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'Shropshire Lass' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Sievers Rolf
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD.
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: Shropshire Lass
Class:
Alba, Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)
Bloom:
Light pink. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 5". Single to semi-double bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.
Habit:
Height: up to 8' (up to 245cm). Width: up to 6' (up to 185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b. Can be used for garden or pillar. Can be trained as a climber. Do not dead head. Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third..
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
The Plant Science Dept. of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College evaluated 58 English Roses to assess their hardiness and disease-resistance. Their results can be found at: http://www.nsac.ns.ca/nsac/ps/annual96/mapple.htm. Shropshire Lass was found to be winter hardy.
Trinity Farms lists this rose under the Albas and describe it by saying that it has pale blush-white single blooms in spring, followed by splendid hips. It makes a huge arching shrub of great quality.
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