Peninsular Rose Club - Gertrude Jekyll

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Gertrude Jekyll rose (c) Ielean Spanos
Gertrude Jekyll :

English Rose (Shrub), Deep Rose Pink
Flowers: Rosette, Large , Exceptional fragrance : Rose
Height: 4 feet, x 3 Habit: Upright Foliage: Large
Cultivation: Vigorous Profuse Blooms
Introduced: England: Austin Roses 1986
Parentage: Wife of Bath x Comte de Chambord
ARS Colour: mp Medium Pink

Comments:

Wonderfully fragrant, prolific, and vigorous; can be treated as a short climber. Short flower stems are not particularly good for cutting. (IS)

One of the David Austin releases, has abundant, rich pink blooms which darken in cooler weather. Winter hardy and a powerful fragrance. Watch for mildew. (JL)

New blooms

Mature bloom

on a fence

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		Gertrude Jekyll : English Rose (Shrub), Deep Rose Pink Flowers: Rosette, Large , Exceptional fragrance : Rose Height: 4 feet, x 3 Habit: Upright Foliage: Large Cultivation: Vigorous Profuse Blooms Introduced: England: Austin Roses 1986 Parentage: Wife of Bath x Comte de Chambord ARS Colour: mp Medium Pink
		Comments:
		Wonderfully fragrant, prolific, and vigorous; can be treated as a short climber. Short flower stems are not particularly good for cutting. (IS)

		One of the David Austin releases, has abundant, rich pink blooms which darken in cooler weather. Winter hardy and a powerful fragrance. Watch for mildew. (JL)