Rosa 'Thomas A. Beckett' (Auswinston) David Austin Rose Summer Flowering elderflower

elderflower

Size: Medium Shrub Height125cm Spread125cm

blooming in flushes from late spring until frost

and the flowers are not spoiled by the rain

It has excellent drought tolerance

Rosa 'Thomas A. Beckett' (Auswinston) David Austin Rose Summer Flowering elderflowerThis is a variety of very different character from the general run of English Roses, being rather closer to the Species Roses than to the Old Roses and more natural and shrubby in growth. A striking crimson red; the individual flowers can best be described as shallowly cupped, opening as informal rosettes; the petals quickly reflexing as the flowers age. They are held in medium sized heads; the individual blooms nodding attractively on the stem. They