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• AUSham
• D/51/88

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Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  

Medium pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSham
Exhibition name: Geoff Hamilton

Bred by David Austin (United Kingdom, 1997).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1997 as 'Geoff Hamilton'.

Shrub.  English Rose Collection.  

Pink.  Strong fragrance.  41 to 108 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, globular, old-fashioned, rounded bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Medium, compact, thornless (or almost), upright, well-branched.  
Height of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm).  Width of up to 4' (up to 120 cm).

USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

European Union - Patent No: 5584  on  20 Dec 1999
Application No: 19961282  on  18 Nov 1996
Breeder: David Austin Roses Ltd. Provisional designation: d/51/88. Proposed denomination: AUSHAM.United States - Patent No: PP 11,421  on  20 Jun 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: US1998000168298  on  7 Oct 1997
Inventor: David C.H. Austin (Wolverhampton, UK). Applicant: David Austin Roses Limited (Wolverhampton, UK). A shrub rose plant having disease resistance; strong growth; pink blooms of an old-fashioned shape; and the ability to repeat flower well through the summer...

The late Geoff Hamilton created Barnsdale Gardens.