Family : Rosaceae
Class : Modern Shrub Rose
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
English rose created by David Austin in England in 1992.
Flowers comprising 55-75 intense yellow petals, very perfumed.
Badly suited to cold conditions, and is rather susceptible to black spots on its leaves.
Variety denomination : AUSgold
Parentage :
‘Charles Austin’ × ‘Abraham Darby’
Awards :
2000 - Modern Shrub Rose : Bay Country Rose Society - Grand Valley Rose Society (Michigan) - Greater Saginaw Rose Society - Mount Diablo Rose Society
2001 - Modern Shrub Rose : Duneland Rose Society
2001 - Royal Horticultural Society : Award of Garden Merit
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