Charles Austin ®
English rose (David Austin, 1973)
Charles Austin ®
Growth height ca. 180cm
Apricot shrub rose for bed and trellis
- – Very large, densely double and quartered blooms, repeat-flowering
- – Vigorous and bushy, 150 to 200 cm tall, also trained as a climber
- – Fruity scent; hard pruning encourages the second flush
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- Name (bot.)
- Rosa 'Charles Austin'
- Origin
- Chaucer × Aloha (1949)
- Size
- ca. 180cm
- Flower colour
- apricot
- Flowering habit
- repeat-flowering
- Climbs
- yes
- Thorniness
- normally thorned / not specified
'Charles Austin' bears very large, very double, quartered flowers in apricot. The fragrance is fruity, and the rose flowers repeatedly through the year. Hard pruning encourages the repeat flush.
The growth habit is vigorous and bushy, 150 to 200 cm tall. The rose can also be trained as a climbing rose, for example on a trellis.
'Charles Austin' was bred in 1973 by David Austin from the cross 'Chaucer' × 'Aloha' (1949).
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