Boscobel Roses
Boscobel Roses | David Austin Roses : 2016 latest Roses
Boscobel Roses are the most beautifully formed flowers of a rich salmon color. They begin to bloom out as shades of red buds and which open up into pretty cup shaped blooms and gradually develop into perfectly formed blooms of classic rosette formation. There are several petals of varying shades, intermingling providing different layers(78 petals per flower) of classic salmon pink.
The fragrance from these roses are medium to strong and have hints of pear, almond and elder flower. They are usually medium sized flowers with dark green leaves which are very vigorous and healthy.
Bred by David Austin, Boscobel are an absolute beauty which is sure to draw attention due to this stunning characteristics. They bloom from late spring until frost. They are usually upto 3 ft tall and generally give out a distinct aroma along the path that it grows. They are best grown in full sun, in rich and fertile well drained soils as it requires adequate moisture to reach its peak.
Named after Boscobel House, a beautiful timber-framed house built in 1600’s and famous for being the place where King Charles II hid in an oak tree whilst being chased by Cromwell’s soldiers during the English Civil War in 1651.
David Austin’s English Roses combine the flower forms and perfume of Old Roses with the color range and repeat flowering habits of modern roses. As a rose breeder, David Austin’s achievement is in cumulating the romantic ‘English Rose’ look with reliable garden performance, vigorous growth, full bushes, disease resistance and prolific season – long bloom. Over 200
English Roses have been release since 1961, many of them have the highest awards.
According to Martin Ogden, the garden designer also known as The Teddington Gardener, it is an absolute beauty with rich colors that vary from peach to pink as temperatures warm up or cool down. As the red buds open, they gradually develop into sumptuous blooms in the form of a classic rosette. Catalog copy tells us “the numerous small petals are of varying shades, mingling to provide the most pleasing effect.”
Martin also reports that Boscobel has the strongest fragrance of almost any recent English rose.
David Austin has been breeding roses for over 5 decades and some of the varieties are as below:
Here are the roses (PS. Since the descriptions were written by the folks at David Austin you have to read them with a British accent!)
Tranquillity – Beautifully formed creamy white flowers in the form of a rosette. They are very weather proof and have a light apple fragrance. The growth is relatively upright and it is very healthy. It would be suitable for both more formal areas and in informal borders either purely roses or mixed in with other plants.
Royal Jubilee – Large rounded flowers of deep pink with the petals curving in. It is vigorous and bushy and will form a large shrub 5ft or more in height. It has a strong rich fruity fragrant with hints of blackcurrant. It is very healthy. An excellent choice for mixed borders
The Lark Ascending – Another vigorous variety with very beautiful open semi double flowers of light apricot with a light fragrance varying from tea to myrrh. It is extremely healthy. A good variety for a more informal part of the garden and for mixing with perennials or other shrubs
Heathcliff – Very large, fully double, rosette shaped flowers of deep crimson. The growth is quite vigorous and would be superb in both formal and informal settings. It has a lovely fragrance of Tea with some Old Rose and hint of cedar wood.
Boscobel – The best of this group for more formal rose gardens although would still be most effective in a more informal border with or without other plants. Very beautiful flowers of rich salmon that change with age to deep pink. They are very double and in the form of a classic rosette. The fragrance is very strong – myrrh with a hawthorn character with hints of elderflower, pear and almond. It is upright in habit and very healthy
