Large flesh pink to rose pink flowers in the old fashioned style. Strong fragrance. Tolerates hard pruning. Shade tolerant.
Rose Profile
Mary Rose® (AUSmary)
Color: Pink
Class: Shrub
Introduced: 1983
Best Zones: 5-11
Repeat Bloom: Yes
Shade Tolerant: Yes
Large flesh pink to rose pink flowers in the old fashioned style. Strong fragrance. Tolerates hard pruning. Shade tolerant.
At-a-Glance Profile
Garden Personality
A quick portrait of how this rose grows, blooms, and earns its place in a home garden.
Shrub
Pink
yes
Bushy
- Registered Name
- AUSmary
- Breeder
- David Austin
- Introduced
- 1983
- Best Zones
- 5-11
Bloom Style
How It Shows Up in the Garden
- Fragrance
- yes
- Growth Habit
- Bushy
- Repeat Bloom
- Yes
Garden Fit
Where It Is Most Comfortable
- Shade Tolerance
- Yes
- Rose Class
- Shrub
- Color Family
- Pink
Background
Breeding and Source Notes
- Registered Name
- AUSmary
What Growers Notice
Notes, Photos, and Shared Experience
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Overview
Current Notes
Introduced by David Austin in 1983, this variety is historically significant as one of the first releases to successfully establish the commercial identity of the English Rose group. The blooms are loose, informal rosettes of a clear, bright rose-pink that open wide to reveal a muddled center. They are produced in sprays and possess a distinctive fragrance often described as Old Rose with underlying notes of honey and almond. The shrub is vigorous and bushy, typically reaching four to five feet in height with a somewhat angular habit. The foliage is matte, medium green, and while it produces an exceptional early flush and repeats reliably until frost, it can be susceptible to blackspot later in the season. It is also the "parent" of the popular white sport, Winchester Cathedral.
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