Darcey Bussell®

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

• Classification: Shrub  
• Flower Color:  red blend
• Flower Size:  4 inches
• Flower Form: borne in small clusters
• Petal Count: up to 80
• Fragrance: light-medium fruity scent
• Repeat Bloomer:  yes
• Foliage: medium green, matte
• Plant Height: 4 feet
• Plant Width:  4 feet
• Growth Habit: bushy 
• Disease Resistant: yes
• Hybridizer: David Austin Roses, Ltd. (U.K.)
• Registered: 2006 (U.K.)
• Parentage: unnamed seedling x unnamed seedling
• ARS* Rating:  7.7 (a good rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards:

• 2012  RHS Garden of Merit Award 2012
• 2013  Chauncey Beadle Award for Best Shrub, Biltmore International Rose Trials  

 
Notes:

• “‘Darcey Bussell’ is named after the highly acclaimed English Ballerina, Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell (b. 1969).”  --- “Darcy Bussell” at www.davidaustinroses.com
  
  
• “David C.H. Austin (1926-2018) grew up in the Shropshire countryside in England, where he developed a passion for plants from a very young age.  His interest in flowers ignited when he first discovered a magazine called Gardens Illustrated, tucked away in the school library. After being encouraged by his teacher, he decided to pursue his new found passion.  It was not until his sister gave him A.E. Bunyard’s book, Old Garden Roses, for his 21st birthday, that he fell in love with roses…Beguiled by their beauty, his interest only really lay with the Old Roses, but with the fashion at the time being for modern Hybrid Teas, he decided to order a few varieties to compare the two groups.  This was his light bulb moment, the realization that he had the opportunity to create something entirely new – a rose with the beauty and fragrance of his much-loved Old Roses, but with the benefits of modern roses.” --- “Discover More About David Austin” at www.davidaustinroses.com