Rich orange-red buds open to chalice-shaped blooms, filled with loosely arranged, orange petals. The surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with beautifully contrasting golden-yellow undersides. There is a pleasant, warm Tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves. It quickly forms a bushy shrub with slightly arching stems and mid-green leaves, which have attractive, slightly bronzed tones when young. The name is taken from one of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poems to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. David Austin, 2009. For almost 60 years, David Austin Roses have been grown on their family farm in Shopshire. Much of the process is still carried out by hand, with every David Austin rose having been hand-budded, a traditional and intricate skill, and grown in dedicated rose fields in england, keeping English roses, truely English. All David Austin roses have a collective style with beautiful blooms and in most cases wonderful fragrance held on graceful attractive shrubs. A garden of these outstanding roses is hard to beat for sheer exuberance of flower and fragrance. Key Features: Family: English Shrub Rose Fragrance Strength: Medium Flowering: Repeat Flowering Fragrance Notes: Tea Colour: Orange Height & Spread: 4ft x 4ft The rose arrives planted in a 6 litre green pot Ideal For: Attracting Bees, Shady Areas, Pots & Containers, Rose Hedges, Mixed Border, Rose Border, Poor Soil Growing Conditions: Full Sunlight, Partial Sunlight, North, East, South, West Facing, All soil types Awards: RHS Garden of Merit Award, Awarded the Royal National Rose Society Trial Ground Certificate in 2011. Delivery Note: Please note that unfortunately we are currently unable to deliver plants to Northern Ireland. Category - Roses.
About Old Railway Line Garden Centre:
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre is a family run, independent Garden Centre, Farm Shop and Restaurant combined, offering the very best gardening, home and outdoor living products alongside delicious, fresh, locally produced food and drink.
The garden centre is situated in the heart of the picturesque Wye Valley, nestling at the foot of the Black Mountains with outstanding views of the Brecon Beacons and surrounding Radnorshire Hills.
Phone:
01497847055
Email:
marketing@oldrailwaylinegc.co.uk
Location:
Old Railway Line Garden CentreThree Cocks
BRECON
LD3 0SG
