Heritage®

This rose's location in the garden is W 3.

• Classification: shrub   
• Flower Color:  light pink
• Flower Size:  3.5 inches
• Flower Form: small clusters, cupped, rosette blooms
• Petal Count: 26-40
• Fragrance:  intense, lemony
• Repeat Bloomer: yes
• Foliage:  small, dark, semi-glossy
• Plant Height: 5 feet
• Plant Width:  up to 4 feet
• Growth Habit: upright, bushy
• Disease Resistant: no
• Hybridizer: David C. H. Austin (U.K.)
• Registered: 1984 (U.K.)
• Parentage: seedling x (‘Iceberg’ x unknown)
• ARS* Rating: 8.5 (a very good to excellent rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating
  

Awards:

• None

Notes:

• “Heritage is a rose of delicate beauty and its blooms shed quickly in the heat.  It is susceptible to black spot and benefits from a fungicide spray.  Heritage has become one of the most popular David Austin roses around the world.” --- “Heritage Rose Review” at rightroses.com, retrieved February 2021.
  
  
• 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