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'John Clare ®' rose Description
'John Clare ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of fumiok
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
49 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Deep pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUScent
Exhibition name: John Clare ®
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1994).
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Crimson.  Mild fragrance.  Medium, cupped bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  
Habit:

Height: 3' to 5' (90 to 150cm).  Width: 30" to 5' (75 to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1998/084  on  1998   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
European Union - Patent No: 336  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950470  on  24 Jul 1995
First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1994.
Expiry of protection on June 1, 2019.
Notes:
Arena Rose Co.'s Catalog 2000 says John Clare® has been described by many as the most floriferous of David Austin's roses. The cupped blooms range seasonally in color from light crimson in cool weather to deep pink in warm weather. This rose commemorates the British poet of the same name.


One of the roses (listed as 'John Clare') in the Rose Introducers of New Zealand (RINZ) 1998 Display Trial.


It was named after the poet, John Clare, for The John Clare Society in the UK.