Rosa Sweet Juliet - English Shrub Rose

The Sweet Juliet rose is a beautiful creation by David Austin. Vigorous and healthy, this beautiful bush rose blooms late in the season and its old-fashioned roses, dense and richly coloured in soft apricot pink fading to white pink, also offer an intense fragrance of Tea Rose.  This beautiful variety can be used as a background bush, in a small flowering hedge, or a romantic border. A reliable choice that will delight English rose enthusiasts!

The Sweet Juliet rose is a shrub rose that will reach about 1.50 m (5ft) in height and 1.25 m (4ft) in width within 5-6 years. It produces numerous vertical branches from its base. Its stems are thorny. The young shoots are coloured in red, which develop into fairly dark green leaves divided into 3 to 5 toothed leaflets. This foliage withstands black spot well, but can be slightly sensitive to powdery mildew in wetter climates. Deciduous, leaves fall in autumn. 'Sweet Juliet' blooms in successive waves between May-June and October-November, until the first frosts. Its flowers are solitary or grouped in threes. Medium-sized, 7-8 cm (3in), they are cup-shaped, double, quite heavy, but resistant to rain. Their colour varies depending on the temperature. The heart of the rose is tinged with peach and apricot on an orange background, gradually fading from the periphery to become more pink, then white pink. Their Tea Rose fragrance is strong, delightfully fresh, revealing lemony notes as they bloom. English roses thrive in rich soils that do not dry out too much in summer: in fact, while the plant itself tolerates summer drought well, it stops flowering when it lacks water. In this case, flowering resumes with the return of rain, sometimes until Christmas in milder climates.

The Sweet Juliet rose, with the authentic charm of English roses, is a variety made for romantic spots in the garden, alongside annual delphiniums, perennial geraniums, or nepetas, for example. It will also add a beautiful floral touch to shrub borders. To accompany it, consider a white David Austin rose or a purple one. It also looks stunning with lilacs and the purple foliage of the Sambucus Black Lace . Gypsophila Pacific and Crambe cordifolia also make a perfect pairing with roses.

Bred by David Austin in 1989.