Fragrant Old Purple  




The very large, fully double, cupped and showy flowers are deep blood-red and turn purple as they mature. The extremely strong scented, very freely borne blooms are continuously produced throughout summer. Quite hardy, thorny and vigorous growth.

Fragrance
very strong
Colour
purple red
Height
120-150 cm
Group:  Modern Shrub , English Rose
Year of introduction: 1982
Winner: David Austin
Flowering-period:  June-October
Flowering frequency:  blooms in flushes throughout the season
Flowering intensity:  abundant
Flowershape:  very large , very double , cupped
Fragrance:  very strong fragrance , old rose fragrance ,
Width in cm:  80 to 100
Growth:  vigorous , bushy , upright , scrubby
Use:  garden rose , Scent rose , shrub