-05-11
Photo by zuzu

In Zuzu's garden
Photo by Calif_Sue
Comments:
  • Posted by Hemophobic (Concord, NC (zone 7)) on Dec 15, 2011 10:35 AM concerning plant:
    I love this rose! It and Molineux have to be two of my favorite roses, but Tradescant is so exquisitely perfumed when it blooms and it has started climbing through a tall shrub and blooming overhead! Just gorgeous is all I can say.
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