Rosa Young Lycidas PP20960

English Old Rose Hybrid. A blend of very deep magenta, pink and red. Approximately 90 petals. Repeat flowering. This is a variety of classic Old Rose beauty. He flowers are quite large and deeply cupped even when fully open, he many petals arranged in a charming way. Their color is new to English Roses: a blend of very deep magenta, pink and red – the outer petals tending towards light purple – although this is in contrast to the outside of the petals, which are quite silvery in appearance. It makes an attractive, bushy shrub. There is a delicious fragrance that starts as a pure Tea scent but then changes to a blend of Tea and Old Rose, with intriguing hints of cedar wood. ‘Young Lycidas’ was awarded the top prize or fragrance at the 2009 Concurs International de Roses, Barcelona. Named to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the poet John Milton. 4 x 3ft (David Austin 2008, Ausvibrant). Large, deeply cupped flowers. 90 petals.