Rosa The Lark Ascending - English Shrub Rose

The English rose The Lark Ascending is a charming variety, offering cup-shaped, semi-double flowers in a delightful light apricot colour, produced from the base to the top of a tall bush with an airy silhouette. They are lightly scented, and their fragrance varies from one rose to another. This variety boasts exceptional resistance and vigour.

This bush, measuring 1.5m (5ft) in height and 1m (3ft) in width, has an open habit, both bushy and airy. It perfectly illustrates the great diversity of flowers now found among English Roses. Its cup-shaped flowers have about twenty petals each, giving them a precious and very light appearance. They bloom from summer to frost. Medium-sized, they measure 6 to 7cm (2 to 3in) in diameter, and are have a pleasant light apricot colour. They are gathered in loose clusters of up to fifteen flowers. They emit a light fragrance, and can have different scents depending on the flowers. Some have the fragrance of tea roses, while others are enveloped in the scent of myrrh. Its bright green foliage is very healthy and its flexible stems are not very thorny.

It is an excellent rose for a mixed border, as its graceful simplicity pairs well with perennial plants or flowering shrubs such as for example Abelia, Nandina, or Caryopteris. It is a good companion for phlox and tall gypsophila. It also forms wonderful combinations with botanical roses such as Rosa alba suaveolens, Rosa californica, Rosa chinensis mutabilis, or Rosa foetida bicolor.

This rose gets its name from a piece of music composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, in England.

Created by David Austin in 2012.