Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Peach-pink, with copper undertones
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: David Austin, 1998
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: 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

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'William Morris'
  • 'AUStir'
  • 'AUSwil'

Common names
  • English Shrub Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2015-03-27
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-01-01
Location: At a Washington nursery 
Date: 2019-06-20
Photo by kbw664
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2017-05-09
With Iris 'Platinum Class'
Location: At a Washington nursery 
Date: 2019-06-20
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Photo by kbw664
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-01-15
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-04-09

Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-12-09
Photo by kbw664
Photo by kbw664
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-07-18
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-07-19

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.
Photo by AnnKNCalif
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-07-17

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