Rosa Munstead Wood PP19876

English Old Rose Hybrid. Deep crimson. Approximately 4 petals. Repeat flowering. The flowers of this variety are in fact light crimson in the bud but, as the center gradually reveals itself, it becomes a very deep velvety crimson while the outer petals remain rather lighter in color. They are of large size and cupped at first, becoming shallowly cupped with time. The growth is quite bushy, forming a broad shrub with god disease resistance. The leaves are mid-green, the younger leaves being red-bronze to form a nice contrast. There is a strong Old Rose fragrance with a fruity note. Our fragrance expert, Robert Calkin, assesses this as ‘warm and fruity with blackberry, blueberry and damson.’ Munstead Wood was Gertrude Jekyll’s own garden in Surrey. 3 x 2 ½ ft (David Austin 2007, Ausbernard). Shallow cups flowers. 74 petals. Medium green foliage.