Sir John Betjeman ®
English rose (David Austin, 2010)
Sir John Betjeman ®
Growth height 100 cm
Purple-red shrub rose for partial shade
- – Fully double blooms in several flushes, the colour deepens with age
- – Compact, bushy growth with only slightly arching shoots
- – Faint apple scent, healthy foliage, a lesser known Austin rose
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- Name (bot.)
- Rosa 'Sir John Betjeman '
- Breeder / year
- David Austin / 2010
- Size
- 100 cm
- Flower colour
- intense pink & violet
- Flowering habit
- repeat-flowering
- Thorniness
- normally thorned / not specified
Pink to light red, only faintly apple-scented, fully double blooms that become not lighter but more intense over time.
Compact, bushy-growing, well-balanced shrub that only slightly droops. Healthy and quite shade-tolerant. A lesser-known Austin rose that deserves more attention.
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