Rosa Grace - English Rose

Easy to grow, even in a large pot, resistant and healthy, easy to associate, the English rose Grace is exceptional, but also ideal for beginners. This variety, which blooms repeatedly, displays perfect double flowers, in a beautiful apricot colour, darker in the centre, lighter on the edges. They release a deliciously warm and sensual fragrance that compliments them.

This bush wider than it is tall reaches about 1m (3ft) in height and 1.25m (4ft) in width at maturity. It has a well-branched habit and stems covered with glossy green foliage, particularly healthy. A worthy descendant of the Leander line, it has inherited its impeccable health. Its flexible growth consists of stems that are initially red, then green, from which large, well-formed roses of a subtle apricot tone, denser in the centre, will emerge. Its flowers succeed each other tirelessly, from summer to frost, with beautiful regularity and great reliability. They first open in the form of a cup, then gradually bloom to form a perfect rosette with gracefully upturned outer petals.

The English rose Grace has a shade that harmonises well with many other tones, especially deep reds and purples, with which it forms beautifully colourful scenes, creating a very warm atmosphere in the garden. It creates an elegant contrast with the single and changing flowers of the China rose 'Mutabilis' or with the single corollas, ranging from orange to copper, of Rosa foetida bicolor. It is also lovely next to the pansy flowers of the rose 'Blue Eyes'. Paired with the rose Golden Celebration or The Pilgrim, it is superb. Its modest growth allows it to work well in perennial beds, where it wonderfully accompanies perennial geraniums, dame's rocket, or purple toadflax. It also performs very well in pots.

Created by David Austin in 2001.