English Rose, Austin Rose 'Molineux'

I ordered 4 of these from the Antique Rose Emporium Spring 2018. They are doing amazing. I have them in the back by the chicken coop so l...Read Moreots of fertilizer. They are the prettiest color. Sort of changes. Has quickly become a favorite. Very healthy. Good fragrance. Dogs and chickens haven't bothered it at all. Highly recommend.

Lives up to David Austin's description. I have had solid performance from the three I have had (in two separate gardens) in the inner nor...Read Moreth of Melbourne. They are tough, prolific, reliable and much admired - I get far more compliments about the two I have now than about any other plants in my garden.

I prune them very late (August), because they simply don't stop flowering before then, but do little else. They don't get watered, they don't need spraying, they get fed occasionally. And every year they reward the neglect: completely covered with flowers from early Spring to mid Winter.

This rose is tough! I dug it out from my brother's place, as he hates roses, and it sat in a pot for two years before I got the rose gard...Read Moreen ready to plant it! I often forgot to water it in that time, yet it still flowered heaps in the pot, and straight after planting it in the garden was still flowering. The colour is often quite apricot more than yellow. It is small and bushy, gets blackspot, but doesn't mind and flowers for a very long time. Good scent, flowers are small but attractive.

This rose is "vase" shaped which makes it easier to work around or plant companion plants around it. I have been wanting to plant a purp...Read Morele clematis to ramble through the stems and flowers. They start out a medium, warm yellow and then, shades of orange develop into the 2 1/2" to 3" blooms.
It has some fragrance, but I wouldn't say "strong" fragrance - maybe "medium".
Foliage is rather insignificant-but hey, it's mostly disease resistant.