English Rose, Austin Rose 'Gertrude Jekyll'

Beautiful pink blooms with a fantastic fragrance. Large flush in the spring, a few sparse blooms in the summer, and a second smaller flus...Read Moreh in the fall. After the first flush of blooms it grew several long nonblooming canes. Keep these pruned to encourage more blooms. Very little problem with blackspot or powdery mildew, even though it was next to a rose bush that was covered in powdery mildew.

This is a gorgeous rose. Clear glowing pink color that seems almost illuminated (but not hot-pink, a true pink) aging to powdery pink wit...Read Moreh the slightest violet-blue tint. The scent is delicious and carries 50 feet to our driveway. One of the first to bloom every year, opens well even in wet weather without balling up, has held up well against diseases and pests. Mine has been subjected to some pretty undignified treatment and a touch of neglect but still produced lots of blooms.

It looks absolutely fantastic next to deep purply-blues. Blue/violet "Gallery" lupines and "Grandpa Ott" morning glories are both flattering neighbors. Munstead lavender is good too but doesn't have the same punch.

I only wish this rose weren't so thorny -- it has lots of teeny tiny needles and takes leather gloves to prune.

This is a very sweet little rose here as the plant stays smaller between 2 and 3 feet and it is worth growing just for the fragrance. It ...Read Moreis a clear soft pink also. Highly recommned 'Gertie'.

One of David Austin's "English Roses". Medium sized, bright pink, old rose-style blooms on medium sized plants are beautiful, but the m...Read Moreain reason to grow this rose is for fragrance. Out of this world! A scent that wafts for yards, with a PERFECT tea rose fragrance. A perfect, clean, full tea rose fragrance that smells like the best rose perfume. Not terribly difficult to grow, although not the toughest of "English" roses, but much easier to grow than hybrid teas. A great choice for a rose, perennial or scented garden.