Rosa 'Abraham Darby'

Intersection of ' Aloha ' × 'Yellow Cushion '

The rose variety Abraham Darby, also 'Country Darby ' or ' Auscot ', is an English Rose by David Austin introduced in 1985. She is a descendant of ' Yellow Cushion ' × ' Aloha'. It was named after Abraham Darby, a pioneer of English iron industry. The naming was done in collaboration with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust ( UNESCO World Heritage ) in Telford.

' Abraham Darby ' is unique among English Roses because it was crossed by two modern roses. The modern climbing rose ' Aloha' and the yellow Floribunda Rose 'Yellow Cushion ' both carry the characteristic flower shape of old roses.

Your up to 11 cm large, densely -filled, strong -smelling flowers grow in clusters. They are pink to apricot with yellow-painted petal inside and brighten when fading. As English Rose closes a gap in the breeding line color of the "old roses ". The cup-shaped flower shape and the classic charm of old roses combined ' Abraham Darby ' with the property, from early summer to autumn nachzublühen into it and strongly to smell.

' Abraham Darby ' is a shrub rose for group or individual planting with a vigorous growth, 1.5 to 2 m high, healthy, with dark green, tough leaves. It is hardy to -23 ° C ( USDA zone 6 ), although sometimes prone to rust Rose. Because of their long shoots she is tied up as a low climber.