Rosa Malvern Hills 'Auscanary'

The English climbing rose Malvern Hills is an exceptional variety that is repeat flowering. Its roses are small, full and double, displaying a coppery yellow hue, assembled in medium-sized clusters, which are delightfully fragrant. Its growth is vigorous, and its foliage is elegant, fine and glossy, covering slightly thorny stems. Perfect for elegantly covering a pergola, an arbor, or hiding an unsightly fence.

The Malvern Hills rose is an English climbing musk rose. It inherits from its ancestors Rosa moschata and Rosa chinensis its repeat flowering nature, a sweet and musky fragrance, and a vigorous vegetation. This climber easily reaches a height of 3m (10ft), with fairly rapid growth. It has a very elegant, bright green foliage, particularly glossy and finely cut, semi-evergreen, elliptical in shape, with an acuminate tip and an obtuse base. Its flowers, small in size, are round, double and full, gathered in clusters produced on the plant from summer to early autumn. Each flower takes the form of a rosette with a small calyx. Their orange-yellow colour fades with time, especially towards the outer part of the corolla. Their fragrance is that of nutmeg and musk roses. Its fruit is ovoid, red and villous.

Resistant to diseases, the Malvern Hills climbing rose adapts to both hot and cold climates, and can withstand temperatures as low as -15/-20°C. It is a vigorous and problem-free variety, which, like other climbers, is invaluable for filling large spaces and giving a slightly wild look, planted behind overly formal flowerbeds. It can also be encouraged to climb bushes or trees. It is a perfect choice for decorating an old wall, an arch, a pergola or a trellis.

This rose is named after the beautiful Malvern Hills, located south of the nursery of David Austin.

Obtained by David Austin