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'Sir Walter Raleigh ®' rose Description
'Sir Walter Raleigh ® (shrub, Austin, 1985)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of youngquinn
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
13 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Medium pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSspry
Exhibition name: Sir Walter Raleigh ®
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1985).
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Pink.  Strong fragrance.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: up to 4¼' (up to 130cm).  Width: up to 42" (up to 105cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 7,213  on  3 Apr 1990   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/259,280  on  18 Oct 1988

A new variety of rose plant of the shrub class distinctive in its character
by its large double flowers with open centers exposing a bunch of golden
stamens with abundant, continual blooming and the unusual blend of
coloring and shaping of the flower.



Inventors:
Austin; David C. H. (Albrighton, GB2)
Assignee:

David Austin Roses
(Albrighton,
GB2)


Notes:
One of the English Rose varieties that has been replaced.