Rosa Mortimer Sackler climbing 'Ausorts'

The climbing English rose Mortimer Sackler is a charming and quite unusual climbing variety. It bears very beautiful flowers of medium size, moderately double and well-formed, soft pink, fading towards the outside. Its roses exude a typical old rose fragrance, with a delicious fruity touch. Its long stems are almost thornless, which allows it to be planted near a pathway.

This climbing rose sends out its large, arching stems at a minimum height of 3.25 m (11ft) from the ground, and covers an area of 1.5 m (5ft) in width. They emerge in a very dark purple shade, then turn green as they become adorned with superb light foliage, deep green sometimes tinged with purple, extremely healthy. The flowering is very perpetual, covering the plant from bottom to top. Its pale pink flowers, 9 to 10 cm (4in) in diameter, topped with slender raspberry pink buds, are a feast for the eyes. At full bloom, their corollas open up to reveal golden stamens. They tend to droop downward, allowing their beauty to be admired and their fragrance to be savored.

Like other climbers, the climbing rose Mortimer Sackler is invaluable for filling large spaces and giving a wild touch, planted at the back of slightly too formal flowerbeds. It is an ideal companion for dead trees that it will revive, old fences and hideous buildings or sheds to which it adds a charming touch. Trained on an arch, near the patio, or above an entrance, it will create a romantic and fragrant feature. Since its flowering lasts three months, it can be combined, for example, with Clematis texensis Princess Diana, a Japanese wisteria, a white jasmine, or a bright pink annual sweet pea.

Obtained by David Austin in 2012. It is a musk-scented English rose.