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'William Shakespeare 2000 ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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it wins my heart.
It's not my favorite color, the deep purple red color.and it does not grow upright,so I had very low expectation on it.
but its bloom is so fragrant(old rose fragrance), and it's such a worker(do i use the correct word?) that it blooms continuously from august to late december.
one interesting phenomenon is that, when some flower buds of WC2000 first come out, it's short and round, and the undeveloped petals cannot even cover its flower core, which makes me mistake that the bud is a bad one and would not grow into a regular bloom. so i snipped alot of them.....but later i found out it's normal on WC2000, and the not-good-looking small buds can grow into good blooms.
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Not very disease resistent for me, just fine. Always a little chlorotic, some mildew, a little blackspot... (not rust at all, this is true), but this rose is a real beauty.
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As updated this July 2018, W.S. 2000 survived EIGHT zone 5a winters as OWN-ROOT, and is among my top 10 roses (out of 110 own-root-varieties). It's healthy only after I made the soil loamy, and blooms well with tons of acidic rain. Flowers are best in partial shade & few hours of morning sun. Japanese beetles don't care for its tightly packed petals and its old rose scent.
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Syn.'Ausromeo'
Rosa Inglese a cespuglio, Gruppo Rosa Antica Ibrida, a portamento ordinato ed eretto. Fogliame sm/lucido, verde opaco. Fiori grandi, cremisi vellutato, che sfuma a porpora con l'età, singoli o in mazzi. Fragranza calda e intensa, di Rosa Antica. Rustica e resistente malattie. Rifiorente. H.110cm L.70cm. Adatta x fiori da taglio.
(ROSACEAE) (David C.H.Austin, David Austin Roses Ltd., UK, 2000)
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I bought a plant of AUSromeo three years ago and eagerly awaited the flowers and was looking forward to a distinct improvement in the health and vigor of the Austin reds. I shovel pruned the plant after it's first flowers. The leaves were absolutely covered with rust and would soon defoliate after contaminating every plant nearby.
The three flowers it produced were lovely -- rich crimson and very fragrant. I cannot, however, have a rust magnet in my garden, so William Shakespeare 2000 has no place in it.
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Maybe you got William Shakespeare instead. That one is known for rust; William Shakespeare 2000 isn't.
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