Gertrude Jekyll rose - A Classic English Rose

For a dazzling pink climbing rose, look no further than the Gertrude Jekyll rose. If one has a passion for English types or an attraction for the look of old garden varieties, consider the Gertrude Jekyll rose.

Into the history books….

Named after a famous garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll is a classic English rose from the 1980s, which is a creation of David Austin Roses. Producing his first rose in 1961, rose breeding has been the Austin family business to the present day since 1969. Old English roses though lacking the abundance of floral flurry, possessed unique fragrances and forms that had numerous variations. The company specializes in breeding English roses focused on combining the forms and fragrances of old roses with the repeat flowering characteristics of modern roses. The Gertrude Jekyll was the result of experiments that involved in crossing the Wife of Bath rose and the Portland rose. Owing to its characteristics, the Gertrude Jekyll won the James Mason awards in 2002 from the Royal National Rose Society.

Beauty

It’s deep pink all the way when it comes to the Gertrude Jekyll rose. The rosette-shaped blossoms start as perfect little scrolled buds that open into the large, double petalled, glowing pink flowers. English roses have significantly strong fragrances and the Gertrude Jekyll is no exception. It has a balanced old rose scent. The fragrance of the Gertrude Jekyll truly is amazing . A vase of Gertrude Jekyll in the morning will fill up your house with rose scent by the afternoon.  Fragrance being its top characteristic, this rose was used as the first rose essence in England for quite some number of years. The foliage consists of widely spread leaflets which is a characteristic of a Portland rose. Blossoms appear through early summer and through the fall.

Gardening

The Gertrude Jekyll rose grows as a shrub-climber or even as a regular climber in warmer climates as the optimum height is reached only in warmer article. The plant is very disease resistant and can be seen growing upright and in a vigorous manner. The rose is ideal as asmall climbing shrub where space is an issue. Shrubs reach a height around 4 – 5ft whilst the climber can reach even higher heights. The bush has healthy foliage, quite tall and strong, growing to its maximum heights in the warmer climates.