Rosa Benjamin Britten (English Rose)

This English rose combines beauty, fragrance, a remarkably long-blooming season, and high resistance to diseases. Adding excitement to the garden with its striking and unusual coloring, this shrub rose features deeply-cupped, double blossoms that open as a deep salmon pink and change to slightly cupped rosettes of a pure saturated pink-red.

Noteworthy for its powerful contrast in the garden, this fabulously colored English rose, introduced by David Austin in 2001, combines beauty, fragrance, a remarkably long-blooming season, and high resistance to diseases.

Requirements

Hardiness 6
– 10

Heat Zones 5
– 9

Climate Zones 1, 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Plant Type Climbers, Roses, Shrubs
Plant Family Rosa – Climbing Roses, Rosa – English Roses, Rosa – Shrub Roses, Rosa – Roses
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Late)Summer (Early,Mid,Late)Fall
Height 4'
– 10'
(120cm
– 3m)
Spread 2'
– 3'
(60cm
– 90cm)
Spacing 36″ (90cm)
Water Needs Average
Maintenance Average
Soil Type Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Showy
Attracts Butterflies
Garden Uses Arbors, Pergolas, Trellises, Beds and Borders, Hedges and Screens, Patio and Containers, Wall-Side Borders
Garden Styles City and Courtyard, Informal and Cottage