Strawberry Hill - David Austin Rose

Bears small clusters of medium-sized, pure rose pink, cupped rosettes. The blooms are of superb quality, looking beautiful at all stages. As they age, their petals gradually pale at the edges and they eventually expose glimpses of yellow stamens. There is a strong, delicious myrrh and heather honey fragrance. A very healthy variety.

GROWTH HABIT

A healthy climbing rose with plentiful, glossy foliage. The blooms are beautiful at all stages, opening to reveal superb rose-pink, cupped rosettes. It has a particularly fine myrrh fragrance with a hint of lemon.

Strawberry Hill is a beautiful gothic revival house in Twickenham, London, which was built by Horace Walpole, son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. He laid out a fine garden which, along with the house, has recently been restored.

AWARDS

It has been presented with several prizes including a Prix d’Honneur at the fragrance trials in Nantes, France; the National Institute of Agricultural Botany’s Gold Standard Award and a gold medal at the 4th Echigo Fragrance Competition in Japan.

ROSE CHARACTERISTICS