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, before 2012
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: 3-5 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

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Heathcliff'
  • 'AUSnipper'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-09

Date: 2020-05-22
Location: Hampton,  Virginia
Date: 2019-07-23
Just barely after, the "heat wave".

Date: 2020-05-22

Date: 2020-05-22

Date: 2020-05-22

Date: 2015-06-05
Location: Home
Date: 2021-08-20
A more difficult color of red, to capture just quite right.

Date: 2015-06-05
Plant Events from our members
ShawnSteve On July 22, 2019 Bloomed
During the "heat wave" of July, 2019.
ShawnSteve On June 20, 2019 Potted up
ShawnSteve On June 12, 2019 Obtained plant
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