Rosa 'Tottering-by-Gently'- English Rose

With the 'Tottering-by-Gently' rose, David Austin wanted to bring a decidedly rural touch to his collection of English Roses. This one combines the charm of single-flowered botanical roses with excellent generous reblooming until autumn. On an imposing bush with a rounded habit, numerous well-opened bouquets of multiple small yellow wild roses bloom, their petals fading to a pale yellow, revealing a more golden heart. While their fragrance is fairly light, it is subtly musky, with a sparkling note of orange zest. This healthy rose is ideal in a shrub bed or a flowering hedge.

This English rose, introduced in 2018, is part of the latest introductions from the renowned rose breeder David Austin, presented at the 2018 Chelsea Flower Show. 'Tottering-by-Gently' belongs to the group of Hybrid English Musk Roses. It will form a bush with a rounded habit and well-branched growth of about 1.40-1.50 m (5ft) in all directions. Its rapid and vigorous growth and thorny stems are covered with abundant, light green foliage resistant to diseases under proper growing conditions. The young shoots are purplish to coppery, harmonizing with the warm hue of the flowers. The deciduous foliage falls in autumn. On this repeat flowering shrub, the cup-shaped flowers measuring 4 cm (2in) comprise 5 light yellow petals, with a deeper yellow near the heart, arranged around a lovely bouquet of golden stamens. In this role, the flowering takes the form of large branched corymbs, meaning bouquets with about twenty single flowers. Their very pleasant fragrance will be more noticeable in calm and warm weather.

The 'Tottering-by-Gently' rose, simple, sunny, and generous, is a variety that is perfect for rural areas of the garden, accompanied by other flowering shrubs or tall perennials. For example, accompany it with small mauve or blue buddleias (Blue Chip, Unique), perennial geraniums, Caryopteris, or orange or blue shrubby salvias. It will also thrive in a flowering hedge with other roses, botanical or old-fashioned hibiscus, lilacs, viburnums, and other paniculate hydrangeas. Roses blend perfectly with catmints, bellflowers, paniculate baby's breath, and herbaceous or climbing clematis. Finally, you can plant it in front of taller shrubs or roses and use it to fill the base of a tree it will charmingly adorn.

Created by David Austin.