English Rose, Austin Rose 'Young Lycidas'

I got 6 of these roses this year. I wanted roses for along my fence, so last year I researched all I could. Mine are the own root, bare r...Read Moreoot. This is their first year, and they are doing quite excellent! Already between 2-3 ft. tall. I do hope in the following years they will get 3-4 ft. as I want to add more plants with it, so size will be a determining factor. They have been flowering all summer. I hope I protect them correctly and they will make it through the winter.

Rosa 'Lycidas' is a lovely old rose classic with a delicious fragrance. The colour is a blend of very deep magenta, pink and red - new to...Read More English Roses - with the outer petals tending towards light purple – although this is in contrast to the outside of the petals, which are quite silvery in appearance. David Austin Roses were asked by The Friends of Milton's Cottage to name this rose to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the poet John Milton. ‘Lycidas’, being one of his finest short poems.

This is my first year with my 2 Young Lycidas. So far they constantly have tons of flowers that last a long time. The flowers are VERY fr...Read Moreagrant and pretty big too. Both my Young Lycidas seem to be overachievers though... The flowers they produce are way too big and heavy for their stem size and they end up sagging down to the ground. This seems to be normal as I have 2 of them. Big beautiful fragrant flowers are awesome, but they would be a lot more awesome if I didn't have to hold up the flower just to see it. I'm not sure if this will change as the plants mature?