Carding Mill™

This rose's location in the garden is W 1.

• Classification: Shrub (sold as climber)  
• Flower Color:  apricot blend
• Flower Size:  3 inches
• Flower Form: very full, borne in small clusters
• Petal Count: 120
• Fragrance: moderate, myrrh
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage: medium, medium green, semi-glossy
• Plant Height: 4 feet  
• Plant Width:  3.5 feet
• Growth Habit: bushy
• Disease Resistant: yes
• Hybridizer: David Austin Roses, Ltd. (U.K.)
• Registered: 2004 (U.K.)
• Parentage: ‘Ausland’ x seedling (yellow English type shrub)  
• ARS* Rating:  8.1 (a solid to very good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards: 

• None

 
Notes:

• “Carding Mill is an extremely beautiful valley in the Long Mynd, a scenic area of hills and moors just to the west of the David Austin display gardens in Shropshire, England.” --- “Carding Mill” at www.davidaustinroses.com
  
  
• “David Austin (1926-2018) created his first rose, ‘Constance Spry’, in 1961.  Industry professionals said nobody would buy these ‘old fashioned roses,’ so he ignored his detractors and sold his roses to the public himself, using his own kitchen table in Shropshire as his distribution center.  By 1969 David had refined the breeding process and launched his first range of repeat-flowering ‘English Roses’, the name he coined for his ground-breaking varieties that fused the old with the new. --- “Discover More About David Austin” at www.davidaustinroses.com