English Rose, Austin Rose 'Heritage'

The "Heritage" roses I help care for in Providence, RI (Z6a) are floriferous. The 3.5" flowers are full, with up to 40 petals. Bloom slac...Read Moreks off in summer, after the June flush, with a big secondary flush in September.

Fragrance is good. The flowers are beautiful but do not last long enough to make good cut flowers.

However, they are not sprayed with fungicide, and black spot causes many of the leaves to drop for most of the season.

They are in full sun, spaced with good air circulation, and receive regular drip irrigation.

Their habit is very upright, reaching 6' tall. The canes have few prickles. They've been in place for at least 5 years.

This cultivar is on the list of top performers at the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the New York Botanical Garden, where no fungicides are used.

The cultivar name is 'AUSblush'. "Heritage" is a proprietary trade name.

Parentage: seedling x Iceberg

My 'Heritage' roses have strong, healthy canes. Their beautiful blooms recur nicely all season, except for one of them, It's gotten so bi...Read Moreg. Lately it only blooms well in spring. I've done some rejuvenation pruning. We'll see if this brings her back to her lovely old self.

Thrives in central NJ (Zone 6) with minimal care; had mine for 7 years and it's going strong. Always has blooms from late May to October...Read More. Short vase life, but as a garden bush, one of my favorites.

A very healthy rose bush with little to no thorns. This is a perfect rose to place near a walkway without worrying its overreaching canes...Read More will scratch a passerby. The rose is a soft peachy pink color, but the blooms are short-lived, lasting on the plant for a day or two. I don't mind the few canes that are weighed down by the blooms since it softens the overall large bush and balances out those strong upright canes.