About
One of the original English shrub roses, about 1-1.5m tall, with healthy matt dark green leaves, and producing small clusters of strongly perfumed blooms in soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom fully packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals, repeat-flowering through summer then followed by orange-red fruits (hips); David Austin 1987.
About the genus
Rosa can be deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or scrambling climbers, with usually thorny stems bearing compound pinnate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers. Flowers may be followed by showy red or purple fruits in some varieties.
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeChalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing, East-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH6
Plant details
Plant typeRoses
HabitBushy
FoliageDeciduous
Height1-1.5 metres
Spread1-1.5 metres
Time to full height2-5 years
Suggested usesCottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens
Native toframed by dark purple bracts
Fragrancefrom mid to late summer.,Monarda can be annuals or clump-forming herbaceous perennials with aromatic
Toxicityovate leaves and terminal whorls of 2-lipped
Care notes
CultivationGrow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in late winter or early spring, and for best flowering apply a general rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer. See rose cultivation 45229,monarda-hartswood-wine,Monarda 'Hartswood Wine',bergamot 'Hartswood Wine',A clump-forming perennial
Pruningup to 1.2m high
Propagationwith pairs of aromatic
Pest resistancepointed green leaves. Rounded flowerheads bear tubular
Disease resistancedeep reddish purple flowers