English Rose

Rosa Abraham Darby

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
• Rate of growth: fast-growing
• Flowering period: June and September
• Flower colour: apricot and yellow, tinted with pink
• Other features: an excellent shrub
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  A lovely, well-formed shrub with large, deeply cupped blooms in shades of pink, apricot and yellow in early summer. The delicious flowers have a fruity fragrance with a refreshing sharpness and are procuded continually for the rest of the season. An excellent, vigorous shrub rose that can be grown as a tall shrub or a short climber.
  
  
• Garden care: Before planting shorten thick roots to 25cm (10in) and reduce top-growth to an outward-facing bud 8-15cm (3-6in) above ground-level. Plant during a frost-free spell, incorporating well-rotted organic matter and a balanced fertiliser into the planting hole. Ensure that the 'bud union' (the bulge at the base of the shoots) is 2.5cm (1in) below the soil.
  
  Goes well with: Alchemilla mollis, Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Hesperis matronalis, Chionodoxa luciliae Gigantea Group, Allium sphaerocephalon, Clematis 'Etoile Violette'

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